diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
index e067b2b98..bac787cce 100755
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
@@ -1443,12 +1443,14 @@ public class ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> implements Cloneable,
                     replicators.add(Replicators.udp(singleHashReplication.udpTransport()));
                 if (singleHashReplication.engineReplicator() != null)
                     replicators.add(Replicators.engineReplicaton(singleHashReplication));
-            } else {
+            } else if (channel != null) {
                 ReplicationHub hub = channel.hub();
 
                 ChannelProvider provider = ChannelProvider.getProvider(hub);
                 ChannelProvider.ChronicleChannel ch = provider.createChannel(channel.channelId());
                 replicators.add(ch);
+            } else {
+                // Replicated Chronicle Map is deserialized without configuring replicators
             }
             for (Replicator replicator : replicators) {
                 Closeable token = replicator.applyTo(this, result, result, map);
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DeserializeReplicatedMapWithoutConfiguringReplicatorsTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DeserializeReplicatedMapWithoutConfiguringReplicatorsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e285f0570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DeserializeReplicatedMapWithoutConfiguringReplicatorsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ *      Copyright (C) 2015  higherfrequencytrading.com
+ *
+ *      This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *      it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ *      the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ *      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *      but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *      GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *      You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *      along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package net.openhft.chronicle.map;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.replication.TcpTransportAndNetworkConfig;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class DeserializeReplicatedMapWithoutConfiguringReplicatorsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void deserializeReplicatedMapWithoutConfiguringReplicatorsTest()
+            throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+
+        File file1 = File.createTempFile("test", "cron");
+        file1.deleteOnExit();
+        try (ChronicleMap<Integer, Integer> map1 = ChronicleMapBuilder
+                .of(Integer.class, Integer.class)
+                .entries(100)
+                .replication((byte) 1)
+                .createPersistedTo(file1)) {
+            map1.put(1, 1);
+        }
+
+        try (ChronicleMap<Integer, Integer> map1 = ChronicleMapBuilder
+                .of(Integer.class, Integer.class)
+                .entries(100)
+//                .replication((byte) 1)
+                .createPersistedTo(file1)) {
+            map1.put(2, 2);
+        }
+
+        File file2 = File.createTempFile("test", "cron");
+        file2.deleteOnExit();
+        try (ChronicleMap<Integer, Integer> map2 = ChronicleMapBuilder
+                .of(Integer.class, Integer.class)
+                .entries(100)
+                .replication((byte) 2)
+                .createPersistedTo(file2)) {
+            map2.put(3, 3);
+        }
+
+        // Let the subsequent remove from map2 be later than put in map1
+        Thread.sleep(1);
+
+        try (ChronicleMap<Integer, Integer> map2 = ChronicleMapBuilder
+                .of(Integer.class, Integer.class)
+                .entries(100)
+//                .replication((byte) 2)
+                .createPersistedTo(file2)) {
+            map2.put(2, 0);
+            map2.remove(2);
+        }
+
+        try (ChronicleMap<Integer, Integer> map1 = ChronicleMapBuilder
+                .of(Integer.class, Integer.class)
+                .entries(100)
+                .replication((byte) 1, TcpTransportAndNetworkConfig
+                        .of(10000, new InetSocketAddress("localhost", 10001)))
+                .createPersistedTo(file1);
+             ChronicleMap<Integer, Integer> map2 = ChronicleMapBuilder
+                     .of(Integer.class, Integer.class)
+                     .entries(100)
+                     .replication((byte) 2, TcpTransportAndNetworkConfig
+                             .of(10001, new InetSocketAddress("localhost", 10000)))
+                     .createPersistedTo(file2)) {
+            waitTillEqual(map1, map2, 3000);
+            assertEquals(map1, map2);
+            assertEquals(map1, ImmutableMap.of(1, 1, 3, 3));
+            assertEquals(map2, ImmutableMap.of(1, 1, 3, 3));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void waitTillEqual(
+            ChronicleMap<Integer, Integer> map1,
+            ChronicleMap<Integer, Integer> map2, final int timeOutMs) {
+        int t = 0;
+        for (; t < timeOutMs; t++) {
+            if (map1.equals(map2))
+                break;
+            try {
+                Thread.sleep(1);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Set<Thread> threads;
+
+    @Before
+    public void sampleThreads() {
+        threads = Thread.getAllStackTraces().keySet();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void checkThreadsShutdown() {
+        StatelessClientTest.checkThreadsShutdown(threads);
+    }
+}