diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 717e80b..f734f0a 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
        :compiler     {:main            ulysses.core
                       :output-dir      "resources/public/js/compiled"
                       :output-to       "resources/public/js/compiled/app.js"
-                      :optimizations   :advanced
+                      :optimizations   :whitespace
                       :closure-defines {goog.DEBUG false}
                       :pretty-print    false
                       :source-map      "resources/public/js/compiled/app.js.map"
diff --git a/src/cljs/ulysses/utils.cljs b/src/cljs/ulysses/utils.cljs
index f4d15b1..81c08f5 100644
--- a/src/cljs/ulysses/utils.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/ulysses/utils.cljs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   "print x, then return it. useful for
   debugging inside threading macros or map"
   [x]
-  (println x)
+  (cljs.pprint/pprint x)
   x)
 
 (defn ptr-first