diff --git a/stateWriter.cabal b/stateWriter.cabal
--- a/stateWriter.cabal
+++ b/stateWriter.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                stateWriter
-version:             0.2.3
+version:             0.2.4
 synopsis:            A faster variant of the RWS monad transformers.
 description:         This is a version of the RWS monad transformers that should be much faster than what's found in transformers. The writer in the strict version does not leak memory.
 license:             BSD3
diff --git a/tests/spaceleak.hs b/tests/spaceleak.hs
--- a/tests/spaceleak.hs
+++ b/tests/spaceleak.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import qualified Control.Monad.Trans.RSS.Lazy as RSSL
 import qualified Control.Monad.Trans.RSS.Strict as RSSS
+import System.Environment
 import Control.Monad.Writer
 
 n :: Int
@@ -11,6 +12,11 @@
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
     print $ RSSS.runRSS (replicateM_ n $ tell $ Sum (1 :: Int)) () ()
-    putStrLn "Strict version ok, the next test should explode the stack."
-    print $ RSSL.runRSS (replicateM_ n $ tell $ Sum (1 :: Int)) () ()
-    putStrLn "Lazy version should have exploded !"
+    tryExplode <- fmap (not . null) getArgs
+    if tryExplode
+        then do
+            putStrLn "Strict version ok, the next test should explode the stack."
+            print $ RSSL.runRSS (replicateM_ n $ tell $ Sum (1 :: Int)) () ()
+            putStrLn "Lazy version should have exploded !"
+        else
+            putStrLn "Do not try exploding the stack. Run the test program with any command line argument to test it"