diff --git a/src/loaih/build.py b/src/loaih/build.py
index 30657d8..7bd0535 100644
--- a/src/loaih/build.py
+++ b/src/loaih/build.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class Build():
         if self.verbose:
             print("--- Preliminary Phase ---")
 
-        if isinstance(shutil.which('apt'), str):
+        if self.debug and isinstance(shutil.which('apt'), str):
             # APT is found in path. We assume we can find dependencies.
             self.check_dependencies = True
 
diff --git a/src/loaih/version.py b/src/loaih/version.py
index 59c1d9a..2292487 100644
--- a/src/loaih/version.py
+++ b/src/loaih/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # encoding: utf-8
 
-version = "1.4.0rc0"
+version = "1.4.0rc1"