diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerializationHelper.hpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerializationHelper.hpp
index f2c4572a..8f1b972c 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerializationHelper.hpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerializationHelper.hpp
@@ -267,22 +267,18 @@ namespace YAML
     static bool decode(YAML::Node const& node, SHMaterialSpec& rhs)
     {
       // Retrieve Shader Asset IDs
-      if (!node[VERT_SHADER_YAML_TAG.data()])
-        return false;
-      rhs.vertexShader = node[VERT_SHADER_YAML_TAG.data()].as<AssetID>();
-      if (!node[FRAG_SHADER_YAML_TAG.data()])
-        return false;
-      rhs.fragShader = node[FRAG_SHADER_YAML_TAG.data()].as<AssetID>();
+      if (node[VERT_SHADER_YAML_TAG.data()])
+        rhs.vertexShader = node[VERT_SHADER_YAML_TAG.data()].as<AssetID>();
+      if (node[FRAG_SHADER_YAML_TAG.data()])
+        rhs.fragShader = node[FRAG_SHADER_YAML_TAG.data()].as<AssetID>();
 
       // Retrieve Subpass
-      if (!node[SUBPASS_YAML_TAG.data()])
-        return false;
-      rhs.subpassName = node[SUBPASS_YAML_TAG.data()].as<std::string>();
+      if (node[SUBPASS_YAML_TAG.data()])
+        rhs.subpassName = node[SUBPASS_YAML_TAG.data()].as<std::string>();
 
       // Retrieve
-      if (!node[PROPS_YAML_TAG.data()])
-        return false;
-      rhs.properties = node[PROPS_YAML_TAG.data()];
+      if (node[PROPS_YAML_TAG.data()])
+        rhs.properties = node[PROPS_YAML_TAG.data()];
 
       return true;
     }