diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/__mocks__/@azure/storage-blob.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/__mocks__/@azure/storage-blob.ts
index 8734b58891..11a034db09 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/__mocks__/@azure/storage-blob.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/__mocks__/@azure/storage-blob.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 
 const rootDir = os.platform() === 'win32' ? 'C:\\rootDir' : '/rootDir';
+
 /**
  * @param sourceFile Relative path to entity root dir. Contains either / or \ as file separator
  * depending upon the OS.
@@ -49,14 +50,20 @@ export class BlockBlobClient {
   }
 
   uploadFile(source: string): Promise<BlobUploadCommonResponse> {
-    return Promise.resolve({
-      _response: {
-        request: {
-          url: `https://example.blob.core.windows.net`,
-        } as any,
-        status: 200,
-        headers: {} as any,
-      },
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      if (!fs.existsSync(source)) {
+        reject(`The file ${source} does not exist`);
+      } else {
+        resolve({
+          _response: {
+            request: {
+              url: `https://example.blob.core.windows.net`,
+            } as any,
+            status: 200,
+            headers: {} as any,
+          },
+        });
+      }
     });
   }
 
@@ -65,17 +72,18 @@ export class BlockBlobClient {
   }
 
   download() {
+    const filePath = path.join(rootDir, this.blobName);
     const emitter = new EventEmitter();
     process.nextTick(() => {
-      if (fs.existsSync(this.blobName)) {
-        emitter.emit('data', Buffer.from(fs.readFileSync(this.blobName)));
+      if (fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+        emitter.emit('data', Buffer.from(fs.readFileSync(filePath)));
+        emitter.emit('end');
       } else {
         emitter.emit(
           'error',
-          new Error(`The file ${this.blobName} doest not exist!`),
+          new Error(`The file ${filePath} does not exist !`),
         );
       }
-      emitter.emit('end');
     });
     return Promise.resolve({
       readableStreamBody: emitter,
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts
index e1edaa61bb..dc75a4648c 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts
@@ -14,15 +14,18 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { Entity, ENTITY_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import {
+  Entity,
+  EntityName,
+  ENTITY_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE,
+} from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import mockFs from 'mock-fs';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 import { AzureBlobStoragePublish } from './azureBlobStorage';
 import { PublisherBase, TechDocsMetadata } from './types';
-import type { Entity, EntityName } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import type { Logger } from 'winston';
+
 // NOTE: /packages/techdocs-common/__mocks__ is being used to mock Azure client library
 
 const createMockEntity = (annotations = {}) => {
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ const createMockEntityName = (): EntityName => ({
 });
 
 const rootDir = os.platform() === 'win32' ? 'C:\\rootDir' : '/rootDir';
+
 const getEntityRootDir = (entity: Entity) => {
   const {
     kind,
@@ -170,6 +174,69 @@ describe('publishing with valid credentials', () => {
       expect(await publisher.hasDocsBeenGenerated(entity)).toBe(false);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('fetchTechDocsMetadata', () => {
+    it('should return tech docs metadata', async () => {
+      const entityNameMock = createMockEntityName();
+      const entity = createMockEntity();
+      const entityRootDir = getEntityRootDir(entity);
+
+      mockFs({
+        [entityRootDir]: {
+          'techdocs_metadata.json':
+            '{"site_name": "backstage", "site_description": "site_content"}',
+        },
+      });
+      const expectedMetadata: TechDocsMetadata = {
+        site_name: 'backstage',
+        site_description: 'site_content',
+      };
+      expect(
+        await publisher.fetchTechDocsMetadata(entityNameMock),
+      ).toStrictEqual(expectedMetadata);
+      mockFs.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('should return tech docs metadata when json encoded with single quotes', async () => {
+      const entityNameMock = createMockEntityName();
+      const entity = createMockEntity();
+      const entityRootDir = getEntityRootDir(entity);
+
+      mockFs({
+        [entityRootDir]: {
+          'techdocs_metadata.json': `{'site_name': 'backstage', 'site_description': 'site_content'}`,
+        },
+      });
+
+      const expectedMetadata: TechDocsMetadata = {
+        site_name: 'backstage',
+        site_description: 'site_content',
+      };
+      expect(
+        await publisher.fetchTechDocsMetadata(entityNameMock),
+      ).toStrictEqual(expectedMetadata);
+      mockFs.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('should return an error if the techdocs_metadata.json file is not present', async () => {
+      const entityNameMock = createMockEntityName();
+      const entity = createMockEntity();
+      const entityRootDir = getEntityRootDir(entity);
+
+      await publisher
+        .fetchTechDocsMetadata(entityNameMock)
+        .catch(error =>
+          expect(error).toEqual(
+            new Error(
+              `TechDocs metadata fetch failed, The file ${path.join(
+                entityRootDir,
+                'techdocs_metadata.json',
+              )} does not exist !`,
+            ),
+          ),
+        );
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('error reporting', () => {
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts
index 1d172bf6c9..a0f512df6e 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts
@@ -201,10 +201,7 @@ export class AzureBlobStoragePublish implements PublisherBase {
             return;
           }
           body
-            .on('error', e => {
-              this.logger.error(e.message);
-              reject(e.message);
-            })
+            .on('error', reject)
             .on('data', chunk => {
               fileStreamChunks.push(chunk);
             })