diff --git a/bin/sce_to_anndata.R b/bin/sce_to_anndata.R
index 19b912ec..cb6c9f48 100755
--- a/bin/sce_to_anndata.R
+++ b/bin/sce_to_anndata.R
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ if (!(stringr::str_ends(opt$output_rna_h5, ".hdf5|.h5"))) {
 # sure that the sce that is getting converted to AnnData is compliant with CZI
 # CZI 3.0.0 requirements: https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/single-cell-curation/blob/b641130fe53b8163e50c39af09ee3fcaa14c5ea7/schema/3.0.0/schema.md
 format_czi <- function(sce) {
+  
+  # add schema version
+  metadata(sce)$schema_version = "3.0.0"
+  
   # add library_id as an sce colData column
   # need this column to join in the sample metadata with the colData
   sce$library_id <- metadata(sce)$library_id
@@ -71,12 +75,8 @@ format_czi <- function(sce) {
       # create columns for assay and suspension ontology terms
       assay_ontology_term_id = metadata(sce)$assay_ontology_term_id,
       suspension_type = metadata(sce)$seq_unit,
-      # move project id to title slot in metadata list
-      title = metadata(sce)$project_id,
       # add is_primary_data column; only needed for anndata objects
-      is_primary_data = FALSE,
-      # add schema version
-      schema_version = "3.0.0"
+      is_primary_data = FALSE
     )
 
   # add colData back to sce object