diff --git a/src/corelib/world.c b/src/corelib/world.c
index 4f78b6c..0036b7f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/world.c
+++ b/src/corelib/world.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "world.h"
 #include "memory.h"
+#include "assert.h"
 #include "math/vec.h"
 #include "object.h"
 
@@ -18,18 +19,19 @@ int _expand_world() {
 		new_num = 16;
 	}
 	object_t** new_list = realloc(_world_objects.objects, new_num * sizeof(object_t*));
-	if(new_list == NULL) {
-		printf("ERROR: failed to expand world when requesting additional objects\n");
-		return 0;
-	} else {
-		for(size_t i = _world_objects.num; i < new_num; ++i) {
-			new_list[i] = NULL;
-		}
 
-		_world_objects.objects = new_list;
-		_world_objects.num = new_num;
-		return 1;
+	if(new_list == NULL) {
+		assert(!"ERROR: Out of memory");
+		exit(-10);
 	}
+
+	for(size_t i = _world_objects.num; i < new_num; ++i) {
+		new_list[i] = NULL;
+	}
+
+	_world_objects.objects = new_list;
+	_world_objects.num = new_num;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static inline
@@ -40,11 +42,8 @@ size_t _find_free_object() {
 		}
 	}
 	size_t num = _world_objects.num;
-	if(_expand_world()) {
-		return num;
-	} else {
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	_expand_world();
+	return num;
 }
 
 void world_clear() {