diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0cbf341..c05d2cc3 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,12 +26,19 @@ find_package(Qt5Xml)
 find_package(Qt5Svg)
 find_package(Qt5UiTools)
 
-# CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH needs to be set to true to use Gammaray during development
 set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH false)
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN true)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN/../lib")
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH ${CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH})
 
+if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "Debug")
+    add_compile_definitions(BLOOM_DEBUG_BUILD)
+
+    # CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH needs to be set to true to use Gammaray during development.
+    # This is because the distributed Qt binaries may not be compatible with the local installation of Gammaray
+    set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH true)
+endif()
+
 add_executable(Bloom
     src/main.cpp
     src/Generated/resources.cpp
@@ -159,10 +166,6 @@ target_link_options(
     PUBLIC [=[-Wl,--disable-new-dtags]=] #,--verbose
 )
 
-if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "Debug")
-    add_compile_definitions(BLOOM_DEBUG_BUILD)
-endif()
-
 if (${ENABLE_SANITIZERS})
     message(WARNING "Sanitizers have been enabled")
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 732e4802..58dd86aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,5 +120,9 @@ sudo nano /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt-default/qtchooser/default.conf
   cd /path/to/Bloom;
   cmake --build ./build/cmake-build-debug --target clean;
   ```
+- To use Gammaray for GUI debugging, be sure to build Bloom with the debug configuration. Your local installation of
+  Gammaray will likely be incompatible with the distributed Qt binaries, which ld will use if you've built with the
+  release config. Building with the debug config will disable the RPATH and prevent Qt from loading any plugins from 
+  the distribution directory.
 
 More documentation to follow.
diff --git a/src/Insight/Insight.cpp b/src/Insight/Insight.cpp
index 120dc856..d273a84a 100644
--- a/src/Insight/Insight.cpp
+++ b/src/Insight/Insight.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ void Insight::startup() {
     std::string qtAppName = "Bloom";
     char* appArguments[] = {qtAppName.data()};
     auto appArgCount = 1;
+
+#ifndef BLOOM_DEBUG_BUILD
     QCoreApplication::addLibraryPath(QString::fromStdString(Application::getApplicationDirPath() + "/plugins"));
+#endif
     QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_ShareOpenGLContexts, true);
 
     this->application = new QApplication(appArgCount, appArguments);
@@ -61,7 +64,12 @@ void Insight::startup() {
     qRegisterMetaType<Bloom::Targets::TargetState>();
     qRegisterMetaType<std::map<int, Bloom::Targets::TargetPinState>>();
 
-    this->mainWindow.init(*(this->application), targetDescriptor, this->insightConfig, this->environmentConfig.targetConfig);
+    this->mainWindow.init(
+        *(this->application),
+        targetDescriptor,
+        this->insightConfig,
+        this->environmentConfig.targetConfig
+    );
     this->mainWindow.show();
 
     /*