diff --git a/geomagio/api/db/metadata_table.py b/geomagio/api/db/metadata_table.py
index 05e5cfe43729770a84d305dcedc506858545d41c..f1286420e3b030014ff9acff0db77c49c8d88b49 100644
--- a/geomagio/api/db/metadata_table.py
+++ b/geomagio/api/db/metadata_table.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ async def get_metadata(
     if created_after:
         query = query.where(metadata.c.created_time > created_after)
     if created_before:
-        query = query = query.where(metadata.c.created_time < created_before)
+        query = query.where(metadata.c.created_time < created_before)
     if data_valid is not None:
         query = query.where(metadata.c.data_valid == data_valid)
     if metadata_valid is not None:
diff --git a/geomagio/api/secure/metadata.py b/geomagio/api/secure/metadata.py
index 3592e48b98eb90e99d56f3b9a82edbd12b6ff56e..d69121045501a9f6a242fc9564d641d920cc10c8 100644
--- a/geomagio/api/secure/metadata.py
+++ b/geomagio/api/secure/metadata.py
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ async def create_metadata(
     user: User = Depends(require_user()),
 ):
     created_metadata = await metadata_table.create_metadata(metadata)
-    print(metadata.to_json())
-    return Response(metadata.to_json(), status_code=201, media_type="application/json")
+    return Response(metadata.json(), status_code=201, media_type="application/json")
 
 
 @router.delete("/metadata/{id}")
diff --git a/geomagio/metadata/Metadata.py b/geomagio/metadata/Metadata.py
index eb8f5b8fd8aa764bd4a8f041badd772cd1f02b33..ce2ad5211ac07c5023c4821396a8abe1ed1fd4f5 100644
--- a/geomagio/metadata/Metadata.py
+++ b/geomagio/metadata/Metadata.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from datetime import timezone
-import json
 from typing import Dict
 
 from obspy import UTCDateTime
@@ -88,6 +87,3 @@ class Metadata(BaseModel):
     @validator("created_time")
     def set_default_created_time(cls, created_time: UTCDateTime = None) -> UTCDateTime:
         return created_time or UTCDateTime()
-
-    def to_json(self):
-        return json.dumps(self, default=lambda o: o.__dict__, sort_keys=True, indent=4)