diff --git a/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts b/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
index f6a4f45..b19ef2c 100644
--- a/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
+++ b/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ async function getSingleBlogPostJsonBySlug(slug : string) {
 		//-----continue to enforce standard set by forceBlogPostsJsonSlugIntegrity()
 		blogPost.slug = slug;		
 	} catch (e) {
-		jsonParseSuccess = false;
 		console.log('Failed to open or parse JSON for file ' + jsonPath);
 		console.log('JSON parse attempt resulted in the following error:');
 		console.log(e);