diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
index c07e88057..3ed9687da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
@@ -560,10 +560,10 @@ final class ReplicatedChronicleMap<K, KI, MKI extends MetaBytesInterop<K, ? supe
             @NotNull Bytes source) {
 
         final long bootstrapTime = source.readLong();
-        assert bootstrapTime > currentTime() - TimeUnit.MINUTES
+       /* assert bootstrapTime > currentTime() - TimeUnit.MINUTES
                 .toMillis(1) && bootstrapTime <= currentTime()
                 : "bootstrapTime=" + bootstrapTime;
-
+*/
 
         final long keySize = keySizeMarshaller.readSize(source);
         final long valueSize = valueSizeMarshaller.readSize(source);