diff --git a/GraphRecipes/src/graphs.jl b/GraphRecipes/src/graphs.jl
index 0f52374a8..c44158812 100644
--- a/GraphRecipes/src/graphs.jl
+++ b/GraphRecipes/src/graphs.jl
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ more details.
     end
 
     @series begin
-        # @debug num_edges_nodes := (length(edges_list[1]), length(node_vec_vec_xy))  # for debugging / tests
+        @debug num_edges_nodes := (length(edges_list[1]), length(node_vec_vec_xy))  # for debugging / tests
 
         seriestype := if method in (:tree, :buchheim, :chorddiagram)
             :curves