diff --git a/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_edit_user_metadata.py b/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_edit_user_metadata.py
index 7a07a544e..b6c4d1c6a 100644
--- a/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_edit_user_metadata.py
+++ b/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_edit_user_metadata.py
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ re_comma = re.compile(r" *, *")
 def build_tags(metadata):
     tags = {}
 
-    for _, tags_dict in metadata.get("ss_tag_frequency", {}).items():
-        for tag, tag_count in tags_dict.items():
-            tag = tag.strip()
-            tags[tag] = tags.get(tag, 0) + int(tag_count)
+    ss_tag_frequency = metadata.get("ss_tag_frequency", {})
+    if ss_tag_frequency is not None and hasattr(ss_tag_frequency, 'items'):
+        for _, tags_dict in ss_tag_frequency.items():
+            for tag, tag_count in tags_dict.items():
+                tag = tag.strip()
+                tags[tag] = tags.get(tag, 0) + int(tag_count)
 
     if tags and is_non_comma_tagset(tags):
         new_tags = {}
diff --git a/modules/sd_models.py b/modules/sd_models.py
index 1004297f1..61bd15d8f 100644
--- a/modules/sd_models.py
+++ b/modules/sd_models.py
@@ -282,17 +282,21 @@ def read_metadata_from_safetensors(filename):
         json_start = file.read(2)
 
         assert metadata_len > 2 and json_start in (b'{"', b"{'"), f"{filename} is not a safetensors file"
-        json_data = json_start + file.read(metadata_len-2)
-        json_obj = json.loads(json_data)
 
         res = {}
-        for k, v in json_obj.get("__metadata__", {}).items():
-            res[k] = v
-            if isinstance(v, str) and v[0:1] == '{':
-                try:
-                    res[k] = json.loads(v)
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
+
+        try:
+            json_data = json_start + file.read(metadata_len-2)
+            json_obj = json.loads(json_data)
+            for k, v in json_obj.get("__metadata__", {}).items():
+                res[k] = v
+                if isinstance(v, str) and v[0:1] == '{':
+                    try:
+                        res[k] = json.loads(v)
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass
+        except Exception:
+             errors.report(f"Error reading metadata from file: {filename}", exc_info=True)
 
         return res
 
diff --git a/modules/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py b/modules/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
index 253f219c4..dc7833e93 100644
--- a/modules/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
+++ b/modules/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
@@ -181,12 +181,16 @@ class EmbeddingDatabase:
         else:
             return
 
-        embedding = create_embedding_from_data(data, name, filename=filename, filepath=path)
+        if data is not None:
+            embedding = create_embedding_from_data(data, name, filename=filename, filepath=path)
 
-        if self.expected_shape == -1 or self.expected_shape == embedding.shape:
-            self.register_embedding(embedding, shared.sd_model)
+            if self.expected_shape == -1 or self.expected_shape == embedding.shape:
+                self.register_embedding(embedding, shared.sd_model)
+            else:
+                self.skipped_embeddings[name] = embedding
         else:
-            self.skipped_embeddings[name] = embedding
+            print(f"Unable to load Textual inversion embedding due to data issue: '{name}'.")
+
 
     def load_from_dir(self, embdir):
         if not os.path.isdir(embdir.path):