diff --git a/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/engine/index.ts b/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/engine/index.ts
index b6e3ebd4d6..c16430d8d5 100644
--- a/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/engine/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/engine/index.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class TransferEngine<
     if (!isEmpty(diffs)) {
       throw new Error(
         `Import process failed because the project doesn't have a matching data structure 
-        ${JSON.stringify(diffs, null, 2)}        
+        ${JSON.stringify(diffs, null, 2)}
         `
       );
     }
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class TransferEngine<
       const isValidTransfer = await this.integrityCheck();
 
       if (!isValidTransfer) {
+        // TODO: provide the log from the integrity check
         throw new Error(
           `Unable to transfer the data between ${this.sourceProvider.name} and ${this.destinationProvider.name}.\nPlease refer to the log above for more information.`
         );
diff --git a/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/providers/local-file-source-provider.ts b/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/providers/local-file-source-provider.ts
index e4bc344e5a..3ccbea728d 100644
--- a/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/providers/local-file-source-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/providers/local-file-source-provider.ts
@@ -82,15 +82,13 @@ class LocalFileSourceProvider implements ISourceProvider {
     // TODO: need to read the file & extract the metadata json file
     // => we might also need to read the schema.jsonl files & implements a custom stream-check
     const backupStream = this.#getBackupStream();
-    return {};
-    // return this.#parseJSONFile<IMetadata>(backupStream, METADATA_FILE_PATH);
+    return this.#parseJSONFile<IMetadata>(backupStream, METADATA_FILE_PATH);
   }
 
   async getSchemas() {
-    // const schemas = await collect(this.streamSchemas() as Readable);
+    const schemas = await collect(this.streamSchemas() as Readable);
 
-    // return keyBy('uid', schemas);
-    return null;
+    return keyBy('uid', schemas);
   }
 
   streamEntities(): NodeJS.ReadableStream {