diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 709b6d4..7069f90 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ $ aspace-export --config /path/to/go-aspace.yml --environment your-environment-k
 * If the `validate` option is set when the running the application any finding aids that fail validation will be written to a subdirectory named `invalid`.
 * A log file will be created named `aspace-export.log` which will be created in the root of output directory as defined in the --export-location option.
 * A Report with statistics will be created named `aspace-export-report.txt` will be created in the root of output directory as defined in the --export-location option.
-* Validation of MARC21 records is currently failing, do not use the --marc flag in conjunction with the --validate flage
-
 
 **example output structure**<br>
 /path/top/eexport-location/aspace-exports-[timestamp]<br>
@@ -59,8 +57,7 @@ Command-Line Arguments
 --reformat, tab-reformat ead files (marcxml are tab-formatted by ArchivesSpace), default: `false`<br>
 --repository, ID of the repository to be exported, `0` will export all repositories, default: `0`<br>
 --resource, ID of the resource to be exported, `0` will export all resources, default: `0`<br>
---timeout, client timout in seconds to, default: `20`<br>
---validate, validate exported finding aids against schema, default: `false`<br>
+--timeout, client timeout in seconds to, default: `20`<br>
 --version, print the application and go-aspace client version<br>
 --workers, number of concurrent export workers to create, default: `8`<br>
 --help, print this help screen<br>
diff --git a/aspace_xport/util.go b/aspace_xport/util.go
index 9353835..68c58aa 100644
--- a/aspace_xport/util.go
+++ b/aspace_xport/util.go
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package aspace_xport
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/nyudlts/go-aspace"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/nyudlts/go-aspace"
 )
 
 type ResourceInfo struct {
@@ -154,7 +155,6 @@ func CreateExportDirectories(workDirPath string, repositoryMap map[string]int, u
 
 		repositoryDir := filepath.Join(workDirPath, slug)
 		exportDir := filepath.Join(repositoryDir, "exports")
-		failureDir := filepath.Join(repositoryDir, "invalid")
 		unpublishedDir := filepath.Join(repositoryDir, "unpublished")
 
 		err := os.Mkdir(repositoryDir, 0755)
@@ -170,13 +170,6 @@ func CreateExportDirectories(workDirPath string, repositoryMap map[string]int, u
 		}
 		PrintAndLog(fmt.Sprintf("created export directory %s", exportDir), INFO)
 
-		//create the repository failure directory
-		err = os.Mkdir(failureDir, 0755)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		PrintAndLog(fmt.Sprintf("created failure directory %s", failureDir), INFO)
-
 		if unpublishedResources == true {
 			err = os.Mkdir(unpublishedDir, 0755)
 			if err != nil {