diff --git a/edo/src/edoRepairerDispatcher.h b/edo/src/edoRepairerDispatcher.h
index 1bf9cb39..b2c0777b 100644
--- a/edo/src/edoRepairerDispatcher.h
+++ b/edo/src/edoRepairerDispatcher.h
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ public:
     //! Add more indexes set and their corresponding repairer operator address to the list
     void add( ICT idx, edoRepairer<EOT>* op )
     {
-        assert( idx.size() > 0 );
+        //assert( idx.size() > 0 );
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+        eo::log << eo::warnings << "A repairer is added to the dispatcher while having an empty index list, nothing will be repaired" << std::endl;
+#endif
         assert( op != NULL );
 
         this->push_back( std::make_pair(idx, op) );