diff --git a/src/NeuralNetwork/NeuralNetwork.js b/src/NeuralNetwork/NeuralNetwork.js
index 9dcbf2ba..faabf94f 100644
--- a/src/NeuralNetwork/NeuralNetwork.js
+++ b/src/NeuralNetwork/NeuralNetwork.js
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class NeuralNetwork {
       const modelJsonResult = await axios.get(filesOrPath.model, {
         responseType: "text",
       });
-      const modelJson = JSON.stringify(modelJsonResult.data);
+      const modelJson = modelJsonResult.data;
       // TODO: browser File() API won't be available in node env
       const modelJsonFile = new File([modelJson], "model.json", {
         type: "application/json",
diff --git a/src/NeuralNetwork/NeuralNetworkData.js b/src/NeuralNetwork/NeuralNetworkData.js
index 6d8f1cde..ad851afc 100644
--- a/src/NeuralNetwork/NeuralNetworkData.js
+++ b/src/NeuralNetwork/NeuralNetworkData.js
@@ -836,13 +836,9 @@ class NeuralNetworkData {
     } else if (filesOrPath instanceof Object) {
       // filesOrPath = {model: URL, metadata: URL, weights: URL}
 
-      let modelMetadata = await axios.get(filesOrPath.metadata, {
-        responseType: "text",
-      });
-      modelMetadata = JSON.stringify(modelMetadata.data);
-      modelMetadata = JSON.parse(modelMetadata);
+      let metadataResult = await axios.get(filesOrPath.metadata);
 
-      this.meta = modelMetadata;
+      this.meta = metadataResult.data;
     } else {
       const metaPath = `${filesOrPath.substring(
         0,