diff --git a/networks/lora.py b/networks/lora.py
index dbef2aa1..98e8e4a4 100644
--- a/networks/lora.py
+++ b/networks/lora.py
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ class LoRANetwork(torch.nn.Module):
   TEXT_ENCODER_TARGET_REPLACE_MODULE = ["CLIPAttention", "CLIPMLP"]
   LORA_PREFIX_UNET = 'lora_unet'
   LORA_PREFIX_TEXT_ENCODER = 'lora_te'
+  METADATA_FILENAME = "sd_scripts_metadata.json"
 
   def __init__(self, text_encoder, unet, multiplier=1.0, lora_dim=4) -> None:
     super().__init__()
     self.multiplier = multiplier
     self.lora_dim = lora_dim
-    self.metadata = {}
 
     # create module instances
     def create_modules(prefix, root_module: torch.nn.Module, target_replace_modules) -> list[LoRAModule]:
@@ -94,17 +94,11 @@ class LoRANetwork(torch.nn.Module):
       names.add(lora.lora_name)
 
   def load_weights(self, file):
-    self.metadata = {}
     if os.path.splitext(file)[1] == '.safetensors':
-      from safetensors.torch import load_file
+      from safetensors.torch import load_file, safe_open
       self.weights_sd = load_file(file)
-      self.metadata = self.weights_sd.metadata()
     else:
       self.weights_sd = torch.load(file, map_location='cpu')
-      with zipfile.ZipFile(file, "w") as zipf:
-        if "sd_scripts_metadata.json" in zipf.namelist():
-          with zipf.open("sd_scripts_metadata.json", "r") as jsfile:
-            self.metadata = json.load(jsfile)
 
   def apply_to(self, text_encoder, unet, apply_text_encoder=None, apply_unet=None):
     if self.weights_sd:
@@ -184,7 +178,6 @@ class LoRANetwork(torch.nn.Module):
     return self.parameters()
 
   def save_weights(self, file, dtype, metadata):
-    self.metadata = metadata
     state_dict = self.state_dict()
 
     if dtype is not None:
@@ -199,4 +192,4 @@ class LoRANetwork(torch.nn.Module):
     else:
       torch.save(state_dict, file)
       with zipfile.ZipFile(file, "w") as zipf:
-        zipf.writestr("sd_scripts_metadata.json", json.dumps(metadata))
+        zipf.writestr(LoRANetwork.METADATA_FILENAME, json.dumps(metadata))