diff --git a/node/src/arrow.ts b/node/src/arrow.ts
index 6aac34b9..457c3040 100644
--- a/node/src/arrow.ts
+++ b/node/src/arrow.ts
@@ -624,8 +624,6 @@ function validateSchemaEmbeddings(
   }
 
   if (missingEmbeddingFields.length > 0 && embeddings === undefined) {
-    console.log({ missingEmbeddingFields, embeddings });
-
     throw new Error(
       `Table has embeddings: "${missingEmbeddingFields
         .map((f) => f.name)
@@ -633,5 +631,5 @@ function validateSchemaEmbeddings(
     );
   }
 
-  return new Schema(fields);
+  return new Schema(fields, schema.metadata);
 }
diff --git a/nodejs/lancedb/arrow.ts b/nodejs/lancedb/arrow.ts
index 651e9871..a786124d 100644
--- a/nodejs/lancedb/arrow.ts
+++ b/nodejs/lancedb/arrow.ts
@@ -677,8 +677,6 @@ function validateSchemaEmbeddings(
   }
 
   if (missingEmbeddingFields.length > 0 && embeddings === undefined) {
-    console.log({ missingEmbeddingFields, embeddings });
-
     throw new Error(
       `Table has embeddings: "${missingEmbeddingFields
         .map((f) => f.name)
@@ -686,5 +684,5 @@ function validateSchemaEmbeddings(
     );
   }
 
-  return new Schema(fields);
+  return new Schema(fields, schema.metadata);
 }