diff --git a/src/serialbox-c/FortranWrapper.cpp b/src/serialbox-c/FortranWrapper.cpp
index f05a3ae1..c385a756 100644
--- a/src/serialbox-c/FortranWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/serialbox-c/FortranWrapper.cpp
@@ -260,41 +260,21 @@ void serialboxFortranSerializerAddMetainfoString(void* serializer, const char* k
   }
 }
 
-void serialboxFortranSerializerGetMetainfoBoolean(const void* serializer, const char* key, int* value) {
-  const Serializer* ser = toConstSerializer(static_cast<const serialboxSerializer_t*>(serializer));
-  try {
-      *value = (int) ser->template getGlobalMetainfoAs<bool, const char*&>(key);
-  } catch(std::exception& e) {
-    serialboxFatalError(e.what());
+#define SERIALBOX_FORTRAN_SERIALIZER_GET_METAINFO(name, CXXType)                                            \
+  void serialboxFortranSerializerGetMetainfo##name(const void* serializer, const char* key, CXXType* value) { \
+	const serialboxSerializer_t* ser = static_cast<const serialboxSerializer_t*>(serializer);               \
+	serialboxMetainfo_t* metainfo = serialboxSerializerGetGlobalMetainfo(ser);                              \
+    *value = serialboxMetainfoGet##name(metainfo, key);                                                     \
   }
-}
 
-void serialboxFortranSerializerGetMetainfoInt32(const void* serializer, const char* key, int* value) {
-  const Serializer* ser = toConstSerializer(static_cast<const serialboxSerializer_t*>(serializer));
-  try {
-    *value = ser->template getGlobalMetainfoAs<int, const char*&>(key);
-  } catch(std::exception& e) {
-    serialboxFatalError(e.what());
-  }
-}
+SERIALBOX_FORTRAN_SERIALIZER_GET_METAINFO(Boolean, bool);
+SERIALBOX_FORTRAN_SERIALIZER_GET_METAINFO(Int32, int);
+SERIALBOX_FORTRAN_SERIALIZER_GET_METAINFO(Float32, float);
+SERIALBOX_FORTRAN_SERIALIZER_GET_METAINFO(Float64, double);
+SERIALBOX_FORTRAN_SERIALIZER_GET_METAINFO(String, const char*);
 
-void serialboxFortranSerializerGetMetainfoFloat32(const void* serializer, const char* key, float* value) {
-  const Serializer* ser = toConstSerializer(static_cast<const serialboxSerializer_t*>(serializer));
-  try {
-    *value = ser->template getGlobalMetainfoAs<float, const char*&>(key);
-  } catch(std::exception& e) {
-    serialboxFatalError(e.what());
-  }
-}
+#undef SERIALBOX_FORTRAN_SAVEPOINT_GET_METAINFO
 
-void serialboxFortranSerializerGetMetainfoFloat64(const void* serializer, const char* key, double* value) {
-  const Serializer* ser = toConstSerializer(static_cast<const serialboxSerializer_t*>(serializer));
-  try {
-	*value = ser->template getGlobalMetainfoAs<double, const char*&>(key);
-  } catch(std::exception& e) {
-    serialboxFatalError(e.what());
-  }
-}
 
 void serialboxFortranSerializerRegisterField(void* serializer, const char* name, int type,
                                              int bytesPerElement, int iSize, int jSize, int kSize,
diff --git a/src/serialbox-c/Serializer.cpp b/src/serialbox-c/Serializer.cpp
index 67274f3e..64418cd1 100644
--- a/src/serialbox-c/Serializer.cpp
+++ b/src/serialbox-c/Serializer.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ char* serialboxSerializerToString(const serialboxSerializer_t* serializer) {
  *     Global Meta-information
 \*===------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------===*/
 
-serialboxMetainfo_t* serialboxSerializerGetGlobalMetainfo(serialboxSerializer_t* serializer) {
-  Serializer* ser = toSerializer(serializer);
+serialboxMetainfo_t* serialboxSerializerGetGlobalMetainfo(const serialboxSerializer_t* serializer) {
+  const Serializer* ser = toConstSerializer(serializer);
   serialboxMetainfo_t* metaInfo = allocate<serialboxMetainfo_t>();
   metaInfo->impl = ser->globalMetainfoPtr().get();
   metaInfo->ownsData = 0;
diff --git a/src/serialbox-c/Serializer.h b/src/serialbox-c/Serializer.h
index a4b1c178..4360486e 100644
--- a/src/serialbox-c/Serializer.h
+++ b/src/serialbox-c/Serializer.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ SERIALBOX_API char* serialboxSerializerToString(const serialboxSerializer_t* ser
  * \return global meta-information of the serializer
  */
 SERIALBOX_API serialboxMetainfo_t*
-serialboxSerializerGetGlobalMetainfo(serialboxSerializer_t* serializer);
+serialboxSerializerGetGlobalMetainfo(const serialboxSerializer_t* serializer);
 
 /*===------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------===*\
  *     Register and Query Savepoints