diff --git a/RF24 b/RF24
index c200b7c..0aac3d5 160000
--- a/RF24
+++ b/RF24
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c200b7cc8e13e70a2ae40bed8e4364de35c891d9
+Subproject commit 0aac3d58e54c10d4adef351366217577456b6f50
diff --git a/cmake/using_flags.cmake b/cmake/using_flags.cmake
index b1eda4c..0aaa7a5 100644
--- a/cmake/using_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/using_flags.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # ###################### DEBUG (& EXTRA) FLAGS ######################
 
 # ## RF24 core specific options
-# option(RF24_DEBUG "enable/disable debugging output for RF24 lib" OFF)
+option(RF24_DEBUG "enable/disable debugging output for RF24 lib" OFF)
 
 # ## RF24Network specific options
 option(RF24NETWORK_DEBUG "enable/disable debugging output for RF24Network lib" OFF)
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ option(MESH_DEBUG_MINIMAL "enable/disable minimal debugging output for RF24Mesh
 # function to apply flags to applicable targets
 function(apply_flags target)
     # apply RF24 flags to cpp_rf24 target
-    # if(RF24_DEBUG)
-    #     message(STATUS "RF24_DEBUG asserted for ${target}")
-    #     target_compile_definitions(${target} PUBLIC SERIAL_DEBUG)
-    # endif()
+    if(RF24_DEBUG)
+        message(STATUS "RF24_DEBUG asserted for ${target}")
+        target_compile_definitions(${target} PUBLIC SERIAL_DEBUG)
+    endif()
 
     # pass driver used to expose as a constant in rf24 module.
     target_compile_definitions(${target} PUBLIC RF24_DRIVER="${RF24_DRIVER}")