diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/JSONServlet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/JSONServlet.java
index 3a27a8401..e250fece0 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/JSONServlet.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/JSONServlet.java
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ public class JSONServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
         DataProperty monikerDp = (new DataProperty());
         monikerDp.setURI( VitroVocabulary.MONIKER);
         //this property is vivo specific
-        DataProperty perferredTitleDp = (new DataProperty());
-        perferredTitleDp.setURI("http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#preferredTitle");
+        DataProperty preferredTitleDp = (new DataProperty());
+        preferredTitleDp.setURI("http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#preferredTitle");
         
         
         if( log.isDebugEnabled() ){
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public class JSONServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
                 jo.put("moniker", moniker);
                 jo.put("vclassName", getVClassName(ind,moniker,fullWdf));
                                     
-                jo.put("perferredTitle", getDataPropertyValue(ind, perferredTitleDp, fullWdf));
+                jo.put("preferredTitle", getDataPropertyValue(ind, preferredTitleDp, fullWdf));
                 jo.put("firstName", getDataPropertyValue(ind, fNameDp, fullWdf));                     
                 jo.put("lastName", getDataPropertyValue(ind, lNameDp, fullWdf));