diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ccbd3d9d536b77c91020daa0c9b665ed0e52cb2..9740c0f4ec4493d858ef5b87632801cbae0fda68 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ import sys
 from nomad.cli.parse import parse, normalize_all
 
 # match and run the parser
-backend = parse(sys.argv[1])
+archive = parse(sys.argv[1])
 # run all normalizers
-normalize_all(backend)
+normalize_all(archive)
 
 # get the 'main section' section_run as a metainfo object
-section_run = backend.resource.contents[0].section_run[0]
+section_run = archive.section_run[0]
 
 # get the same data as JSON serializable Python dict
 python_dict = section_run.m_to_dict()
@@ -76,3 +76,5 @@ pip install -e parser-skeleton
 ```
 
 Running the parser now, will use the parser's Python code from the clone project.
+
+
diff --git a/metadata.yaml b/metadata.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f8bb0d89807109a33a21611f85e54c51e74c2740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+codeLabel: skeleton
+codeLabelStyle: none, this is a template
+codeUrl: ''
+parserDirName: dependencies/parsers/skeleton/
+parserGitUrl: https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/nomad-lab/parser-skeleton
+parserSpecific: ''
+tableOfFiles: ''
diff --git a/metadata.yml b/metadata.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e6cf1dd300ea90e4a73004a434364cc2a1c40edd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/metadata.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-code-label: skeleton
-code-label-style: none, this is a template
-code-url: ''
-parser-dir-name: dependencies/parsers/skeleton/
-parser-git-url: https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/nomad-lab/parser-skeleton
-parser-specific: ''
-table-of-files: ''