diff --git a/scripts/extract_locon.py b/scripts/extract_locon.py
index 19b4bcc1..9a80d06f 100644
--- a/scripts/extract_locon.py
+++ b/scripts/extract_locon.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import argparse
 
 from toolkit.lycoris_utils import extract_diff
 from toolkit.config import get_config
-from toolkit.metadata import create_meta
+from toolkit.metadata import create_meta, prep_meta_for_safetensors
 from toolkit.kohya_model_util import load_models_from_stable_diffusion_checkpoint
 
 import torch
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ def main():
         os.makedirs(output_folder, exist_ok=True)
 
         # having issues with meta
-        save_file(state_dict, output_path)
-        # save_file(state_dict, output_path, {'meta': json.dumps(save_meta, indent=4)})
+        save_file(state_dict, output_path, prep_meta_for_safetensors(save_meta))
 
         print(f"Saved to {output_path}")
 
diff --git a/toolkit/metadata.py b/toolkit/metadata.py
index 44d6a2f0..32ba7d23 100644
--- a/toolkit/metadata.py
+++ b/toolkit/metadata.py
@@ -22,3 +22,11 @@ def create_meta(dict_list, name=None):
     if name is not None:
         meta_string = meta_string.replace("[name]", name)
     return json.loads(meta_string)
+
+
+def prep_meta_for_safetensors(meta):
+    # safetensors can only be one level deep
+    for key, value in meta.items():
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            meta[key] = json.dumps(value)
+    return meta