diff --git a/src/thd_json/load_json.py b/src/thd_json/load_json.py
index 3bdf52bb4cc93749f26e6d8a9aa60d15dca01063..56f91b2cda8ce539c432caf48b272d1b5cd0ede8 100644
--- a/src/thd_json/load_json.py
+++ b/src/thd_json/load_json.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import json
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
-def load_thd_projection(json_path: Path):
+def load_thd_meta_data(json_path: Path):
     if not json_path.suffix.endswith("json"):
         raise ValueError("Wrong data type. Input must be `.json`file.")
     meta_data = json.load(json_path.open())