diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyFilesystemReader.cs b/osu.Desktop/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyFilesystemReader.cs
index 0ef448cafe..ffa37c29b7 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyFilesystemReader.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyFilesystemReader.cs
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
-using osu.Game.Database;
 
 namespace osu.Desktop.Beatmaps.IO
 {
@@ -18,20 +16,17 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Beatmaps.IO
         public static void Register() => AddReader<LegacyFilesystemReader>((storage, path) => Directory.Exists(path));
 
         private string basePath { get; }
-        private Beatmap firstMap { get; }
 
         public LegacyFilesystemReader(string path)
         {
             basePath = path;
+
             BeatmapFilenames = Directory.GetFiles(basePath, @"*.osu").Select(Path.GetFileName).ToArray();
+
             if (BeatmapFilenames.Length == 0)
                 throw new FileNotFoundException(@"This directory contains no beatmaps");
+
             StoryboardFilename = Directory.GetFiles(basePath, @"*.osb").Select(Path.GetFileName).FirstOrDefault();
-            using (var stream = new StreamReader(GetStream(BeatmapFilenames[0])))
-            {
-                var decoder = BeatmapDecoder.GetDecoder(stream);
-                firstMap = decoder.Decode(stream);
-            }
         }
 
         public override Stream GetStream(string name)
@@ -39,14 +34,10 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Beatmaps.IO
             return File.OpenRead(Path.Combine(basePath, name));
         }
 
-        public override BeatmapMetadata ReadMetadata()
-        {
-            return firstMap.BeatmapInfo.Metadata;
-        }
-
         public override void Dispose()
         {
             // no-op
         }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReaderTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReaderTest.cs
index 2a69be92ca..8c44e6c954 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReaderTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReaderTest.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ using osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO;
 using osu.Game.Modes;
 using osu.Game.Modes.Osu;
 using osu.Game.Tests.Resources;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Database;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
 {
@@ -53,7 +56,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
             using (var osz = Resource.OpenResource("Beatmaps.241526 Soleily - Renatus.osz"))
             {
                 var reader = new OszArchiveReader(osz);
-                var meta = reader.ReadMetadata();
+
+                BeatmapMetadata meta;
+                using (var stream = new StreamReader(reader.GetStream("Soleily - Renatus (Deif) [Platter].osu")))
+                    meta = BeatmapDecoder.GetDecoder(stream).Decode(stream).Metadata;
+
                 Assert.AreEqual(241526, meta.OnlineBeatmapSetID);
                 Assert.AreEqual("Soleily", meta.Artist);
                 Assert.AreEqual("Soleily", meta.ArtistUnicode);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/BeatmapDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/BeatmapDecoder.cs
index 425c6cc5dc..452bd595c7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/BeatmapDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/BeatmapDecoder.cs
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
     {
         private static Dictionary<string, Type> decoders { get; } = new Dictionary<string, Type>();
 
-        public static BeatmapDecoder GetDecoder(TextReader stream)
+        public static BeatmapDecoder GetDecoder(StreamReader stream)
         {
-            var line = stream.ReadLine()?.Trim();
+            string line = stream.ReadLine()?.Trim();
 
             if (line == null || !decoders.ContainsKey(line))
                 throw new IOException(@"Unknown file format");
-            return (BeatmapDecoder)Activator.CreateInstance(decoders[line]);
+            return (BeatmapDecoder)Activator.CreateInstance(decoders[line], line);
         }
 
         protected static void AddDecoder<T>(string magic) where T : BeatmapDecoder
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
             decoders[magic] = typeof(T);
         }
 
-        public virtual Beatmap Decode(TextReader stream)
+        public virtual Beatmap Decode(StreamReader stream)
         {
             return ParseFile(stream);
         }
 
-        public virtual void Decode(TextReader stream, Beatmap beatmap)
+        public virtual void Decode(StreamReader stream, Beatmap beatmap)
         {
             ParseFile(stream, beatmap);
         }
 
-        protected virtual Beatmap ParseFile(TextReader stream)
+        protected virtual Beatmap ParseFile(StreamReader stream)
         {
             var beatmap = new Beatmap
             {
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
                     Difficulty = new BeatmapDifficulty(),
                 },
             };
+
             ParseFile(stream, beatmap);
             return beatmap;
         }
-        protected abstract void ParseFile(TextReader stream, Beatmap beatmap);
+
+        protected abstract void ParseFile(StreamReader stream, Beatmap beatmap);
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/ConstructableBeatmapDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/ConstructableBeatmapDecoder.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e7dbb4d1b..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/ConstructableBeatmapDecoder.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2007-2017 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
-// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
-
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-
-namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
-{
-    public class ConstructableBeatmapDecoder : BeatmapDecoder
-    {
-        protected override void ParseFile(TextReader stream, Beatmap beatmap)
-        {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs
index 20b977499e..6d03205ca2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
             // TODO: Not sure how far back to go, or differences between versions
         }
 
+        private readonly int beatmapVersion;
+
+        public OsuLegacyDecoder()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public OsuLegacyDecoder(string header)
+        {
+            beatmapVersion = int.Parse(header.Substring(17));
+        }
+
         private enum Section
         {
             None,
@@ -246,32 +257,36 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
             }
         }
 
-        protected override Beatmap ParseFile(TextReader stream)
+        protected override Beatmap ParseFile(StreamReader stream)
         {
             return new LegacyBeatmap(base.ParseFile(stream));
         }
 
-        public override Beatmap Decode(TextReader stream)
+        public override Beatmap Decode(StreamReader stream)
         {
             return new LegacyBeatmap(base.Decode(stream));
         }
 
-        protected override void ParseFile(TextReader stream, Beatmap beatmap)
+        protected override void ParseFile(StreamReader stream, Beatmap beatmap)
         {
+            beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapVersion = beatmapVersion;
+
             HitObjectParser parser = null;
 
             bool hasCustomColours = false;
 
-            var section = Section.None;
-            while (true)
+            Section section = Section.None;
+            string line = null;
+            while ((line = stream.ReadLine()) != null)
             {
-                var line = stream.ReadLine();
-                if (line == null)
-                    break;
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(line))
                     continue;
+
                 if (line.StartsWith(@"osu file format v"))
+                {
+                    beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapVersion = int.Parse(line.Substring(17));
                     continue;
+                }
 
                 if (line.StartsWith(@"[") && line.EndsWith(@"]"))
                 {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/ArchiveReader.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/ArchiveReader.cs
index bbf4de20f5..6c6b6be23c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/ArchiveReader.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/ArchiveReader.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
-using osu.Game.Database;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO
 {
@@ -35,11 +34,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO
             readers.Add(new Reader { Test = test, Type = typeof(T) });
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Reads the beatmap metadata from this archive.
-        /// </summary>
-        public abstract BeatmapMetadata ReadMetadata();
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a list of beatmap file names.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReader.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReader.cs
index 5c0f29fb86..6c550def8d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReader.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReader.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using Ionic.Zip;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats;
-using osu.Game.Database;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO
 {
@@ -23,23 +22,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO
 
         private readonly Stream archiveStream;
         private readonly ZipFile archive;
-        private readonly Beatmap firstMap;
 
         public OszArchiveReader(Stream archiveStream)
         {
             this.archiveStream = archiveStream;
             archive = ZipFile.Read(archiveStream);
-            BeatmapFilenames = archive.Entries.Where(e => e.FileName.EndsWith(@".osu"))
-                .Select(e => e.FileName).ToArray();
+
+            BeatmapFilenames = archive.Entries.Where(e => e.FileName.EndsWith(@".osu")).Select(e => e.FileName).ToArray();
+
             if (BeatmapFilenames.Length == 0)
                 throw new FileNotFoundException(@"This directory contains no beatmaps");
-            StoryboardFilename = archive.Entries.Where(e => e.FileName.EndsWith(@".osb"))
-                .Select(e => e.FileName).FirstOrDefault();
-            using (var stream = new StreamReader(GetStream(BeatmapFilenames[0])))
-            {
-                var decoder = BeatmapDecoder.GetDecoder(stream);
-                firstMap = decoder.Decode(stream);
-            }
+
+            StoryboardFilename = archive.Entries.Where(e => e.FileName.EndsWith(@".osb")).Select(e => e.FileName).FirstOrDefault();
         }
 
         public override Stream GetStream(string name)
@@ -50,11 +44,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO
             return entry.OpenReader();
         }
 
-        public override BeatmapMetadata ReadMetadata()
-        {
-            return firstMap.BeatmapInfo.Metadata;
-        }
-
         public override void Dispose()
         {
             archive.Dispose();
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapDatabase.cs b/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapDatabase.cs
index dfc916a136..41ddd8df39 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapDatabase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapDatabase.cs
@@ -175,7 +175,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
             BeatmapMetadata metadata;
 
             using (var reader = ArchiveReader.GetReader(storage, path))
-                metadata = reader.ReadMetadata();
+            {
+                using (var stream = new StreamReader(reader.GetStream(reader.BeatmapFilenames[0])))
+                    metadata = BeatmapDecoder.GetDecoder(stream).Decode(stream).Metadata;
+            }
 
             if (File.Exists(path)) // Not always the case, i.e. for LegacyFilesystemReader
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapInfo.cs
index cda9cba70c..890623091d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapInfo.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         [PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
         public int ID { get; set; }
 
+        public int BeatmapVersion;
+
         public int? OnlineBeatmapID { get; set; }
 
         public int? OnlineBeatmapSetID { get; set; }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseWorkingBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseWorkingBeatmap.cs
index 1b37cf2fa0..9fb3bed1e7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseWorkingBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseWorkingBeatmap.cs
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                     using (var stream = new StreamReader(reader.GetStream(BeatmapInfo.Path)))
                     {
                         decoder = BeatmapDecoder.GetDecoder(stream);
-                        beatmap = decoder?.Decode(stream);
+                        beatmap = decoder.Decode(stream);
                     }
 
-                    if (WithStoryboard && beatmap != null && BeatmapSetInfo.StoryboardFile != null)
-                        using (var stream = new StreamReader(reader.GetStream(BeatmapSetInfo.StoryboardFile)))
-                            decoder.Decode(stream, beatmap);
+                    if (beatmap == null || !WithStoryboard || BeatmapSetInfo.StoryboardFile == null)
+                        return beatmap;
+
+                    using (var stream = new StreamReader(reader.GetStream(BeatmapSetInfo.StoryboardFile)))
+                        decoder.Decode(stream, beatmap);
                 }
 
                 return beatmap;
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index ecb3f5084c..a9e8dfb5bb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Overlays\LoginOverlay.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Overlays\MusicController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Beatmap.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Formats\ConstructableBeatmapDecoder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Beatmaps\WorkingBeatmap.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Drawables\BeatmapSetHeader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Beatmaps\Drawables\DifficultyIcon.cs" />