diff --git a/dstat_interface/main.py b/dstat_interface/main.py
index 146c83b41c9eabf884a9c133d6f8a2f544630a5e..49d403d3fbc7d02e93ee823ae3e7447ad36214cb 100755
--- a/dstat_interface/main.py
+++ b/dstat_interface/main.py
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ class Main(object):
                                                       'menu_dropbot_disconnect')
         self.dropbot_enabled = False
         self.dropbot_triggered = False
-
+        
+        self.metadata = None
+        
         self.plot_notebook.get_nth_page(
                         self.plot_notebook.page_num(self.ft_window)).hide()
         self.plot_notebook.get_nth_page(
@@ -470,6 +472,7 @@ class Main(object):
         selection = self.expcombobox.get_active()
         parameters = {}
         parameters['version'] = self.version
+        parameters['metadata'] = self.metadata
 
         # Make sure these are defined
         parameters['sync_true'] = False
diff --git a/dstat_interface/plugin.py b/dstat_interface/plugin.py
index ebe2493324f4a2dc449128aace59ef83c6f0d506..c4ce9c1da29c4cd770ecca44d9859c72f3210693 100644
--- a/dstat_interface/plugin.py
+++ b/dstat_interface/plugin.py
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@ class DstatPlugin(ZmqPlugin):
         self.parent.statusbar.push(self.parent.message_context_id, "µDrop "
                                    "acquisition requested.")
         return self.parent.run_active_experiment()
+        
+    def on_execute__set_metadata(self, request=None):
+        '''
+        Args
+        ----
+
+            (dict) : Dictionary of metadata to be used in subsequent
+             experiments. Should include `device_id`, `patient_id`, and
+             `experiment_id`. Leave blank to reset all metadata fields or set
+             individual keys to `None` to reset individual values.
+        '''
+        self.parent.metadata = request
 
     def on_execute__save_text(self, request):
         '''