diff --git a/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/handler.py b/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/handler.py
index 08a25443652..434b567f018 100755
--- a/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/handler.py
+++ b/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/handler.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def validate_3dtile_payload(payload):
         if not volume:
             raise Invalid3DTilesException("The mandatory 'boundingVolume' for the key 'root' is missing")
 
-        error = payload.get("root", {}).get("geometricError", None)
+        error = payload.get("geometricError", None) or payload.get("root", {}).get("geometricError", None)
         if error is None:
             raise Invalid3DTilesException("The mandatory 'geometricError' for the key 'root' is missing")
 
diff --git a/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/tests.py b/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/tests.py
index 6aa3982d3e2..7ba1696f794 100755
--- a/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/tests.py
+++ b/geonode/upload/handlers/tiles3d/tests.py
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ def test_validate_should_raise_exception_for_invalid_root_boundingVolume(self):
     def test_validate_should_raise_exception_for_invalid_root_geometricError(self):
         _json = {
             "asset": {"version": "1.1"},
-            "geometricError": 1.0,
             "root": {"boundingVolume": {"box": []}, "foo": 0.0},
         }
         _path = "/tmp/tileset.json"
@@ -164,7 +163,10 @@ def test_validate_should_raise_exception_for_invalid_root_geometricError(self):
             self.handler.is_valid(files={"base_file": _path}, user=self.user)
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(_exc)
-        self.assertTrue("The mandatory 'geometricError' for the key 'root' is missing" in str(_exc.exception.detail))
+        self.assertTrue(
+            "The provided 3DTiles is not valid, some of the mandatory keys are missing. Mandatory keys are: 'asset', 'geometricError', 'root'"
+            in str(_exc.exception.detail)
+        )
         os.remove(_path)
 
     def test_get_ogr2ogr_driver_should_return_the_expected_driver(self):
diff --git a/geonode/upload/tests/end2end/test_end2end.py b/geonode/upload/tests/end2end/test_end2end.py
index f0a493b144e..176259b7199 100644
--- a/geonode/upload/tests/end2end/test_end2end.py
+++ b/geonode/upload/tests/end2end/test_end2end.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ def test_import_wms(self):
             "parse_remote_metadata": True,
             "action": "upload",
         }
-        initial_name = res.title
+        initial_name = res.title.lower().replace(" ", "_")
         assert_payload = {
             "subtype": "remote",
             "title": res.title,