diff --git a/smart_service/apis/publish_api.py b/smart_service/apis/publish_api.py
index f863fb8..1ce4954 100644
--- a/smart_service/apis/publish_api.py
+++ b/smart_service/apis/publish_api.py
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ def old_merge_json_files(old_json_path, new_json_path, out_file_path):
     except Exception as e:
         return False, frappe.get_traceback()
 
-
+@frappe.whitelist()
 def merge_json_files(old_json_path, new_json_path, out_file_path):
     try:
         final_data = {"JSON": []}