diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/ProjectMetadata.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/ProjectMetadata.java
index c618c30a7..b1cf896f3 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/ProjectMetadata.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/ProjectMetadata.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class ProjectMetadata implements Jsonizable {
     private Map<String, Serializable>   _customMetadata = new HashMap<String, Serializable>();
     private PreferenceStore             _preferenceStore = new PreferenceStore();
 
-    final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("project_metadata");
+    private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("project_metadata");
 
     protected ProjectMetadata(Date date) {
         _created = date;
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/project/SetProjectMetaDataCommand.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/project/SetProjectMetaDataCommand.java
index 6644cf389..0995f781b 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/project/SetProjectMetaDataCommand.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/project/SetProjectMetaDataCommand.java
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.json.JSONException;
-import org.json.JSONTokener;
-import org.json.JSONWriter;
 
 import com.google.refine.ProjectManager;
 import com.google.refine.ProjectMetadata;
@@ -35,9 +32,6 @@ public class SetProjectMetaDataCommand extends Command {
         try {
             response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
             response.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
-            JSONWriter writer = new JSONWriter(response.getWriter());
-            
-            Object o = StringUtils.isEmpty(valueString) ? null : new JSONTokener(valueString).nextValue();
             
             meta.setAnyField(metaName, valueString);
             ProjectManager.singleton.saveMetadata(meta, project.id);
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/io/FileProjectManager.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/io/FileProjectManager.java
index f663d143a..0afd7997b 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/io/FileProjectManager.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/io/FileProjectManager.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.exception.ExceptionUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.tools.tar.TarEntry;
 import org.apache.tools.tar.TarInputStream;
 import org.apache.tools.tar.TarOutputStream;
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/edit-metadata-dialog.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/edit-metadata-dialog.js
index 671757eb2..23a65248d 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/edit-metadata-dialog.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/edit-metadata-dialog.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function EditMetadataDialog(metaData, targetRowElem) {
         
         Refine.OpenProjectUI.refreshProject(targetRowElem, metaData);
       });
-  }
+  };
   
   this._createDialog();
 }
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ EditMetadataDialog.prototype._createDialog = function() {
   for (var k in flatMetaData) {
     var tr = metadataTable.insertRow(metadataTable.rows.length);
     
-    if (typeof flatMetaData[k] === 'string')
+    if (typeof flatMetaData[k] === 'string') {
         v = flatMetaData[k].replace(/\"/g, "");  
-    else
+    } else {
         v = JSON.stringify(flatMetaData[k]);
-        
+    }
     
     this._metaDataUIs.push(new this._MetaDataUI(tr, k, v, flatMetaData.id));
   }
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/open-project-ui.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/open-project-ui.js
index 46c959c42..9c62c7910 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/open-project-ui.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/open-project-ui.js
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Refine.OpenProjectUI.prototype._renderProjects = function(data) {
       .appendTo($(tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length)).attr('width', '10%'));
       
       var appendMetaField = function(data, width) {
-          var width = width || '1%';
+          width = width || '1%';
           $('<div></div>')
           .html(data)
           .appendTo($(tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length)).attr('width', width));
@@ -248,9 +248,6 @@ Refine.OpenProjectUI.prototype._renderProjects = function(data) {
                appendMetaField(data[i].value); 
            }
       }
-      console.log('===================');
-      console.log(JSON.stringify(project));
-      // END TODO
       
       $(tr).mouseenter(function() {
         renameLink.css("visibility", "visible");
@@ -336,7 +333,7 @@ Refine.OpenProjectUI.refreshProject = function(tr, metaData) {
          }
     }
 
-}
+};
 
 Refine.actionAreas.push({
   id: "open-project",