diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
index 87a1fe14..e69559ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Setup Ubuntu
-        run: ./scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
-      - run: mkdir build
+        run: |
+          ./scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+          mkdir build
       - name: Run cmake
-        run: cmake -Bbuild -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_TZ_LIB=ON
+        run: |
+          cmake --version
+          cmake -Bbuild -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_TZ_LIB=ON
       - name: Build
         run: ninja -C build
       - name: Test
-        run: ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
+        run: ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure --timeout 30
+
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c977ce3..025d6c22 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE)
 
 option(SUBSTRAIT_CPP_SANITIZE_DEBUG_BUILD
        "Turns on address and undefined memory sanitization runtime checking."
-       ON)
+       OFF)
 
 if(${SUBSTRAIT_CPP_SANITIZE_DEBUG_BUILD})
   add_compile_options($<$<CONFIG:Debug>:-fsanitize=undefined>)
diff --git a/export/planloader/CMakeLists.txt b/export/planloader/CMakeLists.txt
index 2294572c..e33353a9 100644
--- a/export/planloader/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/export/planloader/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
-  message(
-    WARNING
-      "The planloader library does not work well in Debug mode due to bundled heap checking."
-  )
-endif()
-
 add_library(planloader SHARED planloader.cpp)
 
 add_dependencies(planloader substrait_io)
diff --git a/src/substrait/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/substrait/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 38338e7e..d706c63f 100644
--- a/src/substrait/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/substrait/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ endif()
 install(TARGETS substrait_io LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 install(FILES ../../../include/substrait/common/Io.h
         DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/substrait/common")
+
+add_executable(plantransformer PlanTransformerTool.cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(plantransformer substrait_io)
diff --git a/src/substrait/common/PlanTransformerTool.cpp b/src/substrait/common/PlanTransformerTool.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8717916d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/substrait/common/PlanTransformerTool.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "substrait/common/Io.h"
+
+namespace io::substrait {
+namespace {
+
+PlanFileFormat planFileFormatFromText(std::string_view str) {
+  std::string foo;
+  foo.resize(str.size());
+  std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), foo.begin(), [](unsigned char c) {
+    return std::tolower(c);
+  });
+  if (foo == "binary") {
+    return PlanFileFormat::kBinary;
+  } else if (foo == "json") {
+    return PlanFileFormat::kJson;
+  } else if (foo == "prototext") {
+    return PlanFileFormat::kProtoText;
+  } else if (foo == "text") {
+    return PlanFileFormat::kText;
+  }
+  // If the format can't be understood, default to text.
+  return PlanFileFormat::kText;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+} // namespace io::substrait
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+  if (argc <= 3) {
+    printf(
+        "Usage:  plantransformer <inputfilename> <outputfilename> [BINARY|JSON|PROTOTEXT|TEXT]\n");
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  auto planOrError = io::substrait::loadPlan(argv[1]);
+  if (!planOrError.ok()) {
+    std::cerr << planOrError.status() << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  auto format = io::substrait::planFileFormatFromText(argv[3]);
+
+  auto result = io::substrait::savePlan(*planOrError, argv[2], format);
+  if (!result.ok()) {
+    std::cerr << result << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}