diff --git a/runtime/src/main.rs b/runtime/src/main.rs
index 1aa71fcd..d600db36 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/main.rs
@@ -10,39 +10,12 @@ use mindwork_ai_studio::certificate::{generate_certificate};
 use mindwork_ai_studio::dotnet::start_dotnet_server;
 use mindwork_ai_studio::environment::is_dev;
 use mindwork_ai_studio::log::init_logging;
-use mindwork_ai_studio::metadata::{MetaData, META_DATA};
+use mindwork_ai_studio::metadata::MetaData;
 use mindwork_ai_studio::runtime_api::start_runtime_api;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    let metadata = include_str!("../../metadata.txt");
-    let mut metadata_lines = metadata.lines();
-    let app_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-    let build_time = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-    let build_number = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-    let dotnet_sdk_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-    let dotnet_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-    let rust_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-    let mud_blazor_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-    let tauri_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-    let app_commit_hash = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-    let architecture = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-    let pdfium_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
-
-    let metadata = MetaData {
-        architecture: architecture.to_string(),
-        app_commit_hash: app_commit_hash.to_string(),
-        app_version: app_version.to_string(),
-        build_number: build_number.to_string(),
-        build_time: build_time.to_string(),
-        dotnet_sdk_version: dotnet_sdk_version.to_string(),
-        dotnet_version: dotnet_version.to_string(),
-        mud_blazor_version: mud_blazor_version.to_string(),
-        rust_version: rust_version.to_string(),
-        tauri_version: tauri_version.to_string(),
-    };
-
-    *META_DATA.lock().unwrap() = Some(metadata);
+    let metadata = MetaData::init_from_string(include_str!("../../metadata.txt"));
 
     init_logging();
     info!("Starting MindWork AI Studio:");
@@ -50,14 +23,18 @@ async fn main() {
     let working_directory = std::env::current_dir().unwrap();
     info!(".. The working directory is: '{working_directory:?}'");
     
-    info!(".. Version: v{app_version} (commit {app_commit_hash}, build {build_number}, {architecture})");
-    info!(".. Build time: {build_time}");
-    info!(".. .NET SDK: v{dotnet_sdk_version}");
-    info!(".. .NET: v{dotnet_version}");
-    info!(".. Rust: v{rust_version}");
-    info!(".. MudBlazor: v{mud_blazor_version}");
-    info!(".. Tauri: v{tauri_version}");
-    info!(".. PDFium: v{pdfium_version}");
+    info!(".. Version: v{app_version} (commit {hash}, build {build_num}, {architecture})",
+        app_version = metadata.app_version,
+        hash = metadata.app_commit_hash,
+        build_num = metadata.build_number,
+        architecture = metadata.architecture);
+    info!(".. Build time: {build_time}", build_time = metadata.build_time);
+    info!(".. .NET SDK: v{sdk_version}", sdk_version = metadata.dotnet_sdk_version);
+    info!(".. .NET: v{dotnet_version}", dotnet_version = metadata.dotnet_version);
+    info!(".. Rust: v{rust_version}", rust_version = metadata.rust_version);
+    info!(".. MudBlazor: v{mud_blazor_version}", mud_blazor_version = metadata.mud_blazor_version);
+    info!(".. Tauri: v{tauri_version}", tauri_version = metadata.tauri_version);
+    info!(".. PDFium: v{pdfium_version}", pdfium_version = metadata.pdfium_version);
 
     if is_dev() {
         warn!("Running in development mode.");
diff --git a/runtime/src/metadata.rs b/runtime/src/metadata.rs
index 29e38adc..426e2b66 100644
--- a/runtime/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/metadata.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use std::sync::Mutex;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 pub static META_DATA: Lazy<Mutex<Option<MetaData>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(None));
 
@@ -15,4 +15,46 @@ pub struct MetaData {
     pub tauri_version: String,
     pub app_commit_hash: String,
     pub architecture: String,
+    pub pdfium_version: String,
+}
+
+impl MetaData {
+    /// Creates a new instance of `MetaData` from the given metadata string.
+    pub fn init_from_string(metadata: &str) -> Self {
+        
+        // When the metadata is already initialized, return the existing instance:
+        if let Some(metadata) = META_DATA.lock().unwrap().as_ref() {
+            return metadata.clone();
+        }
+        
+        let mut metadata_lines = metadata.lines();
+        let app_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+        let build_time = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+        let build_number = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+        let dotnet_sdk_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+        let dotnet_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+        let rust_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+        let mud_blazor_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+        let tauri_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+        let app_commit_hash = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+        let architecture = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+        let pdfium_version = metadata_lines.next().unwrap();
+
+        let metadata = MetaData {
+            architecture: architecture.to_string(),
+            app_commit_hash: app_commit_hash.to_string(),
+            app_version: app_version.to_string(),
+            build_number: build_number.to_string(),
+            build_time: build_time.to_string(),
+            dotnet_sdk_version: dotnet_sdk_version.to_string(),
+            dotnet_version: dotnet_version.to_string(),
+            mud_blazor_version: mud_blazor_version.to_string(),
+            rust_version: rust_version.to_string(),
+            tauri_version: tauri_version.to_string(),
+            pdfium_version: pdfium_version.to_string(),
+        };
+
+        *META_DATA.lock().unwrap() = Some(metadata.clone());
+        metadata
+    }
 }
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