diff --git a/runtime/include/panic.h b/runtime/include/panic.h
index 538f27a..167f632 100644
--- a/runtime/include/panic.h
+++ b/runtime/include/panic.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-__attribute__((noreturn)) void
+__attribute__((noreturn)) static inline void
 panic(const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
diff --git a/runtime/src/local_runqueue_minheap.c b/runtime/src/local_runqueue_minheap.c
index 7f4a616..f0e9bc2 100644
--- a/runtime/src/local_runqueue_minheap.c
+++ b/runtime/src/local_runqueue_minheap.c
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "current_sandbox.h"
+#include "global_request_scheduler.h"
 #include "local_runqueue.h"
 #include "local_runqueue_minheap.h"
-#include "global_request_scheduler.h"
-#include "current_sandbox.h"
+#include "panic.h"
 #include "priority_queue.h"
 
-#include <stdint.h>
 
 __thread static struct priority_queue local_runqueue_minheap;
 
@@ -63,7 +65,10 @@ local_runqueue_minheap_delete(struct sandbox *sandbox)
 {
 	assert(sandbox != NULL);
 	int rc = priority_queue_delete(&local_runqueue_minheap, sandbox, "Runqueue");
-	assert(rc == 0);
+	if (rc == -1) {
+		panic("Err: Thread Local %lu tried to delete sandbox %lu from runqueue, but was not present\n",
+		      pthread_self(), sandbox->start_time);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/runtime/src/priority_queue.c b/runtime/src/priority_queue.c
index 6845629..6a3d9c9 100644
--- a/runtime/src/priority_queue.c
+++ b/runtime/src/priority_queue.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ priority_queue_enqueue(struct priority_queue *self, void *value, char *name)
 /**
  * @param self - the priority queue we want to delete from
  * @param value - the value we want to delete
- * @returns 0 on success. -1 on not found. -2 on unable to take lock
+ * @returns 0 on success. -1 on not found
  */
 int
 priority_queue_delete(struct priority_queue *self, void *value, char *name)
@@ -198,12 +198,9 @@ priority_queue_delete(struct priority_queue *self, void *value, char *name)
 			did_delete = true;
 		}
 	}
+
 	ck_spinlock_fas_unlock(&self->lock);
-	assert(did_delete);
-	if (!did_delete) {
-		printf("[priority_queue_delete] Not found!\n");
-		return -1;
-	};
+	if (!did_delete) return -1;
 	return 0;
 }