diff --git a/src/edu/ucsb/nceas/metacat/doi/datacite/EML2DataCiteFactory.java b/src/edu/ucsb/nceas/metacat/doi/datacite/EML2DataCiteFactory.java
index 224ec98e7..ae9761a8e 100644
--- a/src/edu/ucsb/nceas/metacat/doi/datacite/EML2DataCiteFactory.java
+++ b/src/edu/ucsb/nceas/metacat/doi/datacite/EML2DataCiteFactory.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public String generateMetadata(Identifier identifier, SystemMetadata sysmeta) th
                     //version
                     
                     //description (abstract)
-                    String description = emlPackage.getAbsctract();
+                    String description = emlPackage.getAbstract();
                     if(description != null) {
                         appendDescription(description, doc, language, ABSTRACT);
                     }