diff --git a/hoot-core-test/src/test/cpp/hoot/core/algorithms/perty/PertyMatchScorerTest.cpp b/hoot-core-test/src/test/cpp/hoot/core/algorithms/perty/PertyMatchScorerTest.cpp
index a29848d..e3c2558 100644
--- a/hoot-core-test/src/test/cpp/hoot/core/algorithms/perty/PertyMatchScorerTest.cpp
+++ b/hoot-core-test/src/test/cpp/hoot/core/algorithms/perty/PertyMatchScorerTest.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public:
//can't do a file comparison on the output here since the UUID's added to the file will be
//different with each run
- CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(100, (int)combinedMap->getElementCount());
+ CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(99, (int)combinedMap->getElementCount());
std::shared_ptr<TagKeyCountVisitor> tagKeyCountVisitorRef1(new TagKeyCountVisitor(MetadataTags::Ref1()));
combinedMap->visitRo(*tagKeyCountVisitorRef1);
CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(8, (int)tagKeyCountVisitorRef1->getStat());