diff --git a/indra/lib/python/indra/ipc/llsdhttp.py b/indra/lib/python/indra/ipc/llsdhttp.py
index 978486efa5b6bdef2e117d7a09f03438f5671030..0d1a1c63d6347b7d87217b57361413a8c78fe035 100644
--- a/indra/lib/python/indra/ipc/llsdhttp.py
+++ b/indra/lib/python/indra/ipc/llsdhttp.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def postFile(url, filename, verbose=False):
     f = open(filename)
     body = f.read()
     f.close()
-    llsd_body = llsd.parse(bodY)
+    llsd_body = llsd.parse(body)
     return post(url, llsd_body, verbose=verbose)