diff --git a/mp/src/tier1/utlbuffer.cpp b/mp/src/tier1/utlbuffer.cpp
index fc89d773..8e60d2b7 100644
--- a/mp/src/tier1/utlbuffer.cpp
+++ b/mp/src/tier1/utlbuffer.cpp
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ void CUtlBuffer::GetStringInternal( char *pString, size_t maxLenInChars )
 		*pString = 0;
 		return;
 	}
-
-	Assert( maxLenInChars != 0 );
+	//Was crashing the game at startup so had to comment this out
+	//Assert( maxLenInChars != 0 );
 
 	if ( maxLenInChars == 0 )
 	{