diff --git a/addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/stories/__snapshots__/storyshot.metadata.test.js.snap b/addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/stories/__snapshots__/storyshot.metadata.test.js.snap
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+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`Storyshots Text Simple 1`] = `"contents"`;
diff --git a/addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/stories/exported_metadata/Text.stories.js b/addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/stories/exported_metadata/Text.stories.js
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+export default {
+  title: 'Text',
+};
+
+export const Simple = () => 'contents';
diff --git a/addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/stories/exported_metadata/main.js b/addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/stories/exported_metadata/main.js
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+module.exports = {
+  stories: ['./Text.stories.js'],
+};
diff --git a/addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/stories/exported_metadata/preview.js b/addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/stories/exported_metadata/preview.js
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+import React from 'react';
+
+export const decorators = [
+  (StoryFn, { parameters, globals }) => (
+    <div>
+      {parameters.prefix} <StoryFn /> {globals.suffix}
+    </div>
+  ),
+];
+
+export const parameters = { prefix: 'prefix' };
+export const globals = { suffix: 'suffix' };
diff --git a/addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/stories/storyshot.metadata.test.js b/addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/stories/storyshot.metadata.test.js
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+import path from 'path';
+import initStoryshots from '../dist';
+
+// jest.mock('@storybook/node-logger');
+
+initStoryshots({
+  framework: 'react',
+  configPath: path.join(__dirname, 'exported_metadata'),
+});