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);