diff --git a/cmake/compilers.cmake b/cmake/compilers.cmake
index 906240b4..6c87b711 100644
--- a/cmake/compilers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compilers.cmake
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ if(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID MATCHES Intel)
 		message(WARNING "Compiler has incomplete F2008 features, Git hash/compiler information won't be saved to H5 files")
 		add_compile_definitions(__INTEL_COMPILER_OLD)
 	elseif( (CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 20.0) )
-		#message(WARNING "Setting default optimization to O2 to avoid certain Intel compiler bugs")
-		message(WARNING "You only live once so let's see what happens")
-		#set(CMAKE_DEFOPT "-O2")
+		message(WARNING "Setting default optimization to O2 to avoid certain Intel compiler bugs")
+		set(CMAKE_DEFOPT "-O2")
 	endif()
 elseif(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID MATCHES GNU)
 	if(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 8.0)