diff --git a/install b/install
index 14b82f3..b26e321 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Install(Thread):
 
     base_url = 'http://downloads.openmedialibrary.com/'
     status = {}
+    failed = False
 
     def __init__(self, target):
         self.target = target
@@ -72,8 +73,9 @@ class Install(Thread):
                 print('You need to install Pillow, lxml and pyOpenSSL\ni.e. sudo pip3 install pillow lxml pyOpenSSL')
                 if 'poppler' in apt_packages:
                     print('You need to install pdftocairo (part of poppler-utils)')
-                input("After installing those packages, press Enter to continue...")
-                sys.exit(1)
+                input("After installing those packages, run install again")
+                self.failed = True
+                return
         target = self.target
         target = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(target)))
         if not os.path.exists(target):
@@ -161,4 +163,5 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     install = Install(target)
     install.join()
-    subprocess.call([os.path.join(target, 'ctl'), 'open'])
+    if not install.failed:
+        subprocess.call([os.path.join(target, 'ctl'), 'open'])
diff --git a/oml/item/api.py b/oml/item/api.py
index 6084ecd..fb66043 100644
--- a/oml/item/api.py
+++ b/oml/item/api.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import func
 from oxtornado import actions
 from utils import cleanup_id
 from websocket import trigger_event
-import metaremote as meta
+import meta
 from . import models
 from . import query
 from .person import get_sort_name
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ def getMetadata(data):
     response = meta.lookup(key, value)
     if include_edits:
         response.update(models.Metadata.load(key, value))
+    for key in [k['id'] for k in settings.config['itemKeys'] if isinstance(k['type'], list)]:
+        if key in response and not isinstance(response[key], list):
+            response[key] = [response[key]]
     if response:
         response['primaryid'] = [key, value]
     return response
diff --git a/oml/item/models.py b/oml/item/models.py
index a636bee..5ca2c5c 100644
--- a/oml/item/models.py
+++ b/oml/item/models.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ from utils import remove_empty_folders
 from websocket import trigger_event
 import db
 import media
-import metaremote as meta
+#import metaremote as meta
+import meta
 import settings
 import state
 import utils
diff --git a/oml/meta/__init__.py b/oml/meta/__init__.py
index 7e7fb21..d9d5664 100644
--- a/oml/meta/__init__.py
+++ b/oml/meta/__init__.py
@@ -51,41 +51,44 @@ def lookup_provider(arg):
 def lookup(key, value):
     if not isvalid_id(key, value):
         return {}
-    data = {key: [value]}
-    ids = set([(key, value)])
-    provider_data = {}
-    done = False
+    if key == 'isbn':
+        data = google.info(key, value)
+    else:
+        data = {key: [value]}
+        ids = set([(key, value)])
+        provider_data = {}
+        done = False
 
-    while not done:
-        done = True
-        for provider, id in providers:
-            result = lookup_provider((provider, id, ids, key, value))
-            done = not result - ids
-            ids.update(result)
-    logger.debug('FIXME: sort ids')
-    ids = sorted(ids, key=lambda i: ox.sort_string(''.join(i)))
-    logger.debug('IDS %s', ids)
-    for k, v in ids:
-        for provider, id in providers:
-            if id == k:
-                if provider not in provider_data:
-                    provider_data[provider] = {}
-                for k_, v_ in globals()[provider].lookup(v).items():
-                    if k_ not in provider_data[provider]:
-                        provider_data[provider][k_] = v_
-    for provider in sorted(
-        list(provider_data.keys()),
-        key=lambda x: -len(provider_data[x])
-    ):
-        logger.debug('%s %s %s', provider, len(provider_data[provider]), list(provider_data[provider].keys()))
-        for k_, v_ in provider_data[provider].items():
-            if not k_ in data:
-                data[k_] = v_
-    for k, v in ids:
-        if k not in data:
-            data[k] = []
-        if v not in data[k]:
-            data[k].append(v)
+        while not done:
+            done = True
+            for provider, id in providers:
+                result = lookup_provider((provider, id, ids, key, value))
+                done = not result - ids
+                ids.update(result)
+        logger.debug('FIXME: sort ids')
+        ids = sorted(ids, key=lambda i: ox.sort_string(''.join(i)))
+        logger.debug('IDS %s', ids)
+        for k, v in ids:
+            for provider, id in providers:
+                if id == k:
+                    if provider not in provider_data:
+                        provider_data[provider] = {}
+                    for k_, v_ in globals()[provider].lookup(v).items():
+                        if k_ not in provider_data[provider]:
+                            provider_data[provider][k_] = v_
+        for provider in sorted(
+            list(provider_data.keys()),
+            key=lambda x: -len(provider_data[x])
+        ):
+            logger.debug('%s %s %s', provider, len(provider_data[provider]), list(provider_data[provider].keys()))
+            for k_, v_ in provider_data[provider].items():
+                if not k_ in data:
+                    data[k_] = v_
+        for k, v in ids:
+            if k not in data:
+                data[k] = []
+            if v not in data[k]:
+                data[k].append(v)
     for key in [k['id'] for k in settings.config['itemKeys'] if isinstance(k['type'], list)]:
         if key in data and not isinstance(data[key], list):
             data[key] = [data[key]]
diff --git a/oml/meta/google.py b/oml/meta/google.py
index 0f1df9d..edc98c7 100644
--- a/oml/meta/google.py
+++ b/oml/meta/google.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def info(key, value):
         store.delete(url)
         raise IOError(url, r)
     if not 'items' in r:
-        print('unkown %s: %s [%s]' % (key, value, r))
+        print('unknown %s: %s [%s]' % (key, value, r))
         return {}
     _data = r['items'][0]['volumeInfo']
     data = {}
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ def info(key, value):
                 data['isbn'].append(k['identifier'])
             else:
                 print('unknown identifier', k)
+    if 'publisher' in data and isinstance(data['publisher'], str):
+        data['publisher'] = [data['publisher']]
     if 'language' in _data:
-        data['language'] = get_language(_data['language'])
+        data['language'] = [get_language(_data['language'])]
     return data