diff --git a/geoarray/baseclasses.py b/geoarray/baseclasses.py
index d812336092065d708c7657a5f4d62252e37e860f..ed7f329cd8679ada0788128e997741989ff2d855 100644
--- a/geoarray/baseclasses.py
+++ b/geoarray/baseclasses.py
@@ -933,16 +933,19 @@ class GeoArray(object):
             elif self.metadata.all_meta:
                     # set global domain metadata
                     if self.metadata.global_meta:
-                        ds_out.SetMetadata(self.metadata.global_meta)
+                        ds_out.SetMetadata(dict((k, repr(v)) for k, v in self.metadata.global_meta.items()))
 
                     if 'description' in envi_metadict:
                         ds_out.SetDescription(envi_metadict['description'])
 
                     # set band domain metadata
+                    bandmeta_dict = self.metadata.to_DataFrame().astype(str).to_dict()
+
                     for bidx in range(self.bands):
                         band = ds_out.GetRasterBand(bidx + 1)
-                        meta2write = dict((k, repr(v)) for k, v in self.metadata.band_meta.items() if v is not np.nan)
-                        band.SetMetadata(meta2write)
+                        bandmeta = bandmeta_dict[bidx]
+                        # meta2write = dict((k, repr(v)) for k, v in self.metadata.band_meta.items() if v is not np.nan)
+                        band.SetMetadata(bandmeta)
 
                         if 'band_names' in envi_metadict:
                             band.SetDescription(self.metadata.band_meta['band_names'][bidx].strip())