diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/meta.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/meta.py
index cb3cb933a1..8845d18e9c 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/meta.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/meta.py
@@ -21,16 +21,20 @@ from libprs500.ebooks.metadata.pdf  import get_metadata as pdf_metadata
 from libprs500.ebooks.metadata.lit  import get_metadata as lit_metadata
 from libprs500.ebooks.metadata.epub import get_metadata as epub_metadata
 from libprs500.ebooks.metadata.html import get_metadata as html_metadata
+from libprs500.ebooks.metadata.opf  import OPFReader 
 from libprs500.ebooks.metadata.rtf  import set_metadata as set_rtf_metadata
 from libprs500.ebooks.lrf.meta      import set_metadata as set_lrf_metadata
 
 from libprs500.ebooks.metadata import MetaInformation
 
-def get_metadata(stream, stream_type='lrf'):
+def get_metadata(stream, stream_type='lrf', use_libprs_metadata=False):
     if stream_type: stream_type = stream_type.lower()
     if stream_type in ('html', 'html', 'xhtml', 'xhtm'):
         stream_type = 'html'
-    
+    if use_libprs_metadata and hasattr(stream, 'name'):
+        mi = libprs_metadata(stream.name)
+        if mi is not None:
+            return mi
     try:
         func = eval(stream_type + '_metadata')
         mi = func(stream)
@@ -78,4 +82,11 @@ def metadata_from_filename(name):
     if not mi.title:
         mi.title = name
     return mi
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+    
+def libprs_metadata(name):
+    if os.access(name, os.R_OK):
+        name = os.path.abspath(name)
+        f = open(name, 'rb')
+        opf = OPFReader(f, os.path.dirname(name))
+        if opf.libprs_id is not None:
+            return MetaInformation(opf, None)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/opf.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/opf.py
index 977f8ccf8a..49992a16e0 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/opf.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/opf.py
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class OPF(MetaInformation):
 
 class OPFReader(OPF):
     
-    def __init__(self, stream, dir=os.getcwd()):
+    def __init__(self, stream, dir=os.getcwdu()):
         manage = False
         if not hasattr(stream, 'read'):
             manage = True
diff --git a/src/libprs500/gui2/main.py b/src/libprs500/gui2/main.py
index 1739a2fbd7..a77ab717e7 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/gui2/main.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/gui2/main.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             format = os.path.splitext(book)[1]
             format = format[1:] if format else None
             stream = open(book, 'rb')
-            mi = get_metadata(stream, stream_type=format)
+            mi = get_metadata(stream, stream_type=format, use_libprs_metadata=True)
             if not mi.title:
                 mi.title = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(book))[0]
             formats.append(format)