diff --git a/protoc_plugin/Makefile b/protoc_plugin/Makefile
index b3121ff2..987a844e 100644
--- a/protoc_plugin/Makefile
+++ b/protoc_plugin/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PLUGIN_SRC = \
 	lib/**/*.dart
 
 OUTPUT_DIR=test/gen
-PLUGIN_NAME=protoc-gen-dart
+PLUGIN_NAME=protoc-gen-dart-debug
 PLUGIN_PATH=bin/$(PLUGIN_NAME)
 
 TEST_PROTO_LIST = \
diff --git a/protoc_plugin/bin/protoc-gen-dart-debug b/protoc_plugin/bin/protoc-gen-dart-debug
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..86b62aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protoc_plugin/bin/protoc-gen-dart-debug
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+BINDIR=$(dirname "$0")
+dart --enable-asserts "$BINDIR/protoc_plugin.dart" -c "$@"
diff --git a/protoc_plugin/lib/src/protobuf_field.dart b/protoc_plugin/lib/src/protobuf_field.dart
index d365d4b7..42bbb7bb 100644
--- a/protoc_plugin/lib/src/protobuf_field.dart
+++ b/protoc_plugin/lib/src/protobuf_field.dart
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ class ProtobufField {
 
   /// Returns a function expression that returns the field's default value.
   String? generateDefaultFunction({bool omitIfFirstEnumValue = false}) {
-    assert(!isRepeated);
     switch (descriptor.type) {
       case FieldDescriptorProto_Type.TYPE_BOOL:
         return _getDefaultAsBoolExpr(null);