diff --git a/R/Seurat.Utils.Metadata.R b/R/Seurat.Utils.Metadata.R
index 0d52dcc..c048b93 100644
--- a/R/Seurat.Utils.Metadata.R
+++ b/R/Seurat.Utils.Metadata.R
@@ -1624,7 +1624,12 @@ transferLabelsSeurat <- function(
     stopifnot(file.exists(reference_path))
     reference_obj <- readr::read_rds(reference_path)
   } else {
-    stopifnot(inherits(reference_obj, "Seurat") & min(dim(reference_obj)) > 10)
+    stopifnot(
+      inherits(reference_obj, "Seurat"),
+      min(dim(reference_obj)) > 10,
+      reference_ident %in% colnames(reference_obj@meta.data)
+    )
+
   }
 
   # Report
diff --git a/R/Seurat.Utils.R b/R/Seurat.Utils.R
index e9aeea2..6d4436a 100644
--- a/R/Seurat.Utils.R
+++ b/R/Seurat.Utils.R
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ processSeuratObject <- function(obj, param.list = p, add.meta.fractions = FALSE,
       obj <- addGeneClassFractions(obj)
     } # end if add.meta.fractions
 
+    if("data" %!in% Layers(obj.Pati)) {
+      message("------------------- NormalizeData -------------------")
+      obj <- Seurat::NormalizeData(object = obj)
+    }
+
 
     message("------------------- FindVariableFeatures -------------------")
     tic("FindVariableFeatures")