diff --git a/server/utils/index.js b/server/utils/index.js
index ff7db7a20..79b6a93aa 100644
--- a/server/utils/index.js
+++ b/server/utils/index.js
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ const xmlToJSON = (xml) => {
         Logger.error(`[xmlToJSON] Error`, err)
         resolve(null)
       } else {
-        if (typeof results.package.metadata[0].meta != "undefined") {
-          results.package.metadata[0].meta = {}
-          for(var match of xml.matchAll(/<meta name="(?<name>.+)" content="(?<content>.+)"\/>/g)) {
-            results.package.metadata[0].meta[match.groups['name']] = [match.groups['content']]
-          }
-        }
         resolve(results)
       }
     })
diff --git a/server/utils/parseOpfMetadata.js b/server/utils/parseOpfMetadata.js
index f48603de9..83f3e3cb0 100644
--- a/server/utils/parseOpfMetadata.js
+++ b/server/utils/parseOpfMetadata.js
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ module.exports.parseOpfMetadataXML = async (xml) => {
     metadata = metadata[0]
   }
 
+  if (typeof metadata.meta != "undefined") {
+    metadata.meta = {}
+    for(var match of xml.matchAll(/<meta name="(?<name>.+)" content="(?<content>.+)"\/>/g)) {
+      metadata.meta[match.groups['name']] = [match.groups['content']]
+    }
+  }
+
   var creators = parseCreators(metadata)
   var data = {
     title: fetchTitle(metadata),