diff --git a/py/nodes/debug_metadata.py b/py/nodes/debug_metadata.py
index 7489c7dc..e9175508 100644
--- a/py/nodes/debug_metadata.py
+++ b/py/nodes/debug_metadata.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import logging
-from server import PromptServer   # type: ignore
 from ..metadata_collector.metadata_processor import MetadataProcessor
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+
 class DebugMetadata:
     NAME = "Debug Metadata (LoraManager)"
     CATEGORY = "Lora Manager/utils"
     DESCRIPTION = "Debug node to verify metadata_processor functionality"
     OUTPUT_NODE = True
-    
+
     @classmethod
     def INPUT_TYPES(cls):
         return {
@@ -25,21 +25,37 @@ class DebugMetadata:
     FUNCTION = "process_metadata"
 
     def process_metadata(self, images, id):
+        """
+        Process metadata from the execution context and return it for UI display.
+
+        The metadata is returned via the 'ui' key in the return dict, which triggers
+        node.onExecuted on the frontend to update the JsonDisplayWidget.
+
+        Args:
+            images: Input images (required for execution flow)
+            id: Node's unique ID (hidden)
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict with 'result' (empty tuple) and 'ui' (metadata dict for widget display)
+        """
         try:
             # Get the current execution context's metadata
             from ..metadata_collector import get_metadata
+
             metadata = get_metadata()
-            
-            # Use the MetadataProcessor to convert it to JSON string
-            metadata_json = MetadataProcessor.to_json(metadata, id)
-            
-            # Send metadata to frontend for display
-            PromptServer.instance.send_sync("metadata_update", {
-                "id": id,
-                "metadata": metadata_json
-            })
-            
+
+            # Use the MetadataProcessor to convert it to dict
+            metadata_dict = MetadataProcessor.to_dict(metadata, id)
+
+            return {
+                "result": (),
+                # ComfyUI expects ui values to be lists, wrap the dict in a list
+                "ui": {"metadata": [metadata_dict]},
+            }
+
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error processing metadata: {e}")
-        
-        return ()
+            return {
+                "result": (),
+                "ui": {"metadata": [{"error": str(e)}]},
+            }
diff --git a/vue-widgets/src/components/JsonDisplayWidget.vue b/vue-widgets/src/components/JsonDisplayWidget.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80818a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vue-widgets/src/components/JsonDisplayWidget.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="json-display-widget">
+    <div class="json-content" ref="contentRef">
+      <pre v-if="hasMetadata" v-html="highlightedJson"></pre>
+      <div v-else class="placeholder">No metadata available</div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { ref, computed, onMounted } from 'vue'
+
+interface JsonDisplayWidget {
+  serializeValue?: () => Promise<unknown>
+  value?: unknown
+  onSetValue?: (v: unknown) => void
+}
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+  widget: JsonDisplayWidget
+  node: { id: number; onExecuted?: (output: Record<string, unknown>) => void }
+}>()
+
+const metadata = ref<Record<string, unknown> | null>(null)
+
+const hasMetadata = computed(() =>
+  metadata.value !== null && Object.keys(metadata.value).length > 0
+)
+
+const highlightedJson = computed(() => {
+  if (!metadata.value) return ''
+  const jsonStr = JSON.stringify(metadata.value, null, 2)
+  return syntaxHighlight(jsonStr)
+})
+
+// Color scheme matching original json_display_widget.js
+const colors = {
+  key: '#6ad6f5',      // Light blue for keys
+  string: '#98c379',   // Soft green for strings
+  number: '#e5c07b',   // Amber for numbers
+  boolean: '#c678dd',  // Purple for booleans
+  null: '#7f848e'      // Gray for null
+}
+
+function syntaxHighlight(json: string): string {
+  // Escape HTML entities
+  json = json.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
+
+  // Apply syntax highlighting with regex
+  return json.replace(
+    /("(\\u[a-zA-Z0-9]{4}|\\[^u]|[^\\"])*"(\s*:)?|\b(true|false|null)\b|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)/g,
+    (match) => {
+      let color = colors.number
+
+      if (/^"/.test(match)) {
+        if (/:$/.test(match)) {
+          // Key
+          color = colors.key
+          match = match.replace(/:$/, '')
+          return `<span style="color:${color};">${match}</span>:`
+        } else {
+          // String value
+          color = colors.string
+        }
+      } else if (/true|false/.test(match)) {
+        color = colors.boolean
+      } else if (/null/.test(match)) {
+        color = colors.null
+      }
+
+      return `<span style="color:${color};">${match}</span>`
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  // Display-only widget - return null on serialization to avoid saving large metadata
+  props.widget.serializeValue = async () => null
+
+  // Handle external value updates (e.g., loading workflow, paste)
+  props.widget.onSetValue = (v) => {
+    if (v && typeof v === 'object') {
+      metadata.value = v as Record<string, unknown>
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Restore from saved value if exists (for workflow loading)
+  if (props.widget.value && typeof props.widget.value === 'object') {
+    metadata.value = props.widget.value as Record<string, unknown>
+  }
+
+  // Override onExecuted to handle backend UI updates
+  // Following the pattern from LoraRandomizerWidget.vue
+  const originalOnExecuted = (props.node as any).onExecuted?.bind(props.node)
+
+  ;(props.node as any).onExecuted = function(output: any) {
+    // Update metadata from backend ui return
+    if (output?.metadata !== undefined) {
+      let metadataValue = output.metadata
+
+      // ComfyUI wraps ui values in arrays, unwrap if needed
+      if (Array.isArray(metadataValue)) {
+        metadataValue = metadataValue[0]
+      }
+
+      // If it's a string (JSON), parse it
+      if (typeof metadataValue === 'string') {
+        try {
+          metadataValue = JSON.parse(metadataValue)
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.error('[JsonDisplayWidget] Failed to parse JSON:', e)
+        }
+      }
+
+      metadata.value = metadataValue
+    }
+
+    // Call original onExecuted if it exists
+    if (originalOnExecuted) {
+      return originalOnExecuted(output)
+    }
+  }
+})
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.json-display-widget {
+  padding: 8px;
+  background: rgba(40, 44, 52, 0.6);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  height: 100%;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+
+.json-content {
+  flex: 1;
+  overflow: auto;
+  font-family: monospace;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  color: rgba(226, 232, 240, 0.9);
+}
+
+.json-content pre {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+
+.placeholder {
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: rgba(226, 232, 240, 0.6);
+  text-align: center;
+  padding: 20px 0;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/vue-widgets/src/main.ts b/vue-widgets/src/main.ts
index d22fb8c7..66455640 100644
--- a/vue-widgets/src/main.ts
+++ b/vue-widgets/src/main.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { createApp, type App as VueApp } from 'vue'
 import PrimeVue from 'primevue/config'
 import LoraPoolWidget from '@/components/LoraPoolWidget.vue'
 import LoraRandomizerWidget from '@/components/LoraRandomizerWidget.vue'
+import JsonDisplayWidget from '@/components/JsonDisplayWidget.vue'
 import type { LoraPoolConfig, LegacyLoraPoolConfig, RandomizerConfig } from './composables/types'
 
 const LORA_POOL_WIDGET_MIN_WIDTH = 500
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ const LORA_POOL_WIDGET_MIN_HEIGHT = 400
 const LORA_RANDOMIZER_WIDGET_MIN_WIDTH = 500
 const LORA_RANDOMIZER_WIDGET_MIN_HEIGHT = 510
 const LORA_RANDOMIZER_WIDGET_MAX_HEIGHT = LORA_RANDOMIZER_WIDGET_MIN_HEIGHT
+const JSON_DISPLAY_WIDGET_MIN_WIDTH = 300
+const JSON_DISPLAY_WIDGET_MIN_HEIGHT = 200
 
 // @ts-ignore - ComfyUI external module
 import { app } from '../../../scripts/app.js'
@@ -207,6 +210,72 @@ function createLoraRandomizerWidget(node) {
   return { widget }
 }
 
+// @ts-ignore
+function createJsonDisplayWidget(node) {
+  const container = document.createElement('div')
+  container.id = `json-display-widget-${node.id}`
+  container.style.width = '100%'
+  container.style.height = '100%'
+  container.style.display = 'flex'
+  container.style.flexDirection = 'column'
+  container.style.overflow = 'hidden'
+
+  forwardMiddleMouseToCanvas(container)
+
+  let internalValue: Record<string, unknown> | undefined
+
+  const widget = node.addDOMWidget(
+    'metadata',
+    'JSON_DISPLAY',
+    container,
+    {
+      getValue() {
+        return internalValue
+      },
+      setValue(v: Record<string, unknown>) {
+        internalValue = v
+        if (typeof widget.onSetValue === 'function') {
+          widget.onSetValue(v)
+        }
+      },
+      serialize: false, // Display-only widget - don't save metadata in workflows
+      getMinHeight() {
+        return JSON_DISPLAY_WIDGET_MIN_HEIGHT
+      }
+    }
+  )
+
+  const vueApp = createApp(JsonDisplayWidget, {
+    widget,
+    node
+  })
+
+  vueApp.use(PrimeVue, {
+    unstyled: true,
+    ripple: false
+  })
+
+  vueApp.mount(container)
+  vueApps.set(node.id + 20000, vueApp) // Offset to avoid collision with other widgets
+
+  widget.computeLayoutSize = () => {
+    const minWidth = JSON_DISPLAY_WIDGET_MIN_WIDTH
+    const minHeight = JSON_DISPLAY_WIDGET_MIN_HEIGHT
+
+    return { minHeight, minWidth }
+  }
+
+  widget.onRemove = () => {
+    const vueApp = vueApps.get(node.id + 20000)
+    if (vueApp) {
+      vueApp.unmount()
+      vueApps.delete(node.id + 20000)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { widget }
+}
+
 app.registerExtension({
   name: 'LoraManager.VueWidgets',
 
@@ -238,5 +307,20 @@ app.registerExtension({
         return addLorasWidgetCache(node, 'loras', { isRandomizerNode }, callback)
       }
     }
+  },
+
+  // Add display-only widget to Debug Metadata node
+  // @ts-ignore
+  async beforeRegisterNodeDef(nodeType, nodeData) {
+    if (nodeData.name === 'Debug Metadata (LoraManager)') {
+      const onNodeCreated = nodeType.prototype.onNodeCreated
+
+      nodeType.prototype.onNodeCreated = function () {
+        onNodeCreated?.apply(this, [])
+
+        // Add the JSON display widget
+        createJsonDisplayWidget(this)
+      }
+    }
   }
 })
diff --git a/web/comfyui/debug_metadata.js b/web/comfyui/debug_metadata.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bcbb893f..00000000
--- a/web/comfyui/debug_metadata.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-import { app } from "../../scripts/app.js";
-import { api } from "../../scripts/api.js";
-import { addJsonDisplayWidget } from "./json_display_widget.js";
-import { getNodeFromGraph } from "./utils.js";
-
-app.registerExtension({
-    name: "LoraManager.DebugMetadata",
-    
-    setup() {
-        // Add message handler to listen for metadata updates from Python
-        api.addEventListener("metadata_update", (event) => {
-            const { id, graph_id: graphId, metadata } = event.detail;
-            this.handleMetadataUpdate(id, graphId, metadata);
-        });
-    },
-
-    async nodeCreated(node) {
-        if (node.comfyClass === "Debug Metadata (LoraManager)") {
-            // Enable widget serialization
-            node.serialize_widgets = true;
-
-            // Add a widget to display metadata
-            const jsonWidget = addJsonDisplayWidget(node, "metadata", {
-                defaultVal: "",
-            }).widget;
-            
-            // Store reference to the widget
-            node.jsonWidget = jsonWidget;
-
-            // Restore saved value if exists
-            if (node.widgets_values && node.widgets_values.length > 0) {
-                const savedValue = node.widgets_values[0];
-                if (savedValue) {
-                    jsonWidget.value = savedValue;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    },
-    
-    // Handle metadata updates from Python
-    handleMetadataUpdate(id, graphId, metadata) {
-        const node = getNodeFromGraph(graphId, id);
-        if (!node || node.comfyClass !== "Debug Metadata (LoraManager)") {
-            console.warn("Node not found or not a DebugMetadata node:", id);
-            return;
-        }
-        
-        if (node.jsonWidget) {
-            // Update the widget with the received metadata
-            node.jsonWidget.value = metadata;
-        }
-    }
-});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/comfyui/json_display_widget.js b/web/comfyui/json_display_widget.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c0b3f7c4..00000000
--- a/web/comfyui/json_display_widget.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-import { forwardMiddleMouseToCanvas } from "./utils.js";
-
-export function addJsonDisplayWidget(node, name, opts) {
-  // Create container for JSON display
-  const container = document.createElement("div");
-  container.className = "comfy-json-display-container";
-
-  forwardMiddleMouseToCanvas(container);
-  
-  // Set initial height
-  const defaultHeight = 200;
-  
-  Object.assign(container.style, {
-    display: "block",
-    padding: "8px",
-    backgroundColor: "rgba(40, 44, 52, 0.6)",
-    borderRadius: "6px",
-    width: "100%",
-    boxSizing: "border-box",
-    overflow: "auto",
-    overflowY: "scroll",
-    maxHeight: `${defaultHeight}px`,
-    fontFamily: "monospace",
-    fontSize: "12px",
-    lineHeight: "1.5",
-    whiteSpace: "pre-wrap",
-    color: "rgba(226, 232, 240, 0.9)"
-  });
-
-  // Initialize default value
-  const initialValue = opts?.defaultVal || "";
-  
-  // Function to format and display JSON content with syntax highlighting
-  const displayJson = (jsonString, widget) => {
-    try {
-      // If string is empty, show placeholder
-      if (!jsonString || jsonString.trim() === '') {
-        container.textContent = "No metadata available";
-        container.style.fontStyle = "italic";
-        container.style.color = "rgba(226, 232, 240, 0.6)";
-        container.style.textAlign = "center";
-        container.style.padding = "20px 0";
-        return;
-      }
-      
-      // Try to parse and pretty-print if it's valid JSON
-      try {
-        const jsonObj = JSON.parse(jsonString);
-        container.innerHTML = syntaxHighlight(JSON.stringify(jsonObj, null, 2));
-      } catch (e) {
-        // If not valid JSON, display as-is
-        container.textContent = jsonString;
-      }
-      
-      container.style.fontStyle = "normal";
-      container.style.textAlign = "left";
-      container.style.padding = "8px";
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error("Error displaying JSON:", error);
-      container.textContent = "Error displaying content";
-    }
-  };
-
-  // Function to add syntax highlighting to JSON
-  function syntaxHighlight(json) {
-    // Color scheme
-    const colors = {
-      key: "#6ad6f5",       // Light blue for keys
-      string: "#98c379",    // Soft green for strings
-      number: "#e5c07b",    // Amber for numbers
-      boolean: "#c678dd",   // Purple for booleans
-      null: "#7f848e"       // Gray for null
-    };
-    
-    // Replace JSON syntax with highlighted HTML
-    json = json.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
-    
-    return json.replace(/("(\\u[a-zA-Z0-9]{4}|\\[^u]|[^\\"])*"(\s*:)?|\b(true|false|null)\b|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)/g, function (match) {
-      let cls = 'number';
-      let color = colors.number;
-      
-      if (/^"/.test(match)) {
-        if (/:$/.test(match)) {
-          cls = 'key';
-          color = colors.key;
-          // Remove the colon from the key and add it back without color
-          match = match.replace(/:$/, '');
-          return '<span style="color:' + color + ';">' + match + '</span>:';
-        } else {
-          cls = 'string';
-          color = colors.string;
-        }
-      } else if (/true|false/.test(match)) {
-        cls = 'boolean';
-        color = colors.boolean;
-      } else if (/null/.test(match)) {
-        cls = 'null';
-        color = colors.null;
-      }
-      
-      return '<span style="color:' + color + ';">' + match + '</span>';
-    });
-  }
-  
-  // Store the value
-  let widgetValue = initialValue;
-
-  // Create widget with DOM Widget API
-  const widget = node.addDOMWidget(name, "custom", container, {
-    getValue: function() {
-      return widgetValue;
-    },
-    setValue: function(v) {
-      widgetValue = v;
-      displayJson(widgetValue, widget);
-    },
-    hideOnZoom: true
-  });
-
-  // Set initial value
-  widget.value = initialValue;
-
-  widget.serializeValue = () => {
-    return widgetValue;
-  };
-
-  // Update widget when node is resized
-  const onNodeResize = node.onResize;
-  node.onResize = function(size) {
-    if(onNodeResize) {
-      onNodeResize.call(this, size);
-    }
-    
-    // Adjust container height to node height
-    if(size && size[1]) {
-      // Reduce the offset to minimize the gap at the bottom
-      const widgetHeight = Math.min(size[1] - 30, defaultHeight * 2); // Reduced from 80 to 30
-      container.style.maxHeight = `${widgetHeight}px`;
-      container.style.setProperty('--comfy-widget-height', `${widgetHeight}px`);
-    }
-  };
-
-  return { minWidth: 300, minHeight: defaultHeight, widget };
-}