diff --git a/src/layer.cpp b/src/layer.cpp
index 53b03638..b74d01eb 100644
--- a/src/layer.cpp
+++ b/src/layer.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,14 @@
 
 #include "layer.h"
 
-Layer::Layer(char const *name, int w, int h, FILE *fp)
+Layer::Layer(int w, int h, int z, char const *base64)
 {
     width = w;
     height = h;
+    level = z;
     data = new unsigned int[w * h];
 
-    if (sscanf(name, "Ground %d", &z) == 1)
-        ;
-    else if (sscanf(name, "Ground Decal %d", &z) == 1)
-        ;
-    else if (sscanf(name, "Object %d", &z) == 1)
-        z++;
-    else if (sscanf(name, "Wall %d", &z) == 1)
-        z++;
-    else if (sscanf(name, "Wall Decal %d", &z) == 1)
-        z++;
-    else
-        z = -1;
-
+#if 0
     fread(data, sizeof(unsigned int), width * height, fp);
     for (int n = 0; n < width * height; n++)
     {
@@ -27,6 +16,7 @@ Layer::Layer(char const *name, int w, int h, FILE *fp)
         // XXX: endianness swapping might be necessary here
         data[n] = i ? i - 1 : 0;
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 Layer::~Layer()
@@ -36,7 +26,7 @@ Layer::~Layer()
 
 int Layer::GetZ()
 {
-    return z;
+    return level;
 }
 
 unsigned int Layer::GetTile(int x, int y)
diff --git a/src/layer.h b/src/layer.h
index eb25e905..10f9ae76 100644
--- a/src/layer.h
+++ b/src/layer.h
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 class Layer
 {
 public:
-    Layer(char const *name, int w, int h, FILE *fp);
+    Layer(int w, int h, int z, char const *base64);
     ~Layer();
 
     int GetZ();
     unsigned int GetTile(int x, int y);
 
 private:
-    int width, height, z;
+    int width, height, level;
     unsigned int *data;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/map.cpp b/src/map.cpp
index e74d3d52..9dc89228 100644
--- a/src/map.cpp
+++ b/src/map.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,58 @@ Map::Map(char const *path) :
     layers(0),
     nlayers(0)
 {
+    char tmp[BUFSIZ];
+    int firstgid = 0, width = 0, height = 0, level = 0, data = 0;
+
+    FILE *fp = fopen(path, "r");
+
+    if (!fp)
+        return;
+
+    while (!feof(fp))
+    {
+        char str[1024];
+        int i, j, k;
+        char a, b;
+
+        fgets(tmp, BUFSIZ, fp);
+
+        if (data)
+        {
+            if (--data == 0)
+            {
+                layers[nlayers] = new Layer(width, height, level, tmp);
+                nlayers++;
+            }
+        }
+        else if (sscanf(tmp, " <tileset firstgid=\"%i\"", &i) == 1)
+        {
+            firstgid = i;
+            fprintf(stderr, "found tileset, firstgid %i\n", firstgid);
+        }
+        else if (sscanf(tmp, " <image source=\"%[^\"]\"", str) == 1)
+        {
+            fprintf(stderr, "image %s\n", str);
+        }
+        else if (sscanf(tmp, " <layer name=\"%c%i%c%*[^\"]\" width=\"%i\" height=\"%i\"",
+                        &a, &i, &b, &j, &k) == 5)
+        {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s layer, level %i, sublevel %c, %ix%i\n",
+                    a == 'H' ? "horizontal" : "vertical", i, b, j, k);
+            layers = (Layer **)realloc(layers, sizeof(Layer **) * (nlayers + 1));
+            width = j;
+            height = k;
+            data = 2;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            fprintf(stderr, ".");
+        }
+    }
+
+    fclose(fp);
+
+/*
     char tmp[1024];
 
     sprintf(tmp, "grep '\\(^   [^< ]\\|layer name\\)' %s | while read i; do echo \"$i\"; read i; echo -n \"$i\" | perl -MMIME::Base64 -ne 'print decode_base64($_)' | gunzip; done", path);
@@ -17,7 +69,6 @@ Map::Map(char const *path) :
 
     while (fp && !feof(fp))
     {
-        char name[1024];
         int width, height;
 
         fscanf(fp, "<layer name=\"%[^\"]\" ", name);
@@ -32,6 +83,7 @@ Map::Map(char const *path) :
     }
 
     pclose(fp);
+*/
 }
 
 Map::~Map()