diff --git a/src/backend/helpers/providerApi.ts b/src/backend/helpers/providerApi.ts
index 4292ee7d..c6898d2c 100644
--- a/src/backend/helpers/providerApi.ts
+++ b/src/backend/helpers/providerApi.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
-import { ScrapeMedia } from "@movie-web/providers";
+import { MetaOutput, ScrapeMedia } from "@movie-web/providers";
+
+import { mwFetch } from "@/backend/helpers/fetch";
+
+let metaDataCache: MetaOutput[] | null = null;
+
+export function setCachedMetadata(data: MetaOutput[]) {
+  metaDataCache = data;
+}
+
+export function getCachedMetadata(): MetaOutput[] {
+  return metaDataCache ?? [];
+}
+
+export async function fetchMetadata(base: string) {
+  if (metaDataCache) return;
+  const data = await mwFetch<MetaOutput[][]>(`${base}/metadata`);
+  metaDataCache = data.flat();
+}
 
 function scrapeMediaToQueryMedia(media: ScrapeMedia) {
   let extra: Record<string, string> = {};
@@ -15,6 +33,7 @@ function scrapeMediaToQueryMedia(media: ScrapeMedia) {
     type: media.type,
     releaseYear: media.releaseYear.toString(),
     imdbId: media.imdbId,
+    tmdbId: media.tmdbId,
     title: media.title,
     ...extra,
   };
@@ -48,8 +67,31 @@ export function makeProviderUrl(base: string) {
   };
 }
 
-export function connectServerSideEvents(url: string, endEvents: string[]) {
-  const;
+export function connectServerSideEvents<T>(url: string, endEvents: string[]) {
+  const eventSource = new EventSource(url);
+  let promReject: (reason?: any) => void;
+  let promResolve: (value: T) => void;
+  const promise = new Promise<T>((resolve, reject) => {
+    promResolve = resolve;
+    promReject = reject;
+  });
 
-  return {};
+  endEvents.forEach((evt) => {
+    eventSource.addEventListener(evt, (e) => {
+      eventSource.close();
+      promResolve(JSON.parse(e.data));
+    });
+  });
+
+  eventSource.addEventListener("error", (err) => {
+    console.error("Failed to connect to SSE", err);
+    promReject(err);
+  });
+
+  return {
+    promise: () => promise,
+    on<Data>(event: string, cb: (data: Data) => void) {
+      eventSource.addEventListener(event, (e) => cb(JSON.parse(e.data)));
+    },
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/components/player/atoms/settings/SettingsMenu.tsx b/src/components/player/atoms/settings/SettingsMenu.tsx
index 4ab971ff..0691156c 100644
--- a/src/components/player/atoms/settings/SettingsMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/atoms/settings/SettingsMenu.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 
+import { getCachedMetadata } from "@/backend/helpers/providerApi";
 import { Toggle } from "@/components/buttons/Toggle";
 import { Icon, Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
 import { useCaptions } from "@/components/player/hooks/useCaptions";
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ import { useOverlayRouter } from "@/hooks/useOverlayRouter";
 import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
 import { qualityToString } from "@/stores/player/utils/qualities";
 import { useSubtitleStore } from "@/stores/subtitles";
-import { providers } from "@/utils/providers";
 
 export function SettingsMenu({ id }: { id: string }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ export function SettingsMenu({ id }: { id: string }) {
   const currentSourceId = usePlayerStore((s) => s.sourceId);
   const sourceName = useMemo(() => {
     if (!currentSourceId) return "...";
-    return providers.getMetadata(currentSourceId)?.name ?? "...";
+    const source = getCachedMetadata().find(
+      (src) => src.id === currentSourceId
+    );
+    return source?.name ?? "...";
   }, [currentSourceId]);
   const { toggleLastUsed } = useCaptions();
 
diff --git a/src/components/player/atoms/settings/SourceSelectingView.tsx b/src/components/player/atoms/settings/SourceSelectingView.tsx
index 83c08914..c3937791 100644
--- a/src/components/player/atoms/settings/SourceSelectingView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/atoms/settings/SourceSelectingView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { ReactNode, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 
+import { getCachedMetadata } from "@/backend/helpers/providerApi";
 import { Loading } from "@/components/layout/Loading";
 import {
   useEmbedScraping,
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ export function EmbedOption(props: {
 
   const embedName = useMemo(() => {
     if (!props.embedId) return unknownEmbedName;
-    const sourceMeta = providers.getMetadata(props.embedId);
+    const sourceMeta = getCachedMetadata().find((s) => s.id === props.embedId);
     return sourceMeta?.name ?? unknownEmbedName;
   }, [props.embedId, unknownEmbedName]);
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export function EmbedSelectionView({ sourceId, id }: EmbedSelectionViewProps) {
 
   const sourceName = useMemo(() => {
     if (!sourceId) return "...";
-    const sourceMeta = providers.getMetadata(sourceId);
+    const sourceMeta = getCachedMetadata().find((s) => s.id === sourceId);
     return sourceMeta?.name ?? "...";
   }, [sourceId]);
 
diff --git a/src/hooks/useProviderScrape.tsx b/src/hooks/useProviderScrape.tsx
index 4c16d6a8..c00d6d60 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useProviderScrape.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useProviderScrape.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import {
 } from "@movie-web/providers";
 import { RefObject, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
-import { makeProviderUrl } from "@/backend/helpers/providerApi";
+import {
+  connectServerSideEvents,
+  getCachedMetadata,
+  makeProviderUrl,
+} from "@/backend/helpers/providerApi";
 import { getLoadbalancedProviderApiUrl, providers } from "@/utils/providers";
 
 export interface ScrapingItems {
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ function useBaseScrape() {
     setSources(
       evt.sourceIds
         .map((v) => {
-          const source = providers.getMetadata(v);
+          const source = getCachedMetadata().find((s) => s.id === v);
           if (!source) throw new Error("invalid source id");
           const out: ScrapingSegment = {
             name: source.name,
@@ -80,7 +84,9 @@ function useBaseScrape() {
     (evt: ScraperEvent<"discoverEmbeds">) => {
       setSources((s) => {
         evt.embeds.forEach((v) => {
-          const source = providers.getMetadata(v.embedScraperId);
+          const source = getCachedMetadata().find(
+            (src) => src.id === v.embedScraperId
+          );
           if (!source) throw new Error("invalid source id");
           const out: ScrapingSegment = {
             embedId: v.embedScraperId,
@@ -149,37 +155,18 @@ export function useScrape() {
       const providerApiUrl = getLoadbalancedProviderApiUrl();
       if (providerApiUrl) {
         startScrape();
-        const sseOutput = await new Promise<RunOutput | null>(
-          (resolve, reject) => {
-            const baseUrlMaker = makeProviderUrl(providerApiUrl);
-            const scrapeEvents = new EventSource(baseUrlMaker.scrapeAll(media));
-            scrapeEvents.addEventListener("init", (e) => {
-              initEvent(JSON.parse(e.data));
-            });
-            scrapeEvents.addEventListener("error", (err) => {
-              console.error("failed to use provider api", err);
-              reject(err);
-            });
-            scrapeEvents.addEventListener("start", (e) =>
-              startEvent(JSON.parse(e.data))
-            );
-            scrapeEvents.addEventListener("update", (e) =>
-              updateEvent(JSON.parse(e.data))
-            );
-            scrapeEvents.addEventListener("discoverEmbeds", (e) =>
-              discoverEmbedsEvent(JSON.parse(e.data))
-            );
-            scrapeEvents.addEventListener("completed", (e) => {
-              scrapeEvents.close();
-              resolve(JSON.parse(e.data));
-            });
-            scrapeEvents.addEventListener("noOutput", () => {
-              scrapeEvents.close();
-              resolve(null);
-            });
-          }
+        const baseUrlMaker = makeProviderUrl(providerApiUrl);
+        const conn = connectServerSideEvents<RunOutput | "">(
+          baseUrlMaker.scrapeAll(media),
+          ["completed", "noOutput"]
         );
-        return getResult(sseOutput);
+        conn.on("init", initEvent);
+        conn.on("start", startEvent);
+        conn.on("update", updateEvent);
+        conn.on("discoverEmbeds", discoverEmbedsEvent);
+        const sseOutput = await conn.promise();
+
+        return getResult(sseOutput === "" ? null : sseOutput);
       }
 
       if (!providers) return null;
diff --git a/src/pages/parts/player/MetaPart.tsx b/src/pages/parts/player/MetaPart.tsx
index 1101542c..86a79a8a 100644
--- a/src/pages/parts/player/MetaPart.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/parts/player/MetaPart.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import { useHistory, useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useAsync } from "react-use";
 import type { AsyncReturnType } from "type-fest";
 
+import {
+  fetchMetadata,
+  setCachedMetadata,
+} from "@/backend/helpers/providerApi";
 import { DetailedMeta, getMetaFromId } from "@/backend/metadata/getmeta";
 import { decodeTMDBId } from "@/backend/metadata/tmdb";
 import { MWMediaType } from "@/backend/metadata/types/mw";
@@ -14,6 +18,7 @@ import { Paragraph } from "@/components/text/Paragraph";
 import { Title } from "@/components/text/Title";
 import { ErrorContainer, ErrorLayout } from "@/pages/layouts/ErrorLayout";
 import { conf } from "@/setup/config";
+import { getLoadbalancedProviderApiUrl, providers } from "@/utils/providers";
 
 export interface MetaPartProps {
   onGetMeta?: (meta: DetailedMeta, episodeId?: string) => void;
@@ -36,6 +41,16 @@ export function MetaPart(props: MetaPartProps) {
   const history = useHistory();
 
   const { error, value, loading } = useAsync(async () => {
+    const providerApiUrl = getLoadbalancedProviderApiUrl();
+    if (providerApiUrl) {
+      await fetchMetadata(providerApiUrl);
+    } else {
+      setCachedMetadata([
+        ...providers.listSources(),
+        ...providers.listEmbeds(),
+      ]);
+    }
+
     let data: ReturnType<typeof decodeTMDBId> = null;
     try {
       data = decodeTMDBId(params.media);