diff --git a/application/core/map.php b/application/core/map.php
index 377f9965..9d70dfa6 100644
--- a/application/core/map.php
+++ b/application/core/map.php
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ class map {
     public $nbchecks = 0;
     public $score = 0;
     public $starttime = 0;
-    public $maptype; //format?
-    public $mapstyle; //format?
-    public $titleuid; //format?
-    public $gbx; //format?
+    public $maptype = ''; 
+    public $mapstyle = '';
+    public $titleuid = 0;
+  //  public $gbx; //needed? would be the whole gbx object
     public $mx; //format?
-    public $authorNick; //format?
-    public $authorZone; //format?
+    public $authorNick = '';
+    public $authorZone = '';
     public $authorEInfo; //format?
 
     //Todo: check RPC infos
@@ -59,21 +59,6 @@ class map {
             $this->name = 'undefined';
         }
 
-        /*
-         * aseco trash:
-         *     // obtain map's GBX data, MX info & records
-
-    $map_item->mx = findMXdata($map_item->uid, true);
-
-    // titleuid (is not in the GetMapInfos method..)
-    $map_item->titleuid = $map_item->gbx->titleUid;
-
-    // author Informations from the GBXBaseFetcher
-    $map_item->authorNick = $map_item->gbx->authorNick;
-    $map_item->authorZone = $map_item->gbx->authorZone;
-    $map_item->authorEInfo = $map_item->gbx->authorEInfo;
-         *
-         */
         $mapFetcher = new \GBXChallMapFetcher(true);
         try{
            $mapFetcher->processFile($this->server->mapdir . $this->filename);
@@ -81,6 +66,7 @@ class map {
         {
             trigger_error($e->getMessage(), E_USER_WARNING);
         }
+
         $this->authorNick = $mapFetcher->authorNick;
         $this->authorEInfo = $mapFetcher->authorEInfo;
         $this->authorZone = $mapFetcher->authorZone;