diff --git a/src/components/metadata/CollectionMetadata.vue b/src/components/metadata/CollectionMetadata.vue
index 3ff2aa5f5d39cb0fd3122a2d3a31d5bec47f2966..ed80e84e0895bd02d66217979f8a7537d83591a5 100644
--- a/src/components/metadata/CollectionMetadata.vue
+++ b/src/components/metadata/CollectionMetadata.vue
@@ -7,15 +7,23 @@
   </div>
 </template>
 
-<script setup>
+<script setup lang="ts">
 
 import { computed } from 'vue';
 import { useStore } from 'vuex';
 import MetadataItem from '@/components/metadata/MetadataItem.vue';
 
+
+function getCollectorName (collection: Collection) : string | null {
+    if (!collection) return null;
+    if(collection.collector.length === 0) return null;
+    return collection.collector[0].name;
+}
+
 const store = useStore();
 
-const collection = computed(() => store.getters['contents/collection']);
+const collection = computed<Collection>(() => store.getters['contents/collection']);
+
 const metadata = computed(() => {
   if (!collection.value) return [];
 
@@ -24,11 +32,12 @@ const metadata = computed(() => {
     sub: 'subtitle',
   };
 
-  const collectorName = collection.value.collector?.name;
-  const { description } = collection.value;
+  const collectorName: string | null = getCollectorName(collection.value);
+  const description: string | undefined = collection.value.description;
+  const collectionTitle: Title[] = collection.value.title;
 
   return [
-    ...collection.value.title
+    ...collectionTitle
       .filter((collection) => collection)
       .map((collectionTitle) => ({
         key: mappings[collectionTitle.type] || 'title',
@@ -36,7 +45,6 @@ const metadata = computed(() => {
       })),
     ...(collectorName ? [{ key: 'collector', value: collectorName }] : []),
     ...(description ? [{ key: 'description', value: description }] : []),
-    ...(collection.value.metadata || []),
   ];
 });
 </script>
diff --git a/src/types.d.ts b/src/types.d.ts
index 6476b20c2e2574d7be2fce660973f2c1cf22d900..7c60ab2a84457ca32f3a47501ca42c53309f6685 100644
--- a/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/types.d.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ declare global {
         modules?: Module[]
     
     }
-
+    
     interface DataIntegrity {
         type: string,
         value: string
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ declare global {
         type: TitleType
     }
     type TitleType = 'main' | 'sub';
+
 }
 
-export {}
+export {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cypress/e2e/metadata.cy.js b/tests/cypress/e2e/metadata.cy.js
index 1bccdef8f3366f339015478f72ca9eee2f654736..def3f93cfcc794841dc14670c9bef19e0f39fecf 100644
--- a/tests/cypress/e2e/metadata.cy.js
+++ b/tests/cypress/e2e/metadata.cy.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe('Metadata', () => {
       .get(selectors.metadataView)
       .find(selectors.collection)
       .find(selectors.title)
-      .eq(1)
+      .eq(2)
       .should('contain', 'Description')
       .next()
       .should('contain', 'Arabic/Karshuni collection for the Ahiqar project. Funded by DFG, 2018–2021, University of Göttingen');