diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 45763179c9..c207c37c03 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "minter-dapp-backend",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.2",
   "description": "Generate an NFT collection and deploy a minting dapp easy!!",
   "main": "index.js",
   "bin": "index.js",
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "dotenv": "^16.0.0",
     "form-data": "^4.0.0",
     "gif-encoder-2": "^1.0.5",
+    "graceful-fs": "^4.2.9",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.6",
     "puppeteer": "^13.4.1",
     "puppeteer-extra": "^3.2.3",
diff --git a/backend/utils/nftport/uploadMetas.js b/backend/utils/nftport/uploadMetas.js
index aafd1158f5..6f4248fe04 100644
--- a/backend/utils/nftport/uploadMetas.js
+++ b/backend/utils/nftport/uploadMetas.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 const FormData = require("form-data");
 const path = require("path");
 const basePath = process.cwd();
-const fs = require("fs");
+const fs = require("graceful-fs");
 
-const { fetchWithRetry } = require(`${basePath}/utils/functions/fetchWithRetry.js`);
+const { fetchNoRetry } = require(`${basePath}/utils/functions/fetchWithRetry.js`);
 
 const { GENERIC } = require(`${basePath}/src/config.js`);
 
@@ -16,29 +16,37 @@ if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(`${basePath}/build`, "/ipfsMetas"))) {
 let readDir = `${basePath}/build/json`;
 let writeDir = `${basePath}/build/ipfsMetas`;
 
-async function main() {
-  console.log(`Starting upload of metadata...`);
+function getFileStreamForJSONFiles() {
+  const jsonArray = [];
   const files = fs.readdirSync(readDir);
   files.sort(function (a, b) {
     return a.split(".")[0] - b.split(".")[0];
   });
-  const formData = new FormData();
-
-  for (const file of files) {
-    if (regex.test(file)) {
-      const fileStream = fs.createReadStream(`${readDir}/${file}`);
-      formData.append("metadata_files", fileStream);
-    }
-  }
+  files.forEach((file) => {
+    if (!regex.test(file))  return;
+    const fileData = fs.createReadStream(path.join(readDir, file));
+    jsonArray.push(fileData);
+  });
+  return jsonArray;
+}
 
+async function main() {
+  console.log(`Starting upload of metadata...`);
   try {
+    const metadataFileStreams = getFileStreamForJSONFiles();
+    const formData = new FormData();
+    metadataFileStreams.forEach((file) => {
+      formData.append("metadata_files", file);
+    });
+
     const url = "https://api.nftport.xyz/v0/metadata/directory";
     const options = {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {},
       body: formData,
     };
-    const response = await fetchWithRetry(url, options);
+    const response = await fetchNoRetry(url, options);
+
     fs.writeFileSync(
       `${writeDir}/_ipfsMetasResponse.json`,
       JSON.stringify(response, null, 2)
@@ -81,7 +89,7 @@ async function main() {
         },
         body: JSON.stringify(genericObject),
       };
-      const response = await fetchWithRetry(url, options);
+      const response = await fetchNoRetry(url, options);
       fs.writeFileSync(uploadedMeta, JSON.stringify(response, null, 2));
       console.log(`Generic metadata uploaded!`);
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 456f2c6f98..9fd381adfa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name": "minter-dapp",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.2",
   "description": "Generate an NFT collection and deploy a minting dapp easy!!",
-  "scripts": {
-    
-  },
+  "scripts": {},
   "author": "Jesse Hall (codeSTACKr)",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "dependencies": {
-    
-  }
+  "license": "MIT"
 }