diff --git a/.vs/launch.vs.json b/.vs/launch.vs.json
index c1a350735f..d45ad42fcb 100644
--- a/.vs/launch.vs.json
+++ b/.vs/launch.vs.json
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@
       "name" : "Run - Runtime (boot)",
       "args" : [ "-boot", "-fakeiso", "-debug", "-v" ]
     },
+    {
+      "type" : "default",
+      "project" : "CMakeLists.txt",
+      "projectTarget" : "gk.exe (bin\\gk.exe)",
+      "name" : "Run - Runtime (boot no debug)",
+      "args" : [ "-boot", "-fakeiso", "-v" ]
+    },
     {
       "type" : "default",
       "project" : "CMakeLists.txt",
diff --git a/game/kernel/jak1/kmachine.cpp b/game/kernel/jak1/kmachine.cpp
index 4770f1be3b..2f7e51fdb1 100644
--- a/game/kernel/jak1/kmachine.cpp
+++ b/game/kernel/jak1/kmachine.cpp
@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ int InitMachine() {
   // }
 
   // do this always
-  // if (MasterDebug) {  // connect to GOAL compiler
-  InitGoalProto();
-  //}
+  if (MasterDebug) {  // connect to GOAL compiler
+    InitGoalProto();
+  }
 
   lg::info("InitSound");
   InitSound();  // do nothing!
diff --git a/scripts/batch/gk-release.bat b/scripts/batch/gk-release.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65391235a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/batch/gk-release.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+@echo off
+cd ..\..
+out\build\Release\bin\gk -boot -fakeiso -v
+pause