diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
index e718ea4b..1afeac3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install mypy ruff pytest
         if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+        sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install pandoc tidy ghostscript python3 texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-lang-cyrillic texlive-latex-extra texlive-plain-generic
     - name: Lint with ruff
       run: ruff check --output-format=github
@@ -45,7 +46,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Install apt packages (for debbuild)
-      run: sudo apt-get install debhelper dh-virtualenv dpkg-dev python3-venv automake g++ make libboost-regex-dev libgmp-dev python3 git build-essential
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install debhelper dh-virtualenv dpkg-dev python3-venv automake g++ make libboost-regex-dev libgmp-dev python3 git build-essential
       shell: bash
     - name: Build debian packages
       run:  make builddeb
diff --git a/problemtools/metadata.py b/problemtools/metadata.py
index a02b341c..ec91d8c8 100644
--- a/problemtools/metadata.py
+++ b/problemtools/metadata.py
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
 import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from enum import StrEnum
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Literal, Self, Type, Union
 from uuid import UUID
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
+import yaml
 
 from . import config
 from . import formatversion
+from . import statement_util
 
 
 class ProblemType(StrEnum):
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ class Metadata(BaseModel):
     """
 
     problem_format_version: str
-    type: list[str]
+    type: list[ProblemType]
     name: dict[str, str]
     uuid: UUID | None
     version: str | None
@@ -224,7 +227,12 @@ def from_legacy(cls: Type[Self], legacy: MetadataLegacy, names_from_statements:
         metadata = legacy.model_dump()
         metadata['type'] = [metadata['type']]
         # Support for *ancient* problems where names_from_statements is empty
-        metadata['name'] = names_from_statements if names_from_statements else {'': metadata['name']}
+        if names_from_statements:
+            metadata['name'] = names_from_statements
+        elif metadata['name']:
+            metadata['name'] = {'en': metadata['name']}
+        else:
+            metadata['name'] = {}
         metadata['version'] = None
 
         def parse_author_field(author: str) -> list[Person]:
@@ -301,7 +309,9 @@ def parse_person(person: str | Person) -> Person:
 
 
 def parse_metadata(
-    version: formatversion.FormatData, problem_yaml_data: dict[str, Any], names_from_statements: dict[str, str]
+    version: formatversion.FormatData,
+    problem_yaml_data: dict[str, Any],
+    names_from_statements: dict[str, str] | None = None,
 ) -> Metadata:
     """
     Parses a data structure from problem.yaml into a Metadata model
@@ -318,8 +328,28 @@ def parse_metadata(
 
     if version.name == formatversion.VERSION_LEGACY:
         legacy_model = MetadataLegacy.model_validate(data)
-        return Metadata.from_legacy(legacy_model, names_from_statements)
+        return Metadata.from_legacy(legacy_model, names_from_statements or {})
     else:
         assert version.name == formatversion.VERSION_2023_07
         model_2023_07 = Metadata2023_07.model_validate(data)
         return Metadata.from_2023_07(model_2023_07)
+
+
+def load_metadata(problem_root: Path) -> tuple[Metadata, dict]:
+    """
+    Loads metadata from a problem directory.
+
+    Returns Metadata as well as the raw parsed yaml. The latter is likely only of use to verifyproblem.
+    Leaks exceptions, which is a bit of a mess. Unclear how to best deal with error handling.
+    """
+    with (problem_root / 'problem.yaml').open() as f:
+        data = yaml.safe_load(f)
+        if data is None:  # Loading empty yaml returns None
+            data = {}
+
+    version = formatversion.get_format_data_by_name(data.get('problem_format_version', formatversion.VERSION_LEGACY))
+    if version.name == formatversion.VERSION_LEGACY:
+        names_from_statements = statement_util.load_names_from_statements(problem_root, version)
+    else:
+        names_from_statements = None
+    return parse_metadata(version, data, names_from_statements), data
diff --git a/problemtools/statement_util.py b/problemtools/statement_util.py
index e7f8513b..bf3da6ea 100644
--- a/problemtools/statement_util.py
+++ b/problemtools/statement_util.py
@@ -1,19 +1,54 @@
-import os
-from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
+import collections
 import html
 import json
+import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
 
 from . import formatversion
-from . import verifyproblem
+from . import metadata
 
 ALLOWED_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = ('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg')  # ".svg"
 FOOTNOTES_STRINGS = ['<section class="footnotes">', '<aside class="footnotes">']
 
 
+def find_statements(problem_root: Path, version: formatversion.FormatData) -> dict[str, list[Path]]:
+    """Returns a dict mapping language code to a list of paths to statements (relative to problem_root)
+
+    Note that in well-formed problem packages, there should only be a single
+    statement for each language, but this function returns all found
+    statements, to let the caller inform the user of errors.
+    """
+
+    directory = problem_root / version.statement_directory
+    ret = collections.defaultdict(list)
+    if directory.is_dir():
+        filename_re = re.compile(r'^problem(\.([a-z]{2,3}|[a-z]{2}-[A-Z]{2}))?\.(%s)$' % ('|'.join(version.statement_extensions)))
+        for file in directory.iterdir():
+            if m := filename_re.search(file.name):
+                if m.group(2) is None:  # problem.tex is allowed and assumed to be 'en' in legacy. We ignore it in newer formats.
+                    if version.name == formatversion.VERSION_LEGACY:
+                        ret['en'].append(file)
+                else:
+                    ret[m.group(2)].append(file)
+    return dict(ret)
+
+
+def load_names_from_statements(problem_root: Path, version: formatversion.FormatData) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Returns a dict mapping language code => problem name"""
+
+    assert version.name == formatversion.VERSION_LEGACY, 'load_names_from_statements only makes sense for legacy format'
+    ret: dict[str, str] = {}
+    for lang, files in find_statements(problem_root, version).items():
+        hit = re.search(r'\\problemname{(.*)}', files[0].read_text(), re.MULTILINE)
+        if hit:
+            ret[lang] = hit.group(1).strip()
+    return ret
+
+
 def find_statement(problem_root: str, extension: str, language: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
     """Finds the "best" statement for given language and extension"""
     statement_dir = Path(problem_root) / formatversion.get_format_data(problem_root).statement_directory
@@ -56,13 +91,8 @@ def find_statement_extension(problem_root: str, language: Optional[str]) -> str:
 def get_yaml_problem_name(problem: str, language: Optional[str]) -> str:
     """Finds the problem name from the problem.yaml file"""
 
-    # Minimal setup to get the problem name
-    problem_obj = verifyproblem.Problem(problem)
-    statement_obj = verifyproblem.ProblemStatement(problem_obj)
-    problem_obj._data[statement_obj.PART_NAME] = statement_obj.setup()
-    verifyproblem.ProblemConfig(problem_obj).setup()
-
-    names = problem_obj.getMetadata().name
+    problem_metadata, _ = metadata.load_metadata(Path(problem))
+    names = problem_metadata.name
     # If there is only one language, per the spec that is the one we want
     if len(names) == 1:
         return next(iter(names.values()))
diff --git a/problemtools/verifyproblem.py b/problemtools/verifyproblem.py
index 407b7a8b..70478316 100644
--- a/problemtools/verifyproblem.py
+++ b/problemtools/verifyproblem.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import random
 import traceback
 import uuid
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import yaml
 
@@ -818,41 +819,27 @@ def get_config(self) -> dict[str, dict[str, str]]:
 class ProblemConfig(ProblemPart):
     PART_NAME = 'config'
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def setup_dependencies():
-        return {ProblemStatement}
-
     def setup(self):
         self.debug('  Loading problem config')
-        self.configfile = os.path.join(self.problem.probdir, 'problem.yaml')
-
-        self._data = {}
-        if os.path.isfile(self.configfile):
-            try:
-                with open(self.configfile) as f:
-                    self._data = yaml.safe_load(f)
-                # Loading empty yaml yields None, for no apparent reason...
-                if self._data is None:
-                    self._data = {}
-            except Exception as e:
-                self.error(str(e))
-        else:
-            # This should likely be a fatal error, but I'm not sure there's a clean way to fail from setup
-            self.error(f'No config file {self.configfile} found')
-
-        self._origdata = copy.deepcopy(self._data)
 
         try:
-            self._metadata = metadata.parse_metadata(
-                self.problem.format,
-                self._data,
-                self.problem.get(ProblemStatement).get('name', {}),
-            )
+            self._metadata, self._origdata = metadata.load_metadata(Path(self.problem.probdir))
             self.problem.setMetadata(self._metadata)
         except ValidationError as e:
             # This should likely be a fatal error, but I'm not sure there's a clean way to fail from setup
             error_str = '\n'.join([f'    {"->".join((str(loc) for loc in err["loc"]))}: {err["msg"]}' for err in e.errors()])
             self.error(f'Failed parsing problem.yaml. Found {len(e.errors())} errors:\n{error_str}')
+            # For now, set metadata to an empty legacy config to avoid crashing.
+            self.problem.setMetadata(
+                metadata.parse_metadata(formatversion.get_format_data_by_name(formatversion.VERSION_LEGACY), {})
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            # This should likely be a fatal error, but I'm not sure there's a clean way to fail from setup
+            self.error(f'Failed loading problem configuration: {e}')
+            # For now, set metadata to an empty legacy config to avoid crashing.
+            self.problem.setMetadata(
+                metadata.parse_metadata(formatversion.get_format_data_by_name(formatversion.VERSION_LEGACY), {})
+            )
         return {}
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_metadata.py b/tests/test_metadata.py
index 13c65f85..f5d350cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import pytest
 
 from pydantic import ValidationError
@@ -8,13 +10,18 @@
 
 
 def test_parse_empty_legacy():
-    m = metadata.parse_metadata(formatversion.get_format_data_by_name(formatversion.VERSION_LEGACY), {}, {'en': 'Hello World!'})
+    m = metadata.parse_metadata(formatversion.get_format_data_by_name(formatversion.VERSION_LEGACY), {})
     # Just check off a few random things
-    assert m.name['en'] == 'Hello World!'
+    assert not m.name
     assert not m.source
     assert not m.credits.authors
 
 
+def test_parse_legacy_with_problem_names():
+    m = metadata.parse_metadata(formatversion.get_format_data_by_name(formatversion.VERSION_LEGACY), {}, {'en': 'Hello World!'})
+    assert m.name['en'] == 'Hello World!'
+
+
 def test_parse_empty_2023_fails():
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
         metadata.parse_metadata(formatversion.get_format_data_by_name(formatversion.VERSION_2023_07), {}, {'en': 'Hello World!'})
@@ -78,3 +85,18 @@ def test_parse_multi_source(minimal_2023_conf):
     assert m.source[1].url is None
     assert m.source[2].name == 'SEERC 2024'
     assert m.source[2].url is None
+
+
+def test_load_hello():
+    m, _ = metadata.load_metadata(Path(__file__).parent / 'hello')
+    assert m.name['en'] == 'Hello World!'
+    assert m.name['sv'] == 'Hej Världen!'
+    assert len(m.source) == 1
+    assert m.source[0].name == 'Kattis'
+    assert m.source[0].url is None
+    assert m.license is metadata.License.PUBLIC_DOMAIN
+    assert len(m.type) == 1
+    assert m.type[0] is metadata.ProblemType.PASS_FAIL
+    assert m.is_pass_fail()
+    assert not m.is_scoring()
+    assert not m.is_interactive()