diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e2401037..e4a2c2887 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 Changes to Calva.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+- Maintenance: [Dumb down the token cursor some dealing with meta data and readers](https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/calva/pull/1585)
 
 ## [2.0.253] - 2022-03-09
 - Fix: [Structural editing hangs in specific cases of unbalanced forms](https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/calva/pull/1585)
-- Fix: [over snippet markdown and adds example](https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/calva/pull/1582)
+- Fix: [Hover snippet markdown and adds example](https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/calva/pull/1582)
 - Maintenance: [Begin work on enabling strictNullChecks in the TypeScript config.](https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/calva/pull/1568)
 
 ## [2.0.252] - 2022-03-05
diff --git a/src/cursor-doc/paredit.ts b/src/cursor-doc/paredit.ts
index ef6e97f14..fa01b38e3 100644
--- a/src/cursor-doc/paredit.ts
+++ b/src/cursor-doc/paredit.ts
@@ -325,17 +325,7 @@ export function rangeToForwardDownList(
     goPastWhitespace = false
 ): [number, number] {
     const cursor = doc.getTokenCursor(offset);
-    do {
-        cursor.forwardThroughAnyReader();
-        cursor.forwardWhitespace();
-        if (
-            cursor.getToken().type === 'open' &&
-            !cursor.tokenBeginsMetadata()
-        ) {
-            break;
-        }
-    } while (cursor.forwardSexp());
-    if (cursor.downList(true)) {
+    if (cursor.downListSkippingMeta()) {
         if (goPastWhitespace) {
             cursor.forwardWhitespace();
         }
diff --git a/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts b/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts
index 26e100f1b..d2f71df15 100644
--- a/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts
+++ b/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts
@@ -578,20 +578,15 @@ export class LispTokenCursor extends TokenCursor {
     }
 
     /**
-     * If possible, moves this cursor forwards past any whitespace, and then past the immediately following open-paren and returns true.
+     * If possible, moves this cursor forwards past any readers and whitespace,
+     * and then past the immediately following open-paren and returns true.
      * If the source does not match this, returns false and does not move the cursor.
      */
-    downList(skipMetadata = false): boolean {
+    downList(): boolean {
         const cursor = this.clone();
         cursor.forwardThroughAnyReader();
         cursor.forwardWhitespace();
         if (cursor.getToken().type === 'open') {
-            if (skipMetadata) {
-                while (cursor.tokenBeginsMetadata()) {
-                    cursor.forwardSexp();
-                    cursor.forwardWhitespace();
-                }
-            }
             cursor.next();
             this.set(cursor);
             return true;
@@ -599,6 +594,30 @@ export class LispTokenCursor extends TokenCursor {
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If possible, moves this cursor forwards past any readers, whitespace, and metadata,
+     * and then past the immediately following open-paren and returns true.
+     * If the source does not match this, returns false and does not move the cursor.
+     */
+    downListSkippingMeta(): boolean {
+        const cursor = this.clone();
+        do {
+            cursor.forwardThroughAnyReader();
+            cursor.forwardWhitespace();
+            if (
+                cursor.getToken().type === 'open' &&
+                !cursor.tokenBeginsMetadata()
+            ) {
+                break;
+            }
+        } while (cursor.forwardSexp());
+        if (cursor.downList()) {
+            this.set(cursor);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * If possible, moves this cursor forwards past any whitespace, and then past the immediately following close-paren and returns true.
      * If the source does not match this, returns false and does not move the cursor.
diff --git a/src/debugger/util.ts b/src/debugger/util.ts
index 7ad2cae13..df502cf83 100644
--- a/src/debugger/util.ts
+++ b/src/debugger/util.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function moveTokenCursorToBreakpoint(
     const coor = [...debugResponse.coor]; // Copy the array so we do not modify the one stored in state
 
     for (let i = 0; i < coor.length; i++) {
-        while (!tokenCursor.downList(true)) {
+        while (!tokenCursor.downListSkippingMeta()) {
             tokenCursor.next();
         }
         const previousToken = tokenCursor.getPrevToken();
diff --git a/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/token-cursor-test.ts b/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/token-cursor-test.ts
index bca67b417..2644b703f 100644
--- a/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/token-cursor-test.ts
+++ b/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/token-cursor-test.ts
@@ -273,18 +273,28 @@ describe('Token Cursor', () => {
             cursor.downList();
             expect(cursor.offsetStart).toBe(b.selectionLeft);
         });
-        it('Does not skip metadata by default', () => {
+        it('Does not skip metadata', () => {
             const a = docFromTextNotation('(a| ^{:x 1} (b 1))');
             const b = docFromTextNotation('(a ^{|:x 1} (b 1))');
             const cursor: LispTokenCursor = a.getTokenCursor(a.selectionLeft);
             cursor.downList();
             expect(cursor.offsetStart).toBe(b.selectionLeft);
         });
-        it('Skips metadata when skipMetadata is true', () => {
-            const a = docFromTextNotation('(a| ^{:x 1} (b 1))');
-            const b = docFromTextNotation('(a ^{:x 1} (|b 1))');
+    });
+
+    describe('downListSkippingMeta', () => {
+        it('Moves down, skipping metadata', () => {
+            const a = docFromTextNotation('(|a #b ^{:x 1} (c 1))');
+            const b = docFromTextNotation('(a #b ^{:x 1} (|c 1))');
+            const cursor: LispTokenCursor = a.getTokenCursor(a.selectionLeft);
+            cursor.downListSkippingMeta();
+            expect(cursor.offsetStart).toBe(b.selectionLeft);
+        });
+        it('Moves down when there is no metadata', () => {
+            const a = docFromTextNotation('(|a #b (c 1))');
+            const b = docFromTextNotation('(a #b (|c 1))');
             const cursor: LispTokenCursor = a.getTokenCursor(a.selectionLeft);
-            cursor.downList(true);
+            cursor.downListSkippingMeta();
             expect(cursor.offsetStart).toBe(b.selectionLeft);
         });
     });
diff --git a/src/extension-test/unit/debugger/test-files/metadata-map-last.clj b/src/extension-test/unit/debugger/test-files/metadata-map-last.clj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd3ca8169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extension-test/unit/debugger/test-files/metadata-map-last.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+;; 3, 2, 2, 2
+#dbg
+ (defn test-metadata-symbol
+   [x]
+   (let [y x]
+     ^{:hello "world"}
+     (+ x ^{:inner "meta"} (+ 1 y|))))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/extension-test/unit/debugger/test-files/metadata-map.clj b/src/extension-test/unit/debugger/test-files/metadata-map.clj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8adc4d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extension-test/unit/debugger/test-files/metadata-map.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+;; 3, 2, 2, 2
+(defn test-metadata-symbol
+  [x]
+  (let [y x]
+    ^{:hello "world"}
+    (+ x ^{:inner "meta"} (+ 1 #break y|))))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/extension-test/unit/debugger/util-test.ts b/src/extension-test/unit/debugger/util-test.ts
index 789376943..8a6a21c79 100644
--- a/src/extension-test/unit/debugger/util-test.ts
+++ b/src/extension-test/unit/debugger/util-test.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ describe('Debugger Util', () => {
             expectBreakpointToBeFound('metadata-symbol.clj');
         });
 
+        it('metadata map', () => {
+            expectBreakpointToBeFound('metadata-map.clj');
+        });
+
+        it('metadata map last sexp', () => {
+            expectBreakpointToBeFound('metadata-map-last.clj');
+        });
+
         it('ignored forms', () => {
             expectBreakpointToBeFound('ignored-forms.clj');
         });
diff --git a/test-data/debugger_metadata.clj b/test-data/debugger_metadata.clj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1c4bad5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-data/debugger_metadata.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+(ns debugger-metadata)
+
+#dbg
+ (defn test-metadata-symbol
+   [x]
+   (let [y x]
+     ^{:hello "world"}
+     (+ x ^{:inner "meta"} (+ 1 y))))
+
+(defn test-metadata-symbol2
+  [x]
+  (let [y x]
+    ^{:hello "world"}
+    (+ x ^{:inner "meta"} (+ 1 #break y))))
+
+(comment
+  (test-metadata-symbol 42)
+  (test-metadata-symbol2 42))
\ No newline at end of file