diff --git a/src/ARMeilleure/Translation/PTC/Ptc.cs b/src/ARMeilleure/Translation/PTC/Ptc.cs
index f36d4256d..c69ebcadb 100644
--- a/src/ARMeilleure/Translation/PTC/Ptc.cs
+++ b/src/ARMeilleure/Translation/PTC/Ptc.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ARMeilleure.Translation.PTC
         private const string OuterHeaderMagicString = "PTCohd\0\0";
         private const string InnerHeaderMagicString = "PTCihd\0\0";
 
-        private const uint InternalVersion = 7008; //! To be incremented manually for each change to the ARMeilleure project.
+        private const uint InternalVersion = 7009; //! To be incremented manually for each change to the ARMeilleure project.
 
         private const string ActualDir = "0";
         private const string BackupDir = "1";
@@ -303,6 +303,13 @@ namespace ARMeilleure.Translation.PTC
                     return false;
                 }
 
+                if (outerHeader.DebuggerMode != Optimizations.EnableDebugging)
+                {
+                    InvalidateCompressedStream(compressedStream);
+
+                    return false;
+                }
+
                 nint intPtr = nint.Zero;
 
                 try
@@ -479,6 +486,7 @@ namespace ARMeilleure.Translation.PTC
                 MemoryManagerMode = GetMemoryManagerMode(),
                 OSPlatform = GetOSPlatform(),
                 Architecture = (uint)RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture,
+                DebuggerMode = Optimizations.EnableDebugging,
 
                 UncompressedStreamSize =
                 (long)Unsafe.SizeOf<InnerHeader>() +
@@ -1068,7 +1076,7 @@ namespace ARMeilleure.Translation.PTC
             return osPlatform;
         }
 
-        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1/*, Size = 86*/)]
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1/*, Size = 87*/)]
         private struct OuterHeader
         {
             public ulong Magic;
@@ -1080,6 +1088,7 @@ namespace ARMeilleure.Translation.PTC
             public byte MemoryManagerMode;
             public uint OSPlatform;
             public uint Architecture;
+            public bool DebuggerMode;
 
             public long UncompressedStreamSize;