diff --git a/apps/ndn-app.cc b/apps/ndn-app.cc
index 5b362d0..a46c8ba 100644
--- a/apps/ndn-app.cc
+++ b/apps/ndn-app.cc
@@ -155,9 +155,16 @@
   GetNode ()->GetObject<ForwardingStrategy> ()->RemoveFace (m_face); // notify that face is removed
 
   // step 3. Destroy face
-  NS_ASSERT_MSG (m_face->GetReferenceCount ()==2,
-                 "At this point, nobody else should have referenced this face, but we have "
-                 << m_face->GetReferenceCount () << " references");
+  if (m_face->GetReferenceCount () != 1)
+    {
+      NS_LOG_ERROR ("Please a bug report on https://github.com/NDN-Routing/ndnSIM/issues:");
+      NS_LOG_ERROR ("At this point, nobody else should have referenced this face, but we have "
+                    << m_face->GetReferenceCount () << " references");
+
+    }
+  // NS_ASSERT_MSG (m_face->GetReferenceCount ()==2,
+  //               "At this point, nobody else should have referenced this face, but we have "
+  //               << m_face->GetReferenceCount () << " references");
   m_face = 0;
 }