diff --git a/art/mem_test.dem b/art/mem_test.dem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c20c25
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diff --git a/code/game/src/debug_replay.c b/code/game/src/debug_replay.c
index 553c17f..fac3593 100644
--- a/code/game/src/debug_replay.c
+++ b/code/game/src/debug_replay.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static char replaybuf[sizeof(replay_record)*UINT16_MAX + 32];
 
 void debug_replay_store(void) {
     assert(replay_filename[0]);
-    assert(records);
+    if (!records) return;
     
     cw_pack_context pc = {0};
     cw_pack_context_init(&pc, replaybuf, sizeof(replaybuf), 0);