diff --git a/platform/viewer/CHANGELOG.md b/platform/viewer/CHANGELOG.md
index 604f8c3bc..40e3e457a 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/platform/viewer/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [3.4.1](https://github.com/OHIF/Viewers/compare/@ohif/viewer@3.4.0...@ohif/viewer@3.4.1) (2020-01-15)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* 🐛 Metadata is being mistakenly purged ([#1360](https://github.com/OHIF/Viewers/issues/1360)) ([b9a66d4](https://github.com/OHIF/Viewers/commit/b9a66d44241f2896ef184511287fb4984671e16d)), closes [#1326](https://github.com/OHIF/Viewers/issues/1326)
+
+
+
+
+
 # [3.4.0](https://github.com/OHIF/Viewers/compare/@ohif/viewer@3.3.8...@ohif/viewer@3.4.0) (2020-01-14)
 
 
diff --git a/platform/viewer/package.json b/platform/viewer/package.json
index a616a34ab..cb6af7383 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/package.json
+++ b/platform/viewer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ohif/viewer",
-  "version": "3.4.0",
+  "version": "3.4.1",
   "description": "OHIF Viewer",
   "author": "OHIF Contributors",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/connectedComponents/ViewerRetrieveStudyData.js b/platform/viewer/src/connectedComponents/ViewerRetrieveStudyData.js
index b18ca1fa8..066357192 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/connectedComponents/ViewerRetrieveStudyData.js
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/connectedComponents/ViewerRetrieveStudyData.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect, useContext } from 'react';
 import { metadata, studies, utils, log } from '@ohif/core';
+import usePrevious from '../customHooks/usePrevious';
 
 import ConnectedViewer from './ConnectedViewer.js';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
@@ -128,9 +129,9 @@ const _addSeriesToStudy = (studyMetadata, series) => {
 const _updateMetaDataManager = (study, studyMetadata, series) => {
   updateMetaDataManager(study, series);
 
-  const { studyInstanceUID } = study;
+  const { studyInstanceUid } = study;
 
-  if (!studyMetadataManager.get(studyInstanceUID)) {
+  if (!studyMetadataManager.get(studyInstanceUid)) {
     studyMetadataManager.add(studyMetadata);
   }
 };
@@ -314,9 +315,15 @@ function ViewerRetrieveStudyData({
     }
   };
 
+  const prevStudyInstanceUids = usePrevious(studyInstanceUids);
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    studyMetadataManager.purge();
-    purgeCancellablePromises();
+    const hasStudyInstanceUidsChanged = !(prevStudyInstanceUids && prevStudyInstanceUids.every(e => studyInstanceUids.includes(e)));
+
+    if (hasStudyInstanceUidsChanged) {
+      studyMetadataManager.purge();
+      purgeCancellablePromises();
+    }
   }, [studyInstanceUids]);
 
   useEffect(() => {