diff --git a/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp b/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp
index 603d7b1f..601079cc 100644
--- a/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp
+++ b/src/board/UBBoardController.cpp
@@ -504,12 +504,12 @@ void UBBoardController::addScene(UBGraphicsScene* scene, bool replaceActiveIfEmp
                 QString target = selectedDocument()->persistencePath() + "/" + relativeFile.toString();
 
                 if(QFileInfo(source).isDir())
-                    Q_ASSERT(UBFileSystemUtils::copyDir(source,target));
+                    UBFileSystemUtils::copyDir(source,target);
                 else{
                     QFileInfo fi(target);
                     QDir d = fi.dir();
                     d.mkpath(d.absolutePath());
-                    Q_ASSERT(QFile::copy(source, target));
+                    QFile::copy(source, target);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
index d83b20ee..64e57691 100644
--- a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
+++ b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ void UBPersistenceManager::deleteDocumentScenes(UBDocumentProxy* proxy, const QL
                 QDir d = fi.dir();
 
                 d.mkpath(d.absolutePath());
-                Q_ASSERT(QFile::rename(source, target));
+                QFile::rename(source, target);
             }
 
             insertDocumentSceneAt(trashDocProxy, scene, trashDocProxy->pageCount());