diff --git a/lib/iterator.js b/lib/iterator.js
index 42986a18..f2e8cc8b 100644
--- a/lib/iterator.js
+++ b/lib/iterator.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const yaml = require("js-yaml");
-
-const metameta = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/../meta.yaml`));
+const metameta = require("./metameta");
 
 module.exports = function (callback) {
   fs.readdirSync(`${__dirname}/..`, {
diff --git a/lib/metameta.js b/lib/metameta.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20cb2734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/metameta.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+const yaml = require("js-yaml");
+
+module.exports = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/../meta.yaml`));
diff --git a/lib/number.js b/lib/number.js
index 04007304..df682e99 100644
--- a/lib/number.js
+++ b/lib/number.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Number {
     var m = line.match(/^(:+)\s+(?:\{\.)?var(\S+)/);
     if (m) {
       this.fence = m[1];
-      if (this.variant && this.variant !== m[2]) {
+      if (this.variant !== m[2]) {
         return (this.skipping = true);
       }
       return this.fence.length < 3;
diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index 86998632..e2c6a25c 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const yaml = require("js-yaml");
 const iterator = require("./iterator");
+const metameta = require("./metameta");
 
 const livereload = require("livereload");
 const liveReloadServer = livereload.createServer({ extraExts: ["md"] });
@@ -14,8 +15,6 @@ liveReloadServer.watch(path.join(__dirname, ".."));
 const connectLivereload = require("connect-livereload");
 const statics = { images: {} };
 
-const metameta = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/../meta.yaml`));
-
 const app = express()
   .enable("strict routing")
   .use(connectLivereload())