diff --git a/src/ColumnsBlock/ColumnsBlockEdit.jsx b/src/ColumnsBlock/ColumnsBlockEdit.jsx
index 61052b3..47ebc70 100644
--- a/src/ColumnsBlock/ColumnsBlockEdit.jsx
+++ b/src/ColumnsBlock/ColumnsBlockEdit.jsx
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ class ColumnsBlockEdit extends React.Component {
       index,
     } = this.props;
 
+    const metadata = this.props.metadata || this.props.properties;
     const { coldata, gridCols, gridSize } = data;
     const columnList = getColumns(coldata);
 
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ class ColumnsBlockEdit extends React.Component {
                 <div className="column-header"></div>
                 <BlocksForm
                   key={colId}
+                  metadata={metadata}
                   properties={isEmpty(column) ? emptyBlocksForm() : column}
                   selectedBlock={
                     selected ? this.state.colSelections[colId] : null
diff --git a/src/ColumnsBlock/ColumnsBlockView.jsx b/src/ColumnsBlock/ColumnsBlockView.jsx
index e0cac0a..c3f7eab 100644
--- a/src/ColumnsBlock/ColumnsBlockView.jsx
+++ b/src/ColumnsBlock/ColumnsBlockView.jsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const ColumnsBlockView = (props) => {
     gridCols = [],
     block_title,
   } = props.data;
+  const metadata = props.metadata || props.properties;
   const columnList = getColumns(coldata);
   return (
     <div className="columns-view">
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ const ColumnsBlockView = (props) => {
               style={getStyle(column.settings || {})}
             >
               {/* <h4>{`Column ${index}`}</h4> */}
-              <RenderBlocks {...props} content={column} />
+              <RenderBlocks {...props} metadata={metadata} content={column} />
             </Grid.Column>
           );
         })}