diff --git a/server/objects/mediaTypes/Book.js b/server/objects/mediaTypes/Book.js
index 3fa4c1be..b25938ca 100644
--- a/server/objects/mediaTypes/Book.js
+++ b/server/objects/mediaTypes/Book.js
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class Book {
                 })
               }
             } else if (key === 'narrators') {
-              if (opfMetadata.narrators && opfMetadata.narrators.length && (!this.metadata.narrators.length || opfMetadataOverrideDetails)) {
+              if (opfMetadata.narrators?.length && (!this.metadata.narrators.length || opfMetadataOverrideDetails)) {
                 metadataUpdatePayload.narrators = opfMetadata.narrators
               }
             } else if (key === 'series') {
diff --git a/server/utils/parsers/parseOpfMetadata.js b/server/utils/parsers/parseOpfMetadata.js
index f51a7e93..6788faae 100644
--- a/server/utils/parsers/parseOpfMetadata.js
+++ b/server/utils/parsers/parseOpfMetadata.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function fetchVolumeNumber(metadataMeta) {
 
 function fetchNarrators(creators, metadata) {
   const narrators = fetchCreators(creators, 'nrt')
-  if (typeof metadata.meta == "undefined" || narrators.length) return narrators
+  if (narrators?.length) return narrators
   try {
     const narratorsJSON = JSON.parse(fetchTagString(metadata.meta, "calibre:user_metadata:#narrators").replace(/"/g, '"'))
     return narratorsJSON["#value#"]
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ module.exports.parseOpfMetadataXML = async (xml) => {
   const metadataMeta = prefix ? metadata[`${prefix}:meta`] || metadata.meta : metadata.meta
 
   metadata.meta = {}
-  if (metadataMeta && metadataMeta.length) {
+  if (metadataMeta?.length) {
     metadataMeta.forEach((meta) => {
       if (meta && meta['$'] && meta['$'].name) {
         metadata.meta[meta['$'].name] = [meta['$'].content || '']