Index: trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmReadoutFake.c
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--- trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmReadoutFake.c	(revision 19710)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmReadoutFake.c	(revision 19997)
@@ -81,4 +81,6 @@
     pmModel *fakeModel = pmModelFromPSFforXY(psf, (float)numCols / 2.0, (float)numRows / 2.0,
                                              1.0); // Fake model, with central intensity of 1.0
+    psAssert (fakeModel, "failed to generate model: should this be an error or not?");
+
 
     float flux0 = fakeModel->modelFlux(fakeModel->params); // Flux for central intensity of 1.0
@@ -110,5 +112,4 @@
         pmModel *fakeModel = pmModelFromPSFforXY(psf, x, y, powf(10.0, -0.4 * source->psfMag) / flux0);
         if (!fakeModel) {
-            psErrorClear();
             continue;
         }