diff --git a/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/java/au/org/ala/pipelines/beam/ALAUUIDValidationPipeline.java b/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/java/au/org/ala/pipelines/beam/ALAUUIDValidationPipeline.java
index c83798f24..6626641ce 100644
--- a/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/java/au/org/ala/pipelines/beam/ALAUUIDValidationPipeline.java
+++ b/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/java/au/org/ala/pipelines/beam/ALAUUIDValidationPipeline.java
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public void processElement(
         "Validation finished. Results written to: {}",
         getValidationFilePath(options, VALIDATION_REPORT_FILE));
 
-    if (ValidationUtils.checkValidationFile(options).getValid()
+    if (!ValidationUtils.checkValidationFile(options).getValid()
         && options.getThrowErrorOnValidationFail()) {
       throw new RuntimeException(
           "Validation of dataset failed. Check validation file at: "