diff --git a/d2m/actions/create-room.js b/d2m/actions/create-room.js
index b641d37..29bcdc0 100644
--- a/d2m/actions/create-room.js
+++ b/d2m/actions/create-room.js
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ async function channelToKState(channel, guild) {
 	assert.ok(typeof spaceID === "string")
 
 	const row = db.prepare("SELECT nick, custom_avatar FROM channel_room WHERE channel_id = ?").get(channel.id)
-	const customName = row?.nick
-	const customAvatar = row?.custom_avatar
+	assert(row)
+	const customName = row.nick
+	const customAvatar = row.custom_avatar
 	const [convertedName, convertedTopic] = convertNameAndTopic(channel, guild, customName)
 
 	const avatarEventContent = {}
diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
index a45c23b..f0c4664 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
@@ -27,31 +27,3 @@ test("event2message: janky test", t => {
 		}]
 	)
 })
-
-test("event2message: long messages are split", t => {
-	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
-			content: {
-				body: ("a".repeat(130) + " ").repeat(19),
-				msgtype: "m.text"
-			},
-			event_id: "$g07oYSZFWBkxohNEfywldwgcWj1hbhDzQ1sBAKvqOOU",
-			origin_server_ts: 1688301929913,
-			room_id: "!kLRqKKUQXcibIMtOpl:cadence.moe",
-			sender: "@cadence:cadence.moe",
-			type: "m.room.message",
-			unsigned: {
-				age: 405299
-			}
-		}),
-		[{
-			username: "cadence",
-			content: (("a".repeat(130) + " ").repeat(15)).slice(0, -1),
-			avatar_url: undefined
-		}, {
-			username: "cadence",
-			content: (("a".repeat(130) + " ").repeat(4)).slice(0, -1),
-			avatar_url: undefined
-		}]
-	)
-})
diff --git a/matrix/read-registration.js b/matrix/read-registration.js
index 54d77ae..a1d920d 100644
--- a/matrix/read-registration.js
+++ b/matrix/read-registration.js
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 // @ts-check
 
 const fs = require("fs")
-const assert = require("assert").strict
 const yaml = require("js-yaml")
 
 /** @ts-ignore @type {import("../types").AppServiceRegistrationConfig} */
 const reg = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync("registration.yaml", "utf8"))
-assert(reg.ooye.max_file_size)
-assert(reg.ooye.namespace_prefix)
-assert(reg.ooye.server_name)
-module.exports = reg
+module.exports = reg
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