diff --git a/workflow/tests/test_parseMetadata.py b/workflow/tests/test_parseMetadata.py
index 7f8cb30512fd82dee4755d1d2418f683119b2e45..9becc68f9179b05b2919784bebddb3996a8be575 100644
--- a/workflow/tests/test_parseMetadata.py
+++ b/workflow/tests/test_parseMetadata.py
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ def test_parseMetadata():
 def readLine(fileName):
     data = False
     file = open(fileName, "r")
-    if file.readline() == file.readline():
+    line = file.readline()
+    print(line)
+    if line == line:
         data = True
 
     return data