diff --git a/common/build.gradle.kts b/common/build.gradle.kts
index 2cb7307..0416b61 100644
--- a/common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 description = "A collection of utils and structures for the rest of the project";
 
 tasks.processResources {
-	filesMatching("metadata.json", {
+	filesMatching("metadata", {
 		expand(
 			"version" to properties["project_version"],
 			"name" to properties["project_name"],
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/topchetoeu/j2s/common/Metadata.java b/common/src/main/java/me/topchetoeu/j2s/common/Metadata.java
index 3e13e0a..2fdeba1 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/topchetoeu/j2s/common/Metadata.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/topchetoeu/j2s/common/Metadata.java
@@ -1,18 +1,46 @@
 package me.topchetoeu.j2s.common;
 
-import me.topchetoeu.j2s.common.json.JSON;
-import me.topchetoeu.j2s.common.parsing.Filename;
-
 public class Metadata {
-	private static final String VERSION;
-	private static final String AUTHOR;
-	private static final String NAME;
+	private static String VERSION;
+	private static String AUTHOR;
+	private static String NAME;
 
 	static {
-		var data = JSON.parse(new Filename("internal", "metadata.json"), Reading.resourceToString("metadata.json")).map();
-		VERSION = data.string("version");
-		AUTHOR = data.string("author");
-		NAME = data.string("name");
+		var raw = Reading.resourceToString("metadata").split("\n");
+		var line = 0;
+		var file = "internal://metadata";
+
+		for (var el : raw) {
+			line++;
+
+			el = el.trim();
+			if (el.startsWith("#")) continue;
+			if (el.isEmpty()) continue;
+
+			var i = el.indexOf(":");
+			if (i < 0) throw new RuntimeException(String.format("%s:%s: Expected colon on line", file, line));
+
+			var name = el.substring(0, i).trim();
+			var value = el.substring(i + 1).trim();
+
+			switch (name) {
+				case "version":
+					VERSION = value;
+					break;
+				case "author":
+					AUTHOR = value;
+					break;
+				case "name":
+					NAME = name;
+					break;
+				default:
+					throw new RuntimeException(String.format("%s:%s: Unexpected metadata key '%s'", file, line, name));
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (VERSION == null) throw new RuntimeException(String.format("%s:%s: No version specified", file, line));
+		if (AUTHOR == null) throw new RuntimeException(String.format("%s:%s: No author specified", file, line));
+		if (NAME == null) throw new RuntimeException(String.format("%s:%s: No name specified", file, line));
 	}
 
 	public static String version() {
diff --git a/common/src/main/resources/metadata b/common/src/main/resources/metadata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ce993c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/resources/metadata
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version: ${version}
+name: ${name}
+author: TopchetoEU
diff --git a/common/src/main/resources/metadata.json b/common/src/main/resources/metadata.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 42ba55f..0000000
--- a/common/src/main/resources/metadata.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "version": "${version}",
-    "name": "${name}",
-    "author": "TopchetoEU"
-}
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