diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/android/src/cpp/haptics_enabled.cpp b/ion/src/simulator/android/src/cpp/haptics_enabled.cpp
index ea73fad07..5c1fa0b74 100644
--- a/ion/src/simulator/android/src/cpp/haptics_enabled.cpp
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/android/src/cpp/haptics_enabled.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "../../../shared/haptics.h"
 #include <jni.h>
 #include <SDL.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 
 namespace Ion {
 namespace Simulator {
@@ -10,11 +11,8 @@ bool isEnabled() {
   JNIEnv * env = static_cast<JNIEnv *>(SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv());
   jobject activity = static_cast<jobject>(SDL_AndroidGetActivity());
   jclass j_class = env->FindClass("com/numworks/calculator/EpsilonActivity");
-  // TODO : GetMethodID is relatively costly, and could be performed only once.
   jmethodID j_methodId = env->GetMethodID(j_class,"hapticFeedbackIsEnabled", "()Z");
-  if (j_methodId == 0) {
-    return false;
-  }
+  assert(j_methodId != 0);
   bool result = (env->CallBooleanMethod(activity, j_methodId) != JNI_FALSE);
   /* Local references are automatically deleted if a native function called from
    * Java side returns. For SDL this native function is main() itself. Therefore