diff --git a/travis-script.sh b/travis-script.sh
index 4dbe2fbc1..17f0fbdec 100755
--- a/travis-script.sh
+++ b/travis-script.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ ant debug -f projects/mtg/Android/build.xml
 # we're building a Qt version with GUI here
 mkdir qt-gui-build
 cd qt-gui-build
-qmake ../projects/mtg/wagic-qt.pro CONFIG+=debug CONFIG+=graphics
+qmake ../projects/mtg/wagic-qt.pro CONFIG+=release CONFIG+=graphics
 make -j 8
 cd ..
 
-# let's try an Intel linux binary
+# let's try an Intel linux binary in debug text-mode-only
 qmake projects/mtg/wagic-qt.pro CONFIG+=console CONFIG+=debug DEFINES+=CAPTURE_STDERR
 make -j 8