diff --git a/snapshotEngine/getAllSnapshotMetadata.py b/snapshotEngine/getAllSnapshotMetadata.py
index 08689d0cf..43f63d79b 100644
--- a/snapshotEngine/getAllSnapshotMetadata.py
+++ b/snapshotEngine/getAllSnapshotMetadata.py
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
     schema = f.read()
 
 # json.validate() returns None if successful
-if not validate(metadata_document, json.loads(schema)):
-    print("Metadata sucessfully validated against schema!")
+if not validate(json.loads(metadata_document), json.loads(schema)):
+    print("Metadata successfully validated against schema!")
 else:
     raise Exception("Metadata NOT validated against schema!")