diff --git a/plasmid/source/core-plugins/stellingmigration/1/dss/drop-boxes/stellingconsistency/consistency.py b/plasmid/source/core-plugins/stellingmigration/1/dss/drop-boxes/stellingconsistency/consistency.py
index 81827ef3a74a7232e55e077ec331c1cdf0be6194..a90da9a941e7f2c8ccf641c2d39ea8e8f1f56a98 100644
--- a/plasmid/source/core-plugins/stellingmigration/1/dss/drop-boxes/stellingconsistency/consistency.py
+++ b/plasmid/source/core-plugins/stellingmigration/1/dss/drop-boxes/stellingconsistency/consistency.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def isChild(sample, identifier):
     
 def getAnnotationsRootNodeFromSample(sample):
     annotations = sample.getPropertyValue("ANNOTATIONS_STATE")
-    if '<root>' in annotations:
+    if '<root' in annotations:
         try:
             return ET.fromstring(annotations)
         except Exception: