diff --git a/packages/zarrita/src/open.ts b/packages/zarrita/src/open.ts
index 4d2d6279..59fae2ad 100644
--- a/packages/zarrita/src/open.ts
+++ b/packages/zarrita/src/open.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ async function _open_v3<Store extends Readable>(location: Location<Store>) {
 	}
 	let meta_doc: ArrayMetadata<DataType> | GroupMetadata =
 		json_decode_object(meta);
+		if (meta_doc.node_type === "array" && meta_doc.dimension_names){
+        meta_doc.attributes.dimension_names = meta_doc.dimension_names
+    }
 	if (meta_doc.node_type === "array") {
 		meta_doc.fill_value = ensure_correct_scalar(meta_doc);
 	}