diff --git a/dfx.json b/dfx.json
index 88dc176d..c4481f45 100644
--- a/dfx.json
+++ b/dfx.json
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
       "candid": "service/wasm-utils/wasm-utils.did",
       "wasm": "service/wasm-utils/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/wasm_utils.wasm",
       "build": ["sh -c 'cd service/wasm-utils && ./build.sh'"],
-      "optimize": "cycles"
+      "optimize": "cycles",
+      "metadata": [
+        {
+          "name": "candid:service"
+        }
+      ]
     },
     "backend": {
       "dependencies": ["wasm-utils"],