diff --git a/scripts/gh-book/opf-file.coffee b/scripts/gh-book/opf-file.coffee
index 7dcd200b..ca26cea8 100644
--- a/scripts/gh-book/opf-file.coffee
+++ b/scripts/gh-book/opf-file.coffee
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ define [
   'cs!gh-book/uuid'
   'hbs!templates/gh-book/defaults/opf'
   'hbs!templates/gh-book/defaults/nav'
-  'hbs!templates/gh-book/nav-metadata'
+  'hbs!templates/gh-book/nav-body-metadata'
+  'hbs!templates/gh-book/nav-head-metadata'
 ], (
   Backbone,
   mediaTypes,
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ define [
   uuid,
   defaultOpf,
   defaultNav,
-  navMetadata
+  navBodyMetadata,
+  navHeadMetadata
 ) ->
 
   SAVE_DELAY = 10 # ms
@@ -69,9 +71,12 @@ define [
       # This way we can ignore firing events when Backbone is parsing as well as
       # when we are internally updating models.
       setNavModel = (options) =>
+        console.log 'here'
         if not options.doNotReparse
+          console.log 'here2'
           options.doNotReparse = true
-          @navModel.set 'body', @_serializeNavModel(), options
+          @navModel.set 'head', @_serializeNavModelHead(), options
+          @navModel.set 'body', @_serializeNavModelBody(), options
 
           # if we're updating the nav the spine also probably needs to be updated
           @_buildSpine()
@@ -99,7 +104,9 @@ define [
         return if not value
 
         container = @$xml.find('metadata')
-        selector = tagName.replace(':', '\\:')
+
+        # remove any namespace on the tagname so jquery will work
+        selector = tagName.replace(/.*:/, '')
 
         element = @$xml[0].createElement(tagName)
 
@@ -147,7 +154,10 @@ define [
         return if not values.length
 
         container = @$xml.find('metadata')
-        selector = tagName.replace(':', '\\:')
+
+        # remove any namespace on the tagname so jquery will work
+        selector = tagName.replace(/.*:/, '')
+
         template = @$xml[0].createElement(tagName)
  
         _.forIn attributes, (value, key) ->
@@ -184,7 +194,7 @@ define [
 
         container = @$xml.find('metadata')
         template = "<dc:subject></dc:subject>"
-        @$xml.find('dc\\:subject').not('[xsi\\:type="http://github.com/Connexions/rhaptos.cnxmlutils/rhaptos/cnxmlutils/schema"]').remove()
+        @$xml.find('subject').not('[xsi\\:type="http://github.com/Connexions/rhaptos.cnxmlutils/rhaptos/cnxmlutils/schema"]').remove()
 
         _.each(value, (keyword) ->
           container.append('    ')
@@ -202,7 +212,7 @@ define [
         return if not creators.length
 
         # remove the existing ones so we don't get dupes
-        @$xml.find('dc\\:creator[id^="'+type+'"]').remove()
+        @$xml.find('creator[id^="'+type+'"]').remove()
         @$xml.find('meta[refines^="#'+type+'"]').remove()
 
         container = @$xml.find('metadata')
@@ -452,12 +462,12 @@ define [
 
       @_markDirty({}) if start != @serialize()
 
-    _serializeNavModel: () ->
-      $wrapper = $('<div></div>')
+    _serializeNavModelHead: () ->
+      return navHeadMetadata(@toJSON())
 
-      $wrapper
-        .append(navMetadata(@toJSON()))
-        .append('<nav></nav>')
+    _serializeNavModelBody: () ->
+      $wrapper = $('<div></div>')
+      $wrapper.append('<nav></nav>')
 
       $nav = $wrapper.find 'nav'
 
@@ -494,7 +504,7 @@ define [
       # Trim the HTML and put newlines between elements
       html =  $wrapper.html()
       html = html.replace(/></g, '>\n<')
-      return html
+      return navBodyMetadata(@toJSON()) + html
 
 
     parse: (json) ->
diff --git a/templates/gh-book/nav-body-metadata.html b/templates/gh-book/nav-body-metadata.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a83196a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/gh-book/nav-body-metadata.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+    <h1 itemprop="name">{{ title }}</h1>
+    {{#if authors }}<span class="authors">By: {{#each authors }}{{#if @index }}, {{/if}}<span itemprop="author">{{ this }}</span>{{/each}}</span>{{/if}}
+    {{#if publishers }}<span class="publisher">Published By: {{#each publishers }}{{#if @index }}, {{/if}}<span itemprop="publisher">{{ this }}</span>{{/each}}</span>{{/if}}
+    {{#if description }}<p itemprop="description">{{ description }}</p>{{/if}}
+    <h1>Table of Contents</h1>
diff --git a/templates/gh-book/nav-metadata.html b/templates/gh-book/nav-head-metadata.html
similarity index 54%
rename from templates/gh-book/nav-metadata.html
rename to templates/gh-book/nav-head-metadata.html
index 2e05d597..adc6d3e0 100644
--- a/templates/gh-book/nav-metadata.html
+++ b/templates/gh-book/nav-head-metadata.html
@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
     <title>{{ title }}</title>
-    {{#if language }}<meta itemprop="inLanguage" content="{{ language }}" />{{/if}}
-    {{#if rights }}<meta property="dc:license" content="{{ rights }}" />{{/if}}
-    {{#if rightsUrl }}<meta property="lrmi:useRightsUrl" content="{{ rightsUrl }}" />{{/if}}
-    {{#if dateModified }}<meta itemprop="dateModified" content="{{ dateModified }}" />{{/if}}
-    {{#if datePublished }}<meta itemprop="dateCreated" content="{{ datePublished }}" />{{/if}}
-    {{#each subject}}<meta itemprop="about" content="{{ this }}" />
+    {{#if language }}<meta itemprop="inLanguage" content="{{ language }}"></meta>{{/if}}
+    {{#if rights }}<meta property="dc:license" content="{{ rights }}"></meta>{{/if}}
+    {{#if rightsUrl }}<meta property="lrmi:useRightsUrl" content="{{ rightsUrl }}"></meta>{{/if}}
+    {{#if dateModified }}<meta itemprop="dateModified" content="{{ dateModified }}"></meta>{{/if}}
+    {{#if datePublished }}<meta itemprop="dateCreated" content="{{ datePublished }}"></meta>{{/if}}
+    {{#each subject}}<meta itemprop="about" content="{{ this }}"></meta>
     {{/each}}
-    {{#each keywords}}<meta itemprop="keywords" content="{{ this }}" />
+    {{#each keywords}}<meta itemprop="keywords" content="{{ this }}"></meta>
     {{/each}}
-    {{#each rightsHolders}}<meta itemprop="copyrightHolder" content="{{ this }}" />
+    {{#each rightsHolders}}<meta itemprop="copyrightHolder" content="{{ this }}"></meta>
     {{/each}}
-    {{#each editors }}<meta itemprop="editor" content="{{ this }}" />
+    {{#each editors }}<meta itemprop="editor" content="{{ this }}"></meta>
     {{/each}}
-    {{#each translators }}<meta id="translator{{@key }}" itemprop="contributor" content="{{ this }}"/>
-    <meta refines="#translator{{@key }}" property="role" scheme="marc:relators" content="trl" />
+    {{#each translators }}<meta id="translator{{@key }}" itemprop="contributor" content="{{ this }}"></meta>
+    <meta refines="#translator{{@key }}" property="role" scheme="marc:relators" content="trl"></meta>
     {{/each}}
-    {{#each illustrators }}<meta itemprop="illustrator" content="{{ this }}" />
+    {{#each illustrators }}<meta itemprop="illustrator" content="{{ this }}"></meta>
     {{/each}}
-
-    <h1 itemprop="name">{{ title }}</h1>
-    {{#if authors }}<span class="authors">By: {{#each authors }}{{#if @index }}, {{/if}}<span itemprop="author">{{ this }}</span>{{/each}}</span>{{/if}}
-    {{#if publishers }}<span class="publisher">Published By: {{#each publishers }}{{#if @index }}, {{/if}}<span itemprop="publisher">{{ this }}</span>{{/each}}</span>{{/if}}
-    {{#if description }}<p itemprop="description">{{ description }}</p>{{/if}}
-    <h1>Table of Contents</h1>