diff --git a/scripts/compress b/scripts/compress
index d01f05826e5a715d1180b5115cc8887f17903ab0..7c8b797d6157699f19f7eb316bc7cb6ff9670e97 100755
--- a/scripts/compress
+++ b/scripts/compress
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ const staticPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'resources', 'static');
 
 var langs = config.get('supported_languages');
 
+// remove the "debug" language.
+var i = langs.indexOf(config.get('debug_lang'));
+if (i != -1) langs.splice(i, 1);
+
 var all = resources.all(langs);
 
 var cc = new computecluster({