diff --git a/libvips/foreign/cgifsave.c b/libvips/foreign/cgifsave.c
index e8f089d2..1b7fbd83 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/cgifsave.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/cgifsave.c
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
  */
 
 /*
- */
 #define DEBUG_VERBOSE
+ */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <config.h>