diff --git a/src/ucis/xml/__init__.py b/src/ucis/xml/__init__.py
index dc6c01d..4becfb3 100644
--- a/src/ucis/xml/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ucis/xml/__init__.py
@@ -22,48 +22,50 @@
 
 
 def validate_ucis_xml(file_or_filename):
-    
+
     xml_pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
     schema_dir = os.path.join(xml_pkg_dir, "schema")
     ucis_xsd = os.path.join(schema_dir, "ucis.xsd")
-    
+
     with open(ucis_xsd, "r") as xsd_fp:
         ucis_xsd_doc = etree.parse(xsd_fp)
-        
+
 #    print("schema_doc: " + tounicode(ucis_xsd_doc, pretty_print=True))
-    
+
     ucis_schema = etree.XMLSchema(ucis_xsd_doc)
-    
+
 #    print("schema: " + str(ucis_schema))
-    
+
     if type(file_or_filename) == str:
         print("open file")
         fp = open(file_or_filename, "r")
     else:
         fp = file_or_filename
-        
+
     ret = False
 
     try:
         doc = etree.parse(fp)
-        
+
         root = doc.getroot()
 
         # There is some inconsistency in whether
         # elements should be namespace-qualified or not.
         # The official schema indicates that they should be,
         # while the examples indicate they shouldn't be. The
-        # (apparently) simplest way around this is to remove 
+        # (apparently) simplest way around this is to remove
         # namespace qualification entirely.
         for elem in root.getiterator():
             if not hasattr(elem.tag, 'find'): continue  # (1)
             i = elem.tag.find('}')
             if i >= 0:
-                elem.tag = elem.tag[i+1:]        
-                
+                elem.tag = elem.tag[i+1:]
+
         ret = ucis_schema.assertValid(doc)
+        ret = True
+
     finally:
         if type(file_or_filename) == str:
             fp.close()
 
-    return ret
\ No newline at end of file
+    return ret