diff --git a/.changeset/late-rivers-applaud.md b/.changeset/late-rivers-applaud.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f5f462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-rivers-applaud.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@foundry-rs/hardhat-forge": patch
+---
+
+Add build_info_path config
diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-news-hide.md b/.changeset/lazy-news-hide.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fda7a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-news-hide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@foundry-rs/hardhat-forge": patch
+---
+
+Deserialize compiler output metadata in buildinfo
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-forge/src/forge/artifacts.ts b/packages/hardhat-forge/src/forge/artifacts.ts
index ada90dc..fd88945 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-forge/src/forge/artifacts.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-forge/src/forge/artifacts.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,16 @@ export class ForgeArtifacts implements IArtifacts {
     }
 
     const buildInfo = fsExtra.readJsonSync(buildInfoPath) as BuildInfo;
+
+    // Handle ethers-solc serializing the metadata as a string
+    // when hardhat serializes it as an object
+    for (const contract of Object.values(buildInfo.output.contracts)) {
+      for (const output of Object.values(contract)) {
+        if (typeof (output as any).metadata === "string") {
+          (output as any).metadata = JSON.parse((output as any).metadata);
+        }
+      }
+    }
     return buildInfo;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-forge/test/project.test.ts b/packages/hardhat-forge/test/project.test.ts
index a8fec84..5bdacfe 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-forge/test/project.test.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-forge/test/project.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ describe("Integration tests", function () {
       assert.exists(contract.abi);
       assert.exists((contract as any).devdoc);
       assert.exists((contract as any).metadata);
+      assert.typeOf((contract as any).metadata, "object");
       assert.exists((contract as any).storageLayout);
       assert.exists((contract as any).userdoc);
       assert.exists(contract.evm);