diff --git a/src/Frontend-GNOME/smuxi-frontend-gnome.in b/src/Frontend-GNOME/smuxi-frontend-gnome.in
index d27fdc700..ddfe9d78d 100644
--- a/src/Frontend-GNOME/smuxi-frontend-gnome.in
+++ b/src/Frontend-GNOME/smuxi-frontend-gnome.in
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ chmod 700 $SMUXI_TMP
 TMP=$SMUXI_TMP
 export TMP
 
-exec mono --debug "@expanded_libdir@/@PACKAGE@/smuxi-frontend-gnome.exe" "$@"
+exec mono "@expanded_libdir@/@PACKAGE@/smuxi-frontend-gnome.exe" "$@"