diff --git a/javascript/extraNetworks.js b/javascript/extraNetworks.js
index 2fb87cd5..40818bb4 100644
--- a/javascript/extraNetworks.js
+++ b/javascript/extraNetworks.js
@@ -139,3 +139,39 @@ function extraNetworksShowMetadata(text){
 
     popup(elem);
 }
+
+function requestGet(url, data, handler, errorHandler){
+    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    var args = Object.keys(data).map(function(k){ return encodeURIComponent(k) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(data[k]) }).join('&')
+    xhr.open("GET", url + "?" + args, true);
+
+    xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
+        if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+            if (xhr.status === 200) {
+                try {
+                    var js = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
+                    handler(js)
+                } catch (error) {
+                    console.error(error);
+                    errorHandler()
+                }
+            } else{
+                errorHandler()
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    var js = JSON.stringify(data);
+    xhr.send(js);
+}
+
+function extraNetworksRequestMetadata(extraPage, cardName){
+    showError = function(){ extraNetworksShowMetadata("there was an error getting metadata"); }
+
+    requestGet("./sd_extra_networks/metadata", {"page": extraPage, "item": cardName}, function(data){
+        if(data && data.metadata){
+            extraNetworksShowMetadata(data.metadata)
+        } else{
+            showError()
+        }
+    }, showError)
+}
diff --git a/modules/ui_extra_networks.py b/modules/ui_extra_networks.py
index 8cd6d8cf..3cf8fcb6 100644
--- a/modules/ui_extra_networks.py
+++ b/modules/ui_extra_networks.py
@@ -22,21 +22,37 @@ def register_page(page):
     allowed_dirs.update(set(sum([x.allowed_directories_for_previews() for x in extra_pages], [])))
 
 
+def fetch_file(filename: str = ""):
+    from starlette.responses import FileResponse
+
+    if not any([Path(x).absolute() in Path(filename).absolute().parents for x in allowed_dirs]):
+        raise ValueError(f"File cannot be fetched: {filename}. Must be in one of directories registered by extra pages.")
+
+    ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[1].lower()
+    if ext not in (".png", ".jpg", ".webp"):
+        raise ValueError(f"File cannot be fetched: {filename}. Only png and jpg and webp.")
+
+    # would profit from returning 304
+    return FileResponse(filename, headers={"Accept-Ranges": "bytes"})
+
+
+def get_metadata(page: str = "", item: str = ""):
+    from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
+
+    page = next(iter([x for x in extra_pages if x.name == page]), None)
+    if page is None:
+        return JSONResponse({})
+
+    metadata = page.metadata.get(item)
+    if metadata is None:
+        return JSONResponse({})
+
+    return JSONResponse({"metadata": metadata})
+
+
 def add_pages_to_demo(app):
-    def fetch_file(filename: str = ""):
-        from starlette.responses import FileResponse
-
-        if not any([Path(x).absolute() in Path(filename).absolute().parents for x in allowed_dirs]):
-            raise ValueError(f"File cannot be fetched: {filename}. Must be in one of directories registered by extra pages.")
-
-        ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[1].lower()
-        if ext not in (".png", ".jpg", ".webp"):
-            raise ValueError(f"File cannot be fetched: {filename}. Only png and jpg and webp.")
-
-        # would profit from returning 304
-        return FileResponse(filename, headers={"Accept-Ranges": "bytes"})
-
     app.add_api_route("/sd_extra_networks/thumb", fetch_file, methods=["GET"])
+    app.add_api_route("/sd_extra_networks/metadata", get_metadata, methods=["GET"])
 
 
 class ExtraNetworksPage:
@@ -45,6 +61,7 @@ class ExtraNetworksPage:
         self.name = title.lower()
         self.card_page = shared.html("extra-networks-card.html")
         self.allow_negative_prompt = False
+        self.metadata = {}
 
     def refresh(self):
         pass
@@ -66,6 +83,8 @@ class ExtraNetworksPage:
         view = shared.opts.extra_networks_default_view
         items_html = ''
 
+        self.metadata = {}
+
         subdirs = {}
         for parentdir in [os.path.abspath(x) for x in self.allowed_directories_for_previews()]:
             for x in glob.glob(os.path.join(parentdir, '**/*'), recursive=True):
@@ -92,6 +111,10 @@ class ExtraNetworksPage:
 """ for subdir in subdirs])
 
         for item in self.list_items():
+            metadata = item.get("metadata")
+            if metadata:
+                self.metadata[item["name"]] = metadata
+
             items_html += self.create_html_for_item(item, tabname)
 
         if items_html == '':
@@ -127,8 +150,7 @@ class ExtraNetworksPage:
         metadata_button = ""
         metadata = item.get("metadata")
         if metadata:
-            metadata_onclick = '"' + html.escape(f"""extraNetworksShowMetadata({json.dumps(metadata)}); return false;""") + '"'
-            metadata_button = f"<div class='metadata-button' title='Show metadata' onclick={metadata_onclick}></div>"
+            metadata_button = f"<div class='metadata-button' title='Show metadata' onclick='extraNetworksRequestMetadata({json.dumps(self.name)}, {json.dumps(item['name'])})'></div>"
 
         args = {
             "preview_html": "style='background-image: url(\"" + html.escape(preview) + "\")'" if preview else '',
@@ -215,6 +237,7 @@ def create_ui(container, button, tabname):
     with gr.Tabs(elem_id=tabname+"_extra_tabs") as tabs:
         for page in ui.stored_extra_pages:
             with gr.Tab(page.title):
+
                 page_elem = gr.HTML(page.create_html(ui.tabname))
                 ui.pages.append(page_elem)
 
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index aa5ecb34..41d2859c 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ footer {
     text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px black;
     padding: 0.25em;
     font-size: 22pt;
+    width: 1.5em;
 }
 .extra-network-cards .card:hover .metadata-button, .extra-network-thumbs .card:hover .metadata-button{
     display: inline-block;