diff --git a/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/Fig4_metastability.py b/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/Fig4_metastability.py
index 95846c8befbb474221fabe604ac2909d33a883d6..5818eafa107b4b63c27279c3535085dc39a4ec03 100644
--- a/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/Fig4_metastability.py
+++ b/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/Fig4_metastability.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ for label in labels:
 # stationary firing rates
 fn = os.path.join(data_path, label_stat_rate, 'Analysis', 'pop_rates.json')
 with open(fn, 'r') as f:
-    pop_rates = {label: json.load(f)}
+    pop_rates = {label_stat_rate: json.load(f)}
 
 
 # Meanfield part: first initialize base class to compute initial rates