diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 72c0965..d5cbd20 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 setup(
     name='tableau_tools',
     python_requires='>=3.6',
-    version='5.1.3',
+    version='5.1.4',
     packages=['tableau_tools', 'tableau_tools.tableau_rest_api', 'tableau_tools.tableau_documents',
               'tableau_tools.examples', 'tableau_tools.tableau_rest_api.methods'],
     url='https://github.com/bryantbhowell/tableau_tools',
diff --git a/tableau_rest_api/methods/project.py b/tableau_rest_api/methods/project.py
index 79aeabe..aef0db4 100644
--- a/tableau_rest_api/methods/project.py
+++ b/tableau_rest_api/methods/project.py
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ def create_project(self, project_name: Optional[str] = None, project_desc: Optio
             new_project = self.send_add_request(url, tsr)
             self.end_log_block()
             project_luid = new_project.findall('.//t:project', self.ns_map)[0].get("id")
+            proj_xml = new_project.findall('.//t:project', self.ns_map)[0]
             if no_return is False:
-                return self.get_published_project_object(project_luid, new_project)
+                return self.get_published_project_object(project_luid, proj_xml)
         except RecoverableHTTPException as e:
             if e.http_code == 409:
                 self.log('Project named {} already exists, finding and returning the Published Project Object'.format(