diff --git a/string_distance.lua b/string_distance.lua
index fb36603..7845bf3 100644
--- a/string_distance.lua
+++ b/string_distance.lua
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ local function strings_with_highest_similarity (str, list_of_other_str)
         local total_sim = 0
         for _, similarity_func in ipairs(SIMILARITY_METRICS) do
             local sim, max_sim, min_sim  =  similarity_func(str, other_str)
-            assert(min_sim <= max_sim)
+            --assert(min_sim <= max_sim)
             total_sim = total_sim + (sim-min_sim)/(max_sim-min_sim)
         end
         possible[#possible+1] = {other_str, total_sim}