diff --git a/controllers_v2/finstitutions/payments/base.py b/controllers_v2/finstitutions/payments/base.py
index ee75663..5329299 100644
--- a/controllers_v2/finstitutions/payments/base.py
+++ b/controllers_v2/finstitutions/payments/base.py
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class PaymentsController(CoreAuthTokenController, ABC):
         """
 
         # If this is not an against-sale kind of transaction:
-        if not payment.metadata.againstReference.get("against", "MKC").strip().lower().find("against sale") >= 0:
+        if not payment.metadata.reference.strip().lower().find("against sale") >= 0:
             return True
 
         # If this is against some sale: