diff --git a/scripts/android/README.md b/scripts/android/README.md
index 561aaea13..a34bdc315 100644
--- a/scripts/android/README.md
+++ b/scripts/android/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Requirements for building for Android
 -	At least 10-15 GiB of free disk space.
 -	First follow the general instructions for setting up https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet for building on Linux.
 	This guide has only been tested on Linux.
+-	Note: Use a stable version of Rust. Using the nightly version results in linking errors.
 -	Install the Android NDK (version 26) in the same location
 	where Android Studio would unpack it (`~/Android/Sdk/ndk/`):
 	```shell
diff --git a/scripts/android/files/build.gradle b/scripts/android/files/build.gradle
index 1025f955e..31bb06bb6 100644
--- a/scripts/android/files/build.gradle
+++ b/scripts/android/files/build.gradle
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ android {
 			proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
 		}
 		debug {
+			debuggable true
 			minifyEnabled false
 			shrinkResources false
 		}
diff --git a/scripts/compile_libs/gen_libs.sh b/scripts/compile_libs/gen_libs.sh
index f9134c03c..e9a6436bc 100755
--- a/scripts/compile_libs/gen_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile_libs/gen_libs.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ cd compile_libs || exit 1
 
 build_cmake_lib zlib https://github.com/madler/zlib
 build_cmake_lib png https://github.com/glennrp/libpng
-build_cmake_lib curl https://github.com/curl/curl
+build_cmake_lib curl https://github.com/curl/curl "curl-8_8_0"
 build_cmake_lib freetype2 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype
 build_cmake_lib sdl https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL SDL2
 build_cmake_lib ogg https://github.com/xiph/ogg