diff --git a/src/epg.c b/src/epg.c
index 4ce75fc3..0babb7a2 100644
--- a/src/epg.c
+++ b/src/epg.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ static void epg_episode_num_deserialize
 {
   const char *str;
   uint32_t u32;
-  assert(!m && !num);
+  // assert(!m);
 
   memset(num, 0, sizeof(epg_episode_num_t));