diff --git a/app/services/hyrax/simple_schema_loader.rb b/app/services/hyrax/simple_schema_loader.rb
index 2d1768e443..b9d2a128b9 100644
--- a/app/services/hyrax/simple_schema_loader.rb
+++ b/app/services/hyrax/simple_schema_loader.rb
@@ -169,20 +169,20 @@ def metadata_files
 
     def predicate_pairs(ret_hsh, schema_name)
       schema_config(schema_name)['attributes'].each do |name, config|
+        predicate = RDF::URI(config['predicate'])
         if ret_hsh[name].blank?
-          ret_hsh[name.to_sym] = RDF::URI(config['predicate'])
-        else
-          multiple_predicate_message(name)
+          ret_hsh[name.to_sym] = predicate
+        elsif ret_hsh[name] != predicate
+          multiple_predicate_message(name, ret_hsh[name], predicate)
         end
       end
     end
 
-    def multiple_predicate_message(name)
-      message =  "The attribute of #{name} has been assigned multiple times " \
-                 "within the metadata YAMLs. Please be aware that once the " \
-                 "attribute's predicate value is first assigned, any other value " \
-                 "will be ignored."
-
+    def multiple_predicate_message(name, existing, incoming)
+      message =  "The attribute of #{name} has been assigned a predicate multiple times " \
+                 "within the metadata YAMLs. Please be aware that once the attribute's " \
+                 "predicate value is first assigned, any other value will be ignored. " \
+                 "The existing value is #{existing} preventing the use of #{incoming}"
       Hyrax.logger.warn(message)
     end
   end
diff --git a/config/metadata/hyrax_internal_metadata.yaml b/config/metadata/hyrax_internal_metadata.yaml
index 0f41794265..f33b3f8c65 100644
--- a/config/metadata/hyrax_internal_metadata.yaml
+++ b/config/metadata/hyrax_internal_metadata.yaml
@@ -1,56 +1,57 @@
 ---
+# This internal metadata config is used to define predicates for hyrax internals only
 attributes:
-  admin_set_id: 
+  access_to:
+    predicate: http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#accessTo
+  admin_set_id:
     predicate: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf
-  id:
-    predicate: http://purl.org/dc/terms/id
-  internal_resource:
-    predicate: info:fedora/fedora-system:def/model#hasModel
-  representative_id:
-    predicate: http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#hasRelatedMediaFragment
-  state:
-    predicate: http://fedora.info/definitions/1/0/access/ObjState#objState
-  thumbnail_id:
-    predicate: http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#hasRelatedImage
-  created_at: 
-    predicate: http://purl.org/dc/terms/created
+  agent:
+    predicate: http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#agent
   byte_order:
     predicate: http://sweet.jpl.nasa.gov/2.2/reprDataFormat.owl#byteOrder
   color_space:
     predicate: http://www.w3.org/2003/12/exif/ns#colorSpace
   compression:
     predicate: http://vocabulary.samvera.org/ns#compressionScheme
+  created_at:
+    predicate: http://purl.org/dc/terms/created
   file_identifier:
     predicate: http://vocabulary.samvera.org/ns#fileIdentifier
+  file_ids:
+    predicate: http://pcdm.org/models#hasFile
   file_set_id:
     predicate: http://vocabulary.samvera.org/ns#fileSetId
   format_label:
     predicate: http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v1#hasFormatName
-  height: 
+  height:
     predicate: http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#height
+  id:
+    predicate: http://purl.org/dc/terms/id
+  internal_resource:
+    predicate: info:fedora/fedora-system:def/model#hasModel
   mime_type:
     predicate: http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#hasMimeType
+  mode:
+    predicate: http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#mode
   original_filename:
     predicate: http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#filename
   pcdm_use:
     predicate: http://vocabulary.samvera.org/ns#pcdmUse
+  permissions:
+    predicate: http://vocabulary.samvera.org/ns#permissions
   recorded_size:
     predicate: http://www.loc.gov/premis/rdf/v1#hasSize
+  representative_id:
+    predicate: http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#hasRelatedMediaFragment
+  state:
+    predicate: http://fedora.info/definitions/1/0/access/ObjState#objState
+  thumbnail_id:
+    predicate: http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#hasRelatedImage
+  updated_at:
+    predicate: http://vocabulary.samvera.org/ns#updatedAt
   valid:
     predicate: http://vocabulary.samvera.org/ns#valid
   well_formed:
     predicate: http://vocabulary.samvera.org/ns#wellFormed
   width:
     predicate: http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#width
-  access_to:
-    predicate: http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#accessTo
-  permissions:
-    predicate: http://vocabulary.samvera.org/ns#permissions
-  updated_at:
-    predicate: http://vocabulary.samvera.org/ns#updatedAt
-  agent:
-    predicate: http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#agent
-  mode:
-    predicate: http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#mode
-  file_ids:
-    predicate: http://pcdm.org/models#hasFile
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