diff --git a/org.xpect.releng/Xpect.setup b/org.xpect.releng/Xpect.setup
index 36e20ba6..3d95a1e0 100644
--- a/org.xpect.releng/Xpect.setup
+++ b/org.xpect.releng/Xpect.setup
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@
           name="org.eclipse.m2e.feature.feature.group"/>
       <description>Install the tools needed in the IDE to work with the source code for ${scope.project.label}</description>
     </setupTask>
+    <setupTask
+      xsi:type="projects:ProjectsBuildTask"
+      refresh="true"/>
+  <setupTask
+      xsi:type="setup:CompoundTask"
+      name="org.eclipse.debug.ui">
+    <setupTask
+        xsi:type="setup:PreferenceTask"
+        key="/instance/org.eclipse.debug.ui/org.eclipse.debug.ui.cancel_launch_with_compile_errors"
+        value="always"/>
+  </setupTask>
     <setupTask
         xsi:type="launching:LaunchTask"
         id="GenerateXpectLanguage"