diff --git a/src/scene/asset.cpp b/src/scene/asset.cpp
index a90ddbafe6..fbfcff7fb8 100644
--- a/src/scene/asset.cpp
+++ b/src/scene/asset.cpp
@@ -206,9 +206,11 @@ void Asset::startSynchronizations() {
 }
 
 void Asset::addIdentifier(std::string identifier) {
-    if (_metaInformation.has_value()) {
-        _metaInformation->identifiers.push_back(std::move(identifier));
+    if (!_metaInformation.has_value()) {
+        _metaInformation = MetaInformation();
     }
+ 
+    _metaInformation->identifiers.push_back(std::move(identifier));
 }
 
 void Asset::load(Asset* parent) {
diff --git a/src/scene/assetmanager.cpp b/src/scene/assetmanager.cpp
index f5bb5804d1..50e8468340 100644
--- a/src/scene/assetmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/scene/assetmanager.cpp
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@ bool AssetManager::loadAsset(Asset* asset, Asset* parent) {
         meta.url = p.url.value_or("");
         meta.license = p.license.value_or("");
         meta.identifiers = p.identifiers.value_or(std::vector<std::string>());
+
+        // We need to do this as the asset might have 'export'ed identifiers before
+        // defining the meta table.  Therefore the meta information already contains some
+        // identifiers that we don't want to throw away
+        if (asset->metaInformation().has_value() &&
+            !asset->metaInformation()->identifiers.empty())
+        {
+            std::vector<std::string> ids = asset->metaInformation()->identifiers;
+            meta.identifiers.insert(meta.identifiers.end(), ids.begin(), ids.end());
+        }
         asset->setMetaInformation(std::move(meta));
     }