diff --git a/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/TileRenderTest.java b/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/TileRenderTest.java
index 7d61304a..dbfb1ee0 100644
--- a/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/TileRenderTest.java
+++ b/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/TileRenderTest.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class TileRenderTest extends GdxMapApp {
 			tileManager = new TestTileManager(mMap, tiles);
 		} else {
 			/* create TileManager and calculate tiles for current position */
-			tileManager = new TileManager(mMap, 0, 32, 100);
+			tileManager = new TileManager(mMap, 100);
 		}
 
 		/* get the loader created by VectorTileLayer ... */
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class TileRenderTest extends GdxMapApp {
 		TileSet fixedTiles;
 
 		public TestTileManager(Map map, TileSet fixedTiles) {
-			super(map, 0, 30, 100);
+			super(map, 100);
 			this.fixedTiles = fixedTiles;
 		}
 
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/TileManager.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/TileManager.java
index 490ed530..7bb13414 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/TileManager.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/TileManager.java
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ public class TileManager {
 		void onTileManagerEvent(Event event, MapTile tile);
 	};
 
-	public TileManager(Map map, int minZoom, int maxZoom, int cacheLimit) {
+	public TileManager(Map map, int cacheLimit) {
 		mMap = map;
-		mMaxZoom = maxZoom;
-		mMinZoom = minZoom;
+		mMaxZoom = 20;
+		mMinZoom = 0;
 		mCacheLimit = cacheLimit;
 		mCacheReduce = 0;
 
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/bitmap/BitmapTileLayer.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/bitmap/BitmapTileLayer.java
index db9ac80b..1989f51a 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/bitmap/BitmapTileLayer.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/bitmap/BitmapTileLayer.java
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ public class BitmapTileLayer extends TileLayer {
 
 	public BitmapTileLayer(Map map, TileSource tileSource, int cacheLimit) {
 		super(map,
-		      new TileManager(map,
-		                      tileSource.getZoomLevelMin(),
-		                      tileSource.getZoomLevelMax(),
-		                      cacheLimit),
+		      new TileManager(map, cacheLimit),
 		      new VectorTileRenderer());
 
+		mTileManager.setZoomLevel(tileSource.getZoomLevelMin(),
+		                          tileSource.getZoomLevelMax());
+
 		mTileSource = tileSource;
 		initLoader(getNumLoaders());
 	}
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/buildings/S3DBLayer.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/buildings/S3DBLayer.java
index 3cac6c7c..1bdfa888 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/buildings/S3DBLayer.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/buildings/S3DBLayer.java
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ public class S3DBLayer extends TileLayer {
 	}
 
 	public S3DBLayer(Map map, TileSource tileSource, boolean fxaa, boolean ssao) {
-		super(map, new TileManager(map, SRC_ZOOM, SRC_ZOOM, MAX_CACHE));
+		super(map, new TileManager(map, MAX_CACHE));
 		setRenderer(new S3DBRenderer(fxaa, ssao));
 
+		mTileManager.setZoomLevel(SRC_ZOOM, SRC_ZOOM);
 		mTileSource = tileSource;
 		initLoader(2);
 	}
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/example/TestTileLayer.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/example/TestTileLayer.java
index 02d30c52..ec61c30c 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/example/TestTileLayer.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/example/TestTileLayer.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class TestTileLayer extends TileLayer {
 
 	public TestTileLayer(Map map) {
 		super(map,
-		      new TileManager(map, 0, 20, 10),
+		      new TileManager(map, 10),
 		      new VectorTileRenderer());
 	}
 
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/OsmTileLayer.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/OsmTileLayer.java
index e65761bc..3a008e2c 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/OsmTileLayer.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/OsmTileLayer.java
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ public class OsmTileLayer extends VectorTileLayer {
 	protected final static int CACHE_LIMIT = 150;
 
 	public OsmTileLayer(Map map) {
-		super(map, MIN_ZOOMLEVEL, MAX_ZOOMLEVEL, CACHE_LIMIT);
+		super(map, CACHE_LIMIT);
+		mTileManager.setZoomLevel(MIN_ZOOMLEVEL, MAX_ZOOMLEVEL);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/VectorTileLayer.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/VectorTileLayer.java
index 0f4b6419..47a912bc 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/VectorTileLayer.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/layers/tile/vector/VectorTileLayer.java
@@ -45,16 +45,14 @@ public class VectorTileLayer extends TileLayer {
 
 	public VectorTileLayer(Map map, TileSource tileSource) {
 		this(map, new TileManager(map,
-		                          tileSource.getZoomLevelMin(),
-		                          tileSource.getZoomLevelMax(),
 		                          100),
 		     new VectorTileRenderer());
 
 		setTileSource(tileSource);
 	}
 
-	public VectorTileLayer(Map map, int minZoom, int maxZoom, int cacheLimit) {
-		this(map, new TileManager(map, minZoom, maxZoom, cacheLimit),
+	public VectorTileLayer(Map map, int cacheLimit) {
+		this(map, new TileManager(map, cacheLimit),
 		     new VectorTileRenderer());
 	}
 
@@ -78,7 +76,9 @@ public class VectorTileLayer extends TileLayer {
 	public boolean setTileSource(TileSource tileSource) {
 		pauseLoaders(true);
 		mTileManager.clearJobs();
-		mTileManager.setZoomLevel(tileSource.getZoomLevelMin(), tileSource.getZoomLevelMax());
+		mTileManager.setZoomLevel(tileSource.getZoomLevelMin(),
+		                          tileSource.getZoomLevelMax());
+
 		if (mTileSource != null) {
 			mTileSource.close();
 			mTileSource = null;