diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c1e114a98..9615f9d5f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.0.2-490-g29e55d20
+v2.0.2-492-gb24ebb8a
diff --git a/src/DAMASK_spectral.f90 b/src/DAMASK_spectral.f90
index ee5af421c..c907abe07 100644
--- a/src/DAMASK_spectral.f90
+++ b/src/DAMASK_spectral.f90
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ program DAMASK_spectral
 ! init DAMASK (all modules)
  call CPFEM_initAll(el = 1_pInt, ip = 1_pInt)
  write(6,'(/,a)')   ' <<<+-  DAMASK_spectral init  -+>>>'
+#ifdef DEBUG
+ write(6,'(/,a)') ' <<<+-     DEBUG version      -+>>>'
+#endif
  write(6,'(/,a,/)') ' Roters et al., Computational Materials Science, 2018'
  write(6,'(a15,a)') ' Current time: ',IO_timeStamp()
 #include "compilation_info.f90"