        queries_path = "../queries/project_creation_cypher.yml"
        project_creation_cypher = ckg_utils.get_queries(os.path.join(directory, queries_path))
    except Exception as err:
        exc_type, exc_obj, exc_tb = sys.exc_info()
        fname = os.path.split(exc_tb.tb_frame.f_code.co_filename)[1]
        logger.error("Reading queries from file {}: {}, file: {},line: {}, err: {}".format(queries_path, sys.exc_info(), fname, exc_tb.tb_lineno, err))
    return project_creation_cypher