diff --git a/bioindex/src/main/resources/singleCell.py b/bioindex/src/main/resources/singleCell.py
index 303a5379..49f80e91 100644
--- a/bioindex/src/main/resources/singleCell.py
+++ b/bioindex/src/main/resources/singleCell.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 cpus = 8
 
 metadata_cell_key = 'NAME'
-output_metadata_labels = ['cell_subtype__custom', 'cell_type__custom', 'bmi__group', 'disease__ontology_label', 'sex']
-metadata_labels = [metadata_cell_key] + output_metadata_labels
 coordinate_cell_key = 'NAME'
 coordinate_labels = ['X', 'Y']
 
@@ -27,14 +25,14 @@
 def fetch_metadata():
     with open('raw/metadata.tsv', 'r') as f:
         header = f.readline().strip().split('\t')
-        label_to_header_idx = {label: header.index(label) for label in metadata_labels}
-        index_lists = {label: [] for label in metadata_labels}
-        set_lists = {label: [] for label in metadata_labels}
-        index_dict = {label: dict() for label in metadata_labels}
+        possible_label_dict = {label: idx for idx, label in enumerate(header)}
+        index_lists = {label: [] for label in possible_label_dict}
+        set_lists = {label: [] for label in possible_label_dict}
+        index_dict = {label: dict() for label in possible_label_dict}
         for line in f:
-            split_line = line.strip().split('\t')
-            for label in metadata_labels:
-                label_value = split_line[label_to_header_idx[label]]
+            split_line = [a.strip() for a in line.split('\t')]  # can have empty cells at the end of the line
+            for label in possible_label_dict:
+                label_value = split_line[possible_label_dict[label]]
                 if label_value not in index_dict[label]:
                     index_dict[label][label_value] = len(set_lists[label])
                     set_lists[label].append(label_value)
@@ -42,6 +40,17 @@ def fetch_metadata():
         return index_lists, set_lists, index_dict
 
 
+def filter_metadata(index_lists, set_lists, index_dict):
+    max_numb = 100
+    for label in list(index_lists.keys()):
+        if (len(set_lists[label]) >= max_numb and label != metadata_cell_key) or \
+                (len(set_lists[label]) <= 1 and ''.join(set_lists[label]) == ''):
+            index_lists.pop(label)
+            set_lists.pop(label)
+            index_dict.pop(label)
+    return index_lists, set_lists, index_dict
+
+
 def fetch_coordinates(cell_indexes):
     with open('raw/coordinates.tsv', 'r') as f:
         header = f.readline().strip().split('\t')
@@ -60,12 +69,8 @@ def fetch_coordinates(cell_indexes):
 def output_metadata(set_lists, index_lists):
     fields = {
         metadata_cell_key: set_lists[metadata_cell_key],
-        'metadata_labels': {
-            output_metadata_label: set_lists[output_metadata_label] for output_metadata_label in output_metadata_labels
-        },
-        'metadata': {
-            output_metadata_label: index_lists[output_metadata_label] for output_metadata_label in output_metadata_labels
-        }
+        'metadata_labels': {label: data for label, data in set_lists.items() if label != metadata_cell_key},
+        'metadata': {label: data for label, data in index_lists.items() if label != metadata_cell_key},
     }
     with gzip.open('processed/fields.json.gz', 'wt') as f:
         json.dump(fields, f)
@@ -125,8 +130,6 @@ def fetch_and_output_expression(dataset, cell_indexes, infile, outfile, number_m
 def upload(dataset):
     subprocess.check_call(['aws', 's3', 'cp', 'processed/fields.json.gz', f'{s3_bioindex}/raw/single_cell/{dataset}/'])
     subprocess.check_call(['aws', 's3', 'cp', 'processed/coordinates.tsv.gz', f'{s3_bioindex}/raw/single_cell/{dataset}/'])
-    subprocess.check_call(['aws', 's3', 'rm', f'{s3_bioindex}/single_cell/gene/{dataset}/', '--recursive'])
-    subprocess.check_call(['aws', 's3', 'cp', 'processed/gene/', f'{s3_bioindex}/single_cell/gene/{dataset}/', '--recursive'])
     subprocess.check_call(['aws', 's3', 'rm', f'{s3_bioindex}/single_cell/gene_lognorm/{dataset}/', '--recursive'])
     subprocess.check_call(['aws', 's3', 'cp', 'processed/gene_lognorm/', f'{s3_bioindex}/single_cell/gene_lognorm/{dataset}/', '--recursive'])
     shutil.rmtree('raw')
@@ -143,14 +146,13 @@ def main():
 
     os.mkdir('processed')
     index_lists, set_lists, index_dict = fetch_metadata()
+    index_lists, set_lists, index_dict = filter_metadata(index_lists, set_lists, index_dict)
+
     coordinates = fetch_coordinates(index_dict[metadata_cell_key])
     output_metadata(set_lists, index_lists)
     output_coordinates(index_lists, coordinates)
 
     cells = index_dict[metadata_cell_key]
-    os.mkdir('processed/gene')
-    gene_out = f'processed/gene/part-{{}}.json'
-    fetch_and_output_expression(args.dataset, cells, 'raw/raw_counts.tsv.gz', gene_out, 'int')
     os.mkdir('processed/gene_lognorm')
     gene_lognorm_out = f'processed/gene_lognorm/part-{{}}.json'
     fetch_and_output_expression(args.dataset, cells, 'raw/lognorm_counts.tsv.gz', gene_lognorm_out, 'float')
diff --git a/bioindex/src/main/resources/singleCellMetadata.py b/bioindex/src/main/resources/singleCellMetadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0105ca46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bioindex/src/main/resources/singleCellMetadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import os
+import glob
+import gzip
+import json
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+
+s3_in = 's3://dig-analysis-data'
+s3_bioindex = 's3://dig-bio-index'
+
+
+def download_data():
+    out = []
+    cmd = 'aws s3 cp s3://dig-analysis-data/single_cell/ ./data/ ' \
+          '--recursive --exclude="*" --include="*dataset_metadata"'
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)
+    for file in glob.glob('data/*/dataset_metadata'):
+        with open(file, 'r') as f:
+            out.append(json.load(f))
+    return out
+
+
+def upload_file(data):
+    file = 'dataset_metadata.json.gz'
+    path = f'{s3_bioindex}/raw/single_cell_metadata/'
+    with gzip.open(file, 'wt') as f:
+        for d in data:
+            f.write(f'{json.dumps(d)}\n')
+    subprocess.check_call(['aws', 's3', 'cp', file, path])
+    os.remove(file)
+
+
+def main():
+    data = download_data()
+    upload_file(data)
+    shutil.rmtree('data')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/bioindex/src/main/scala/BioIndex.scala b/bioindex/src/main/scala/BioIndex.scala
index 81a20bfb..ff38c717 100644
--- a/bioindex/src/main/scala/BioIndex.scala
+++ b/bioindex/src/main/scala/BioIndex.scala
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@ object BioIndex extends Method {
     addStage(new GeneToTranscriptStage)
     addStage(new HugeStage)
     addStage(new SingleCellStage)
+    addStage(new SingleCellMetadataStage)
   }
 }
diff --git a/bioindex/src/main/scala/SingleCellMetadataStage.scala b/bioindex/src/main/scala/SingleCellMetadataStage.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f5aedf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bioindex/src/main/scala/SingleCellMetadataStage.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.broadinstitute.dig.aggregator.methods.bioindex
+
+import org.broadinstitute.dig.aggregator.core._
+import org.broadinstitute.dig.aws._
+import org.broadinstitute.dig.aws.emr._
+
+class SingleCellMetadataStage(implicit context: Context) extends Stage {
+  import MemorySize.Implicits._
+
+  val metadata: Input.Source = Input.Source.Raw("single_cell/*/dataset_metadata")
+
+  override val cluster: ClusterDef = super.cluster.copy(
+    instances = 1,
+    applications = Seq.empty,
+  )
+
+  /** Input sources. */
+  override val sources: Seq[Input.Source] = Seq(metadata)
+
+  /** Rules for mapping input to outputs. */
+  override val rules: PartialFunction[Input, Outputs] = {
+    case metadata(_) => Outputs.Named("metadata")
+  }
+
+  /** Output to Job steps. */
+  override def make(dataset: String): Job = {
+    new Job(Job.Script(resourceUri("singleCellMetadata.py")))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bioindex/src/main/scala/SingleCellStage.scala b/bioindex/src/main/scala/SingleCellStage.scala
index 014adf5b..85596a77 100644
--- a/bioindex/src/main/scala/SingleCellStage.scala
+++ b/bioindex/src/main/scala/SingleCellStage.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class SingleCellStage(implicit context: Context) extends Stage {
 
   val fields: Input.Source = Input.Source.Raw("single_cell/*/metadata.tsv")
   val coordinates: Input.Source = Input.Source.Raw("single_cell/*/coordinates.tsv")
-  val gene: Input.Source = Input.Source.Raw("single_cell/*/raw_counts.tsv.gz")
   val geneLogNorm: Input.Source = Input.Source.Raw("single_cell/*/lognorm_counts.tsv.gz")
 
   override val cluster: ClusterDef = super.cluster.copy(
@@ -21,13 +20,12 @@ class SingleCellStage(implicit context: Context) extends Stage {
   )
 
   /** Input sources. */
-  override val sources: Seq[Input.Source] = Seq(fields, coordinates, gene, geneLogNorm)
+  override val sources: Seq[Input.Source] = Seq(fields, coordinates, geneLogNorm)
 
   /** Rules for mapping input to outputs. */
   override val rules: PartialFunction[Input, Outputs] = {
     case fields(dataset) => Outputs.Named(dataset)
     case coordinates(dataset) => Outputs.Named(dataset)
-    case gene(dataset) => Outputs.Named(dataset)
     case geneLogNorm(dataset) => Outputs.Named(dataset)
   }