diff --git a/include/atlas_genparse.h b/include/atlas_genparse.h
index 909a38e..1e6d153 100644
--- a/include/atlas_genparse.h
+++ b/include/atlas_genparse.h
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ static int GetDoubleArr(char *str, int N, double *d)
       if (!str)
          break;
       str++;
-      assert(sscanf(str, "%le", d+i) == 1);
+      if (sscanf(str, "%le", d+i) != 1)
+	break;
       i++;
    }
    return(i);