diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/common.py b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/common.py
index 718a614c734b989f476b81739aaf2ed818c11f9a..69a57bf61b9ecae80e17305cc49050ff6f186f8e 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/common.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/common.py
@@ -223,14 +223,14 @@ class AbstractSchemaTemplate(AbstractTemplate):
 
     def get_default_json_document_for_schema(self) -> dict:
         '''get a json document object (dict) which complies with this template's schema and with all the defaults filled in.'''
-        default_json_doc = get_default_json_object_for_schema(self.ref_resolved_schema)
+        default_json_doc = get_default_json_object_for_schema(self.schema)
         # make sure we point to the ref_resolved version of the schema
         default_json_doc['$schema'] = ref_resolved_url(default_json_doc['$schema'])
         return default_json_doc
 
     def add_defaults_to_json_object_for_schema(self, json_object: dict) -> dict:
         '''add any missing default propery to the given json document object (dict).'''
-        return add_defaults_to_json_object_for_schema(json_object, self.ref_resolved_schema)
+        return add_defaults_to_json_object_for_schema(json_object, self.schema)
 
     def annotate_and_validate_json_schema(self):
         '''annotate this schema with the template's name, description and version,