diff --git a/cumulus_lambda_functions/snpp_level1a_generate_cmr/generate_cmr.py b/cumulus_lambda_functions/snpp_level1a_generate_cmr/generate_cmr.py
index 56ab5a04..6295c0d2 100644
--- a/cumulus_lambda_functions/snpp_level1a_generate_cmr/generate_cmr.py
+++ b/cumulus_lambda_functions/snpp_level1a_generate_cmr/generate_cmr.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def __validate_input(self):
 
     def __get_pds_metadata_file(self):
         self.__input_file_list = self.__event['cma']['event']['meta']['input_granules'][0]['files']
+        pds_metadata_file = None
         for each_file in self.__input_file_list:
             if 'fileName' not in each_file and 'name' in each_file:  # add fileName if there is only name
                 each_file['fileName'] = each_file['name']
@@ -136,8 +137,8 @@ def __get_pds_metadata_file(self):
                 each_file['key'] = s3_key
             LOGGER.debug(f'checking file: {each_file}')
             if each_file['key'].upper().endswith('.NC.CAS'):
-                return each_file
-        return None
+                pds_metadata_file = each_file
+        return pds_metadata_file
 
     def __read_pds_metadata_file(self):
         self._pds_file_dict = self.__get_pds_metadata_file()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0c63f6f9..3dd178b0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="cumulus_lambda_functions",
-    version="1.7.0",
+    version="1.7.1",
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=install_requires,
     tests_require=['mock', 'nose', 'sphinx', 'sphinx_rtd_theme', 'coverage', 'pystac', 'python-dotenv', 'jsonschema'],