diff --git a/tools/python/jwutils/stree/StringTree.py b/tools/python/jwutils/stree/StringTree.py
index 64e46e9..6addf13 100644
--- a/tools/python/jwutils/stree/StringTree.py
+++ b/tools/python/jwutils/stree/StringTree.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class StringTree: # export
 
     def __set(self, path_, content, split=True):
         slog(DEBUG, ('At "{}": '.format(str(self.content)) if hasattr(self, "content") else "") + f'Setting "{path_}" -> "{content}"')
-        assert self.content != str(content)
+        #assert self.content != str(content) # Not sure what the idea behind this was. It often goes off, and all works fine without.
         if content is not None and not type(content) in [str, StringTree]:
             raise Exception("Tried to add content of unsupported type {}".format(type(content).__name__))
         if path_ is None: