diff --git a/src/metadata/fabric/fabric-mod-metadata-reader.ts b/src/metadata/fabric/fabric-mod-metadata-reader.ts
index 147847d..318619e 100644
--- a/src/metadata/fabric/fabric-mod-metadata-reader.ts
+++ b/src/metadata/fabric/fabric-mod-metadata-reader.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
-import ModMetadata from "../mod-metadata";
-import ZippedModMetadataReader from "../zipped-mod-metadata-reader";
+import ZippedModTextMetadataReader from "../zipped-mod-text-metadata-reader";
 import FabricModConfig from "./fabric-mod-config";
 import FabricModMetadata from "./fabric-mod-metadata";
 
-class FabricModMetadataReader extends ZippedModMetadataReader<FabricModConfig> {
+class FabricModMetadataReader extends ZippedModTextMetadataReader<FabricModConfig> {
     constructor() {
-        super(FabricModConfig.FILENAME);
-    }
-
-    protected loadConfig(buffer: Buffer): FabricModConfig {
-        return JSON.parse(buffer.toString("utf8"));
-    }
-
-    protected createMetadataFromConfig(config: FabricModConfig): ModMetadata {
-        return new FabricModMetadata(config);
+        super(FabricModConfig.FILENAME, x => new FabricModMetadata(x));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/metadata/forge/forge-mod-metadata-reader.ts b/src/metadata/forge/forge-mod-metadata-reader.ts
index cf3f751..3ef6ac7 100644
--- a/src/metadata/forge/forge-mod-metadata-reader.ts
+++ b/src/metadata/forge/forge-mod-metadata-reader.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
-import ModMetadata from "../mod-metadata";
 import toml from "toml";
-import ZippedModMetadataReader from "../zipped-mod-metadata-reader";
+import ZippedModTextMetadataReader from "../zipped-mod-text-metadata-reader";
 import ForgeModMetadata from "./forge-mod-metadata";
 import ForgeModConfig from "./forge-mod-config";
 
-class ForgeModMetadataReader extends ZippedModMetadataReader<ForgeModConfig> {
+class ForgeModMetadataReader extends ZippedModTextMetadataReader<ForgeModConfig> {
     constructor() {
-        super(ForgeModConfig.FILENAME);
-    }
-
-    protected loadConfig(buffer: Buffer): ForgeModConfig {
-        return toml.parse(buffer.toString("utf8"));
-    }
-
-    protected createMetadataFromConfig(config: ForgeModConfig): ModMetadata {
-        return new ForgeModMetadata(config);
+        super(ForgeModConfig.FILENAME, x => new ForgeModMetadata(x), toml.parse);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/metadata/quilt/quilt-mod-metadata-reader.ts b/src/metadata/quilt/quilt-mod-metadata-reader.ts
index b934a56..3dca6de 100644
--- a/src/metadata/quilt/quilt-mod-metadata-reader.ts
+++ b/src/metadata/quilt/quilt-mod-metadata-reader.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
-import ModMetadata from "../mod-metadata";
-import ZippedModMetadataReader from "../zipped-mod-metadata-reader";
+import ZippedModTextMetadataReader from "../zipped-mod-text-metadata-reader";
 import QuiltModConfig from "./quilt-mod-config";
 import QuiltModMetadata from "./quilt-mod-metadata";
 
-class QuiltModMetadataReader extends ZippedModMetadataReader<QuiltModConfig> {
+class QuiltModMetadataReader extends ZippedModTextMetadataReader<QuiltModConfig> {
     constructor() {
-        super(QuiltModConfig.FILENAME);
-    }
-
-    protected loadConfig(buffer: Buffer): QuiltModConfig {
-        return JSON.parse(buffer.toString("utf8"));
-    }
-
-    protected createMetadataFromConfig(config: QuiltModConfig): ModMetadata {
-        return new QuiltModMetadata(config);
+        super(QuiltModConfig.FILENAME, x => new QuiltModMetadata(x));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/metadata/zipped-mod-metadata-reader.ts b/src/metadata/zipped-mod-metadata-reader.ts
index c8a203b..143d618 100644
--- a/src/metadata/zipped-mod-metadata-reader.ts
+++ b/src/metadata/zipped-mod-metadata-reader.ts
@@ -2,23 +2,19 @@ import ModMetadata from "./mod-metadata";
 import ModMetadataReader from "./mod-metadata-reader";
 import { StreamZipAsync, async as ZipArchive } from "node-stream-zip";
 
-export default abstract class ZippedModMetadataReader<TConfig = Record<string, unknown>> implements ModMetadataReader {
-    private configEntryName: string;
+abstract class ZippedModMetadataReader<TConfig = Record<string, unknown>> implements ModMetadataReader {
+    private _configEntryName: string;
 
     protected constructor(configEntryName: string) {
-        this.configEntryName = configEntryName;
+        this._configEntryName = configEntryName;
     }
 
     async readMetadata(modPath: string): Promise<ModMetadata | null> {
-        let zip = <StreamZipAsync>null;
+        let zip = null as StreamZipAsync;
         try {
             zip = new ZipArchive({ file: modPath });
-            const buffer = await zip.entryData(this.configEntryName).catch(_ => <Buffer>null);
-            if (buffer) {
-                return this.createMetadataFromConfig(this.loadConfig(buffer));
-            } else {
-                return null;
-            }
+            const buffer = await zip.entryData(this._configEntryName).catch(_ => null as Buffer);
+            return buffer && this.createMetadataFromConfig(this.loadConfig(buffer));
         } catch {
             return null;
         } finally {
@@ -30,3 +26,5 @@ export default abstract class ZippedModMetadataReader<TConfig = Record<string, u
 
     protected abstract createMetadataFromConfig(config: TConfig): ModMetadata;
 }
+
+export default ZippedModMetadataReader;
diff --git a/src/metadata/zipped-mod-text-metadata-reader.ts b/src/metadata/zipped-mod-text-metadata-reader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff9ffee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metadata/zipped-mod-text-metadata-reader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import ModMetadata from "./mod-metadata";
+import ZippedModMetadataReader from "./zipped-mod-metadata-reader";
+
+type ModMetadataFactory<T> = (config: T) => ModMetadata;
+
+type Parser<T> = (input: string) => T;
+
+abstract class ZippedModTextMetadataReader<TConfig = Record<string, unknown>> extends ZippedModMetadataReader<TConfig> {
+    private readonly _factory: ModMetadataFactory<TConfig>;
+    private readonly _parser: Parser<TConfig>;
+
+    protected constructor(configEntryName: string, factory: ModMetadataFactory<TConfig>, parser?: Parser<any>) {
+        super(configEntryName);
+        this._factory = factory;
+        this._parser = parser ?? JSON.parse;
+    }
+
+    protected loadConfig(buffer: Buffer): TConfig {
+        return this._parser(buffer.toString("utf8"));
+    }
+
+    protected createMetadataFromConfig(config: TConfig): ModMetadata {
+        return this._factory(config);
+    }
+}
+
+export default ZippedModTextMetadataReader;