diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
index e4189b8bf2..4694df155e 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 #include "MovingEntitiesOperator.h"
 #include "SceneScriptingInterface.h"
 
+#pragma optimize("", off)
+
 using namespace std;
 
 const float DEFAULT_REAL_WORLD_FIELD_OF_VIEW_DEGREES = 30.0f;
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MySkeletonModel.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MySkeletonModel.cpp
index 2d33ee35ca..06aaf1f85c 100755
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MySkeletonModel.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MySkeletonModel.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "InterfaceLogging.h"
 #include "AnimUtil.h"
 
-
+#pragma optimize("", off)
 
 MySkeletonModel::MySkeletonModel(Avatar* owningAvatar, QObject* parent) : SkeletonModel(owningAvatar, parent) {
 }
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp b/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp
index 12615426f1..817eb2500f 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "UserActivityLogger.h"
 #include "ui/Keyboard.h"
 
+#pragma optimize("", off)
+
 void setupPreferences() {
     auto preferences = DependencyManager::get<Preferences>();
     auto myAvatar = DependencyManager::get<AvatarManager>()->getMyAvatar();
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
index 8b49334925..b5bda4f0db 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include "IKTarget.h"
 #include "PathUtils.h"
 
+#pragma optimize("", off)
+
 static int nextRigId = 1;
 static std::map<int, Rig*> rigRegistry;
 static std::mutex rigRegistryMutex;
diff --git a/libraries/physics/src/CharacterController.cpp b/libraries/physics/src/CharacterController.cpp
index 04ccd9e547..1251dd4512 100755
--- a/libraries/physics/src/CharacterController.cpp
+++ b/libraries/physics/src/CharacterController.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "PhysicsLogging.h"
 #include "TemporaryPairwiseCollisionFilter.h"
 
+#pragma optimize("", off)
+
 const float STUCK_PENETRATION = -0.05f; // always negative into the object.
 const float STUCK_IMPULSE = 500.0f;