diff --git a/vtm-web-app/.gitignore b/vtm-web-app/.gitignore
index 04c790a6..c3140e95 100644
--- a/vtm-web-app/.gitignore
+++ b/vtm-web-app/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-war/
+src/main/webapp/
+war/VtmWebApp/
+war/assets/
+war/WEB-INF/
 assets/
 gwt-unitCache/
 build/
diff --git a/vtm-web-app/build.gradle b/vtm-web-app/build.gradle
index edf67e82..91040d4b 100644
--- a/vtm-web-app/build.gradle
+++ b/vtm-web-app/build.gradle
@@ -79,9 +79,16 @@ task copyVtmAssets(type: Copy) {
     include '**/*'
 }
 
+task copyWarSources(type: Copy) {
+    from 'war/index.html'
+    from 'war/default.css'
+    into "src/main/webapp"
+}
+
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile) { compileTask ->
   compileTask.dependsOn copyThemeAssets
   compileTask.dependsOn copyVtmAssets
+  compileTask.dependsOn copyWarSources
 }
 
 // Configuring Eclipse classpath
diff --git a/vtm-web-app/src/main/webapp/index.html b/vtm-web-app/src/main/webapp/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index ecc97c05..00000000
--- a/vtm-web-app/src/main/webapp/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
-<!doctype html>
-<html>
-	<head>
-		<title>vtm-gdx</title>
-		<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
-
-		<!-- pixel and dpi are way too simple concepts for web devs, lets also have css-pixels! -->
-		<!-- http://www.html5rocks.com/de/mobile/touch/ -->
-		<!-- http://www.quirksmode.org/mobile/viewports.html -->
-		<!-- http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/07/more_about_devi.html  -->
-		<!-- devicePixelRatio: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/20/towards-retina-web/ -->
-		<meta name="viewport"
-		content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
-
-		<style>
-			.header {
-				background-color: #ddd;
-				text-align: center;
-			}
-
-			html, body {
-				height: 100%;
-				width: 100%;
-				margin: 0 0 0 0;
-				font-family: Arial, "MS Trebuchet", sans-serif;
-			}
-
-			#gdx-canvas {
-				cursor: default;
-				outline: none;
-				position: fixed;
-				left: 0;
-				top: 0;
-				width: 100%;
-				height: 100%;
-				z-index: 0;
-			}
-
-			#credits {
-				position: absolute;
-				bottom: 0.2em;
-				right: 0.2em;
-				z-index: 20000;
-				color: white;
-				background-color: #000;
-				opacity: 0.5;
-				padding: 0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em;
-				-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-				-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
-				border-radius: 3px;
-				font-size: 11px;
-			}
-			#credits a {
-				color: white;
-				text-decoration: none;
-				font-variant: small-caps;
-			}
-			#search {
-				z-index: 20000;
-				position: absolute;
-				top: 0.5em;
-				left: 0.5em;
-				background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
-				-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-				-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
-				border-radius: 3px;
-				visibility: hidden;
-			}
-			#listContainer{
-				color: #FFFFFF;
-			}
-			#nameFieldContainer, .gwt-TextBox {
-				width: 250px;
-			}
-
-			/* Turn on a 16x16 scrollbar */
-			::-webkit-scrollbar {
-				width: 10px;
-				height: 0px;
-			}
-
-			/* Turn on single button up on top, and down on bottom */
-			::-webkit-scrollbar-button:start:decrement, ::-webkit-scrollbar-button:end:increment {
-				display: block;
-			}
-
-			/* Turn off the down area up on top, and up area on bottom */
-			::-webkit-scrollbar-button:vertical:start:increment, ::-webkit-scrollbar-button:vertical:end:decrement {
-				display: none;
-			}
-
-			/* Place The scroll down button at the bottom */
-			::-webkit-scrollbar-button:end:increment {
-				/*background-image: url(images/scroll_cntrl_dwn.png);*/
-			}
-
-			/* Place The scroll up button at the up */
-			::-webkit-scrollbar-button:start:decrement {
-				/*background-image: url(images/scroll_cntrl_up.png);*/
-			}
-
-			/* Top area above thumb and below up button */
-			::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece:vertical:start {
-				/*background-image: url(images/scroll_gutter_top.png), url(images/scroll_gutter_mid.png);
-				background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat-y;*/
-			}
-
-			/* Bottom area below thumb and down button */
-			::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece:vertical:end {
-				/*background-image: url(images/scroll_gutter_btm.png), url(images/scroll_gutter_mid.png);
-				background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat-y;
-				background-position: bottom left, 0 0;*/
-			}
-
-			/* The thumb itself */
-			::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:vertical {
-				height: 56px;
-				width: 12px;
-				/*				-webkit-border-image: url(images/scroll_thumb.png) 8 0 8 0 stretch stretch;*/
-				background-color: #DDDDDD;
-				opacity: 0.5;
-			}
-
-		</style>
-
-		<script type="text/javascript">
-			var mapconfig = {
-				tilesource : "oscimap4",
-				tileurl : "http://opensciencemap.org/tiles/vtm",
-				zoom : 2,
-				latitude : 0.0,
-				longitude : 0.0
-			}
-			//background : "naturalearth"
-		</script>
-
-	</head>
-
-	<body oncontextmenu="return false;">
-- 		<script type="text/javascript" src="VtmWebApp/js/_tessellate.js"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="VtmWebApp/js/tessellate.js"></script>
- 		<script type="text/javascript" src="VtmWebApp/VtmWebApp.nocache.js"></script>
-
-		<div id="credits">
-			<a href="https://github.com/hjanetzek/vtm">Source</a>
-			| map data © <a href="http://www.openstreemap.org">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors
-			| <a href="http://www.opensciencemap.org">OpenScienceMap</a>
-		</div>
-
-		<div id="search">
-			<table align="center">
-				<tr>
-					<td id="nameFieldContainer">
-					<td id="sendButtonContainer">
-				</tr>
-				<tr>
-					<td colspan="2" id="listContainer">
-				</tr>
-			</table>
-		</div>
-	</body>
-</html>
diff --git a/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/GwtLauncher.java b/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/GwtLauncher.java
index 643cd095..12a427ec 100644
--- a/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/GwtLauncher.java
+++ b/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/GwtLauncher.java
@@ -16,57 +16,35 @@
  */
 package org.oscim.web.client;
 
-// -draftCompile -localWorkers 2
+import org.oscim.core.Tile;
+
 import com.badlogic.gdx.ApplicationListener;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.gwt.GwtApplication;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.gwt.GwtApplicationConfiguration;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.gwt.preloader.Preloader.PreloaderCallback;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.gwt.preloader.Preloader.PreloaderState;
-import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Style.Unit;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.DockLayoutPanel;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.FlowPanel;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.RootPanel;
 
 public class GwtLauncher extends GwtApplication {
 
 	@Override
 	public GwtApplicationConfiguration getConfig() {
+
 		GwtApplicationConfiguration cfg =
-		        new GwtApplicationConfiguration(getWindowWidthJSNI(),
-		                                        getWindowHeightJSNI());
+		        new GwtApplicationConfiguration(getWindowWidth(),
+		                                        getWindowHeight());
 
-		DockLayoutPanel p = new DockLayoutPanel(Unit.EM);
-		p.setHeight("100%");
-		p.setWidth("100%");
-
-		RootPanel.get().add(p);
-
-		//HTML header = new HTML("header");
-		//p.addNorth(header, 2);
-		//header.setStyleName("header");
-
-		//HTML footer = new HTML("footer");
-		//footer.setStyleName("footer");
-		//p.addSouth(footer, 2);
-
-		cfg.rootPanel = new FlowPanel();
-		p.add(cfg.rootPanel);
-
-		//cfg.antialiasing = true;
+		cfg.canvasId = "map-canvas";
 		cfg.stencil = true;
-		cfg.fps = 60;
+		cfg.fps = 120;
 
 		return cfg;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public ApplicationListener getApplicationListener() {
-		//		if (GwtGraphics.getDevicePixelRatioJSNI() > 1)
-		//			Tile.SIZE = 400;
-		//		else
-		//			Tile.SIZE = 360;
+		Tile.SIZE = MapConfig.get().getTileSize();
 
-		return new GwtGdxMap();
+		return new GwtMap();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -84,11 +62,11 @@ public class GwtLauncher extends GwtApplication {
 		};
 	}
 
-	public static native int getWindowWidthJSNI() /*-{
+	private static native int getWindowWidth() /*-{
 		return $wnd.innerWidth;
 	}-*/;
 
-	public static native int getWindowHeightJSNI() /*-{
+	private static native int getWindowHeight() /*-{
 		return $wnd.innerHeight;
 	}-*/;
 
diff --git a/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/GwtGdxMap.java b/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/GwtMap.java
similarity index 74%
rename from vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/GwtGdxMap.java
rename to vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/GwtMap.java
index 2ed7e7b2..0dd9f2d8 100644
--- a/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/GwtGdxMap.java
+++ b/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/GwtMap.java
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import org.oscim.backend.CanvasAdapter;
 import org.oscim.backend.GL20;
 import org.oscim.backend.GLAdapter;
 import org.oscim.core.MapPosition;
-import org.oscim.core.MercatorProjection;
 import org.oscim.gdx.GdxAssets;
 import org.oscim.gdx.GdxMap;
 import org.oscim.gdx.client.GwtGdxGraphics;
+import org.oscim.gdx.client.UrlUpdater;
 import org.oscim.layers.tile.bitmap.BitmapTileLayer;
 import org.oscim.layers.tile.vector.BuildingLayer;
 import org.oscim.layers.tile.vector.VectorTileLayer;
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.gwt.GwtApplication;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.Timer;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.Window;
 
-class GwtGdxMap extends GdxMap {
-	static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GwtGdxMap.class);
+class GwtMap extends GdxMap {
+	static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GwtMap.class);
 
 	SearchBox mSearchBox;
 
@@ -58,7 +57,8 @@ class GwtGdxMap extends GdxMap {
 		// https://bug568526.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=447932
 		// <- circle/stroke test 800ms firefox, 80ms chromium..
 		// TODO use texture atlas to avoid drawing text-textures
-		if (GwtApplication.agentInfo().isLinux() && GwtApplication.agentInfo().isFirefox())
+		if (GwtApplication.agentInfo().isLinux() &&
+		        GwtApplication.agentInfo().isFirefox())
 			GwtGdxGraphics.NO_STROKE_TEXT = true;
 
 		GwtGdxGraphics.init();
@@ -123,10 +123,9 @@ class GwtGdxMap extends GdxMap {
 			}
 		}
 
-		final String addParam =
-		        (themeName == null ? "" : ("theme=" + themeName + "&"))
-		                + (mapName == null ? "" : ("map=" + mapName + "&"))
-		                + addOpts;
+		String addParam = (themeName == null ? "" : ("theme=" + themeName + "&"))
+		        + (mapName == null ? "" : ("map=" + mapName + "&"))
+		        + addOpts;
 
 		MapPosition p = new MapPosition();
 		p.setZoomLevel(zoom);
@@ -185,42 +184,46 @@ class GwtGdxMap extends GdxMap {
 
 		mSearchBox = new SearchBox(mMap);
 
-		// update URL hash to current position, every 5 seconds
-		Timer timer = new Timer() {
-			private int curLon, curLat, curZoom, curTilt, curRot;
-			private MapPosition pos = new MapPosition();
+		//		// update URL hash to current position, every 5 seconds
+		//		Timer timer = new Timer() {
+		//			private int curLon, curLat, curZoom, curTilt, curRot;
+		//			private MapPosition pos = new MapPosition();
+		//
+		//			public void run() {
+		//				mMap.viewport().getMapPosition(pos);
+		//				int lat = (int) (MercatorProjection.toLatitude(pos.y) * 1000);
+		//				int lon = (int) (MercatorProjection.toLongitude(pos.x) * 1000);
+		//				int rot = (int) (pos.bearing);
+		//				rot = (int) (pos.bearing) % 360;
+		//				//rot = rot < 0 ? -rot : rot;
+		//
+		//				if (curZoom != pos.zoomLevel || curLat != lat || curLon != lon
+		//				        || curTilt != rot || curRot != (int) (pos.bearing)) {
+		//
+		//					curLat = lat;
+		//					curLon = lon;
+		//					curZoom = pos.zoomLevel;
+		//					curTilt = (int) pos.tilt;
+		//					curRot = rot;
+		//
+		//					String newURL = Window.Location
+		//					    .createUrlBuilder()
+		//					    .setHash(addParam
+		//					            + "scale=" + pos.zoomLevel
+		//					            + "&rot=" + curRot
+		//					            + "&tilt=" + curTilt
+		//					            + "&lat=" + (curLat / 1000f)
+		//					            + "&lon=" + (curLon / 1000f))
+		//					    .buildString();
+		//					Window.Location.replace(newURL);
+		//				}
+		//			}
+		//		};
+		//		timer.scheduleRepeating(5000);
 
-			public void run() {
-				mMap.viewport().getMapPosition(pos);
-				int lat = (int) (MercatorProjection.toLatitude(pos.y) * 1000);
-				int lon = (int) (MercatorProjection.toLongitude(pos.x) * 1000);
-				int rot = (int) (pos.bearing);
-				rot = (int) (pos.bearing) % 360;
-				//rot = rot < 0 ? -rot : rot;
-
-				if (curZoom != pos.zoomLevel || curLat != lat || curLon != lon
-				        || curTilt != rot || curRot != (int) (pos.bearing)) {
-
-					curLat = lat;
-					curLon = lon;
-					curZoom = pos.zoomLevel;
-					curTilt = (int) pos.tilt;
-					curRot = rot;
-
-					String newURL = Window.Location
-					    .createUrlBuilder()
-					    .setHash(addParam
-					            + "scale=" + pos.zoomLevel
-					            + "&rot=" + curRot
-					            + "&tilt=" + curTilt
-					            + "&lat=" + (curLat / 1000f)
-					            + "&lon=" + (curLon / 1000f))
-					    .buildString();
-					Window.Location.replace(newURL);
-				}
-			}
-		};
-		timer.scheduleRepeating(5000);
+		UrlUpdater urlUpdater = new UrlUpdater(mMap);
+		urlUpdater.setParams(addParam);
+		urlUpdater.scheduleRepeating(5000);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/MapConfig.java b/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/MapConfig.java
index 82092e75..131c9ca0 100644
--- a/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/MapConfig.java
+++ b/vtm-web-app/src/org/oscim/web/client/MapConfig.java
@@ -49,4 +49,9 @@ class MapConfig extends JavaScriptObject {
 	public final native String getBackgroundLayer() /*-{
 		return this.background;
 	}-*/;
+
+	public final native int getTileSize() /*-{
+		return this.tileSize || 256;
+	}-*/;
+
 }
diff --git a/vtm-web-app/war/default.css b/vtm-web-app/war/default.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f4c1b60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vtm-web-app/war/default.css
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+.header {
+	background-color: #ddd;
+	text-align: center;
+}
+
+html,body {
+	height: 100%;
+	width: 100%;
+	margin: 0 0 0 0;
+	font-family: Arial, "MS Trebuchet", sans-serif;
+}
+
+#credits {
+	position: absolute;
+	bottom: 0.2em;
+	right: 0.2em;
+	z-index: 20000;
+	color: white;
+	background-color: #000;
+	opacity: 0.5;
+	padding: 0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em;
+	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
+	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
+	border-radius: 3px;
+	font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+#credits a {
+	color: white;
+	text-decoration: none;
+	font-variant: small-caps;
+}
+
+#search {
+	z-index: 20000;
+	position: absolute;
+	top: 0.5em;
+	left: 0.5em;
+	background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
+	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
+	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
+	border-radius: 3px;
+	visibility: hidden;
+}
+
+#listContainer {
+	color: #FFFFFF;
+}
+
+#nameFieldContainer,.gwt-TextBox {
+	width: 250px;
+}
+
+/* Turn on a 16x16 scrollbar */
+::-webkit-scrollbar {
+	width: 10px;
+	height: 0px;
+}
+
+/* Turn on single button up on top, and down on bottom */
+::-webkit-scrollbar-button:start:decrement,::-webkit-scrollbar-button:end:increment
+	{
+	display: block;
+}
+
+/* Turn off the down area up on top, and up area on bottom */
+::-webkit-scrollbar-button:vertical:start:increment,::-webkit-scrollbar-button:vertical:end:decrement
+	{
+	display: none;
+}
+
+/* Place The scroll down button at the bottom */
+::-webkit-scrollbar-button:end:increment {
+	/*background-image: url(images/scroll_cntrl_dwn.png);*/
+	
+}
+
+/* Place The scroll up button at the up */
+::-webkit-scrollbar-button:start:decrement {
+	/*background-image: url(images/scroll_cntrl_up.png);*/
+	
+}
+
+/* Top area above thumb and below up button */
+::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece:vertical:start {
+	/*background-image: url(images/scroll_gutter_top.png), url(images/scroll_gutter_mid.png);
+				background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat-y;*/
+	
+}
+
+/* Bottom area below thumb and down button */
+::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece:vertical:end {
+	/*background-image: url(images/scroll_gutter_btm.png), url(images/scroll_gutter_mid.png);
+				background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat-y;
+				background-position: bottom left, 0 0;*/
+	
+}
+
+/* The thumb itself */
+::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:vertical {
+	height: 56px;
+	width: 12px;
+	/*				-webkit-border-image: url(images/scroll_thumb.png) 8 0 8 0 stretch stretch;*/
+	background-color: #DDDDDD;
+	opacity: 0.5;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vtm-web-app/war/index.html b/vtm-web-app/war/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e1fd7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vtm-web-app/war/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>vtm-gdx</title>
+<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+
+<!-- pixel and dpi are way too simple concepts for web devs, lets have css-pixels! 
+		     definition is limited only by your imagination! -->
+<!-- http://www.html5rocks.com/de/mobile/touch/ -->
+<!-- http://www.quirksmode.org/mobile/viewports.html -->
+<!-- http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2012/07/more_about_devi.html  -->
+<!-- devicePixelRatio: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/20/towards-retina-web/ -->
+<meta name="viewport"
+	content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
+
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="default.css">
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+	var mapconfig = {
+		tilesource : "oscimap4",
+		tileurl : "http://opensciencemap.org/tiles/vtm",
+		zoom : 2,
+		latitude : 0.0,
+		longitude : 0.0,
+		tileSize : 400
+	}
+	//background : "naturalearth"
+</script>
+
+</head>
+
+<body oncontextmenu="return false;">
+	<div id="credits">
+		<a href="https://github.com/hjanetzek/vtm">Source</a> | map data © <a
+			href="http://www.openstreemap.org">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors | <a
+			href="http://www.opensciencemap.org">OpenScienceMap</a>
+	</div>
+
+	<div id="canvas-area"
+		style="position: fixed; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;">
+		<canvas id="map-canvas"></canvas>
+	</div>
+
+	<script type="text/Javascript">
+		function canvasResize() {
+			div = document.getElementById('canvas-area')
+			canvas = document.getElementById('map-canvas')
+			var w = div.scrollWidth;
+			var h = div.scrollHeight;
+			//console.log(div.clientHeight + " " + div.clientWidth)
+			canvas.width = w;
+			canvas.height = h;
+			canvas.style.width = w + 'px';
+			canvas.style.height = h + 'px';
+		}
+		canvasResize();
+		window.addEventListener('resize', canvasResize, false);
+	</script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="VtmWebApp/js/_tessellate.js"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="VtmWebApp/js/tessellate.js"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="VtmWebApp/VtmWebApp.nocache.js"></script>
+
+	<div id="search">
+		<table>
+			<tr>
+				<td id="nameFieldContainer">
+				<td id="sendButtonContainer">
+			</tr>
+			<tr>
+				<td colspan="2" id="listContainer">
+			</tr>
+		</table>
+	</div>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtApplication.java b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtApplication.java
index 218940ed..0749720d 100644
--- a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtApplication.java
+++ b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtApplication.java
@@ -35,25 +35,14 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.gwt.preloader.Preloader.PreloaderState;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Array;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Clipboard;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.ObjectMap;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.TimeUtils;
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.EntryPoint;
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptObject;
-import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Document;
-import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Element;
-import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Style;
-import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Style.Unit;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.Timer;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.HasHorizontalAlignment;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.HasVerticalAlignment;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Image;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.InlineHTML;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Label;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Panel;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.RootPanel;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.SimplePanel;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.VerticalPanel;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of an {@link Application} based on GWT. Clients have to
@@ -71,7 +60,7 @@ public abstract class GwtApplication implements EntryPoint, Application {
 	private GwtGraphics graphics;
 	private GwtInput input;
 	private GwtNet net;
-	private Panel root = null;
+	private int logLevel = LOG_ERROR;
 	private Array<Runnable> runnables = new Array<Runnable>();
 	private Array<Runnable> runnablesHelper = new Array<Runnable>();
 	private Array<LifecycleListener> lifecycleListeners = new Array<LifecycleListener>();
@@ -94,31 +83,6 @@ public abstract class GwtApplication implements EntryPoint, Application {
 		this.listener = getApplicationListener();
 		this.config = getConfig();
 
-		if (config.rootPanel != null) {
-			this.root = config.rootPanel;
-		} else {
-			Element element = Document.get().getElementById("embed-" + GWT.getModuleName());
-			if (element == null) {
-				VerticalPanel panel = new VerticalPanel();
-				panel.setWidth("" + config.width + "px");
-				panel.setHeight("" + config.height + "px");
-				panel.setHorizontalAlignment(HasHorizontalAlignment.ALIGN_CENTER);
-				panel.setVerticalAlignment(HasVerticalAlignment.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
-				RootPanel.get().add(panel);
-				RootPanel.get().setWidth("" + config.width + "px");
-				RootPanel.get().setHeight("" + config.height + "px");
-				this.root = panel;
-			} else {
-				VerticalPanel panel = new VerticalPanel();
-				panel.setWidth("" + config.width + "px");
-				panel.setHeight("" + config.height + "px");
-				panel.setHorizontalAlignment(HasHorizontalAlignment.ALIGN_CENTER);
-				panel.setVerticalAlignment(HasVerticalAlignment.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
-				element.appendChild(panel.getElement());
-				root = panel;
-			}
-		}
-
 		final PreloaderCallback callback = getPreloaderCallback();
 		preloader = createPreloader();
 		preloader.preload("assets.txt", new PreloaderCallback() {
@@ -131,7 +95,7 @@ public abstract class GwtApplication implements EntryPoint, Application {
 			public void update(PreloaderState state) {
 				callback.update(state);
 				if (state.hasEnded()) {
-					getRootPanel().clear();
+					//getRootPanel().clear();
 					setupLoop();
 				}
 			}
@@ -142,15 +106,16 @@ public abstract class GwtApplication implements EntryPoint, Application {
 		Gdx.app = this;
 		// setup modules
 		try {
-			graphics = new GwtGraphics(root, config);
+			graphics = new GwtGraphics(null, config);
 		} catch (Throwable e) {
-			root.clear();
-			root.add(new Label("Sorry, your browser doesn't seem to support WebGL"));
+			error("GwtApplication", "exception: " + e.getMessage(), e);
+			//root.clear();
+			//root.add(new Label("Sorry, your browser doesn't seem to support WebGL"));
 			return;
 		}
 		lastWidth = graphics.getWidth();
 		lastHeight = graphics.getHeight();
-		//Gdx.audio = new GwtAudio();
+		Gdx.app = this;
 		Gdx.graphics = graphics;
 		Gdx.gl20 = graphics.getGL20();
 		Gdx.gl = Gdx.gl20;
@@ -186,7 +151,6 @@ public abstract class GwtApplication implements EntryPoint, Application {
 					throw new RuntimeException(t);
 				}
 			}
-			//}.scheduleRepeating((int) ((1f / config.fps) * 1000));
 		}.schedule(1);
 	}
 
@@ -214,7 +178,7 @@ public abstract class GwtApplication implements EntryPoint, Application {
 	}
 
 	public Panel getRootPanel() {
-		return root;
+		throw new GdxRuntimeException("no panel!");
 	}
 
 	long loadStart = TimeUtils.nanoTime();
@@ -224,33 +188,7 @@ public abstract class GwtApplication implements EntryPoint, Application {
 	}
 
 	public PreloaderCallback getPreloaderCallback() {
-		final Panel preloaderPanel = new VerticalPanel();
-		preloaderPanel.setStyleName("gdx-preloader");
-		final Image logo = new Image(GWT.getModuleBaseURL() + "logo.png");
-		logo.setStyleName("logo");
-		preloaderPanel.add(logo);
-		final Panel meterPanel = new SimplePanel();
-		meterPanel.setStyleName("gdx-meter");
-		meterPanel.addStyleName("red");
-		final InlineHTML meter = new InlineHTML();
-		final Style meterStyle = meter.getElement().getStyle();
-		meterStyle.setWidth(0, Unit.PCT);
-		meterPanel.add(meter);
-		preloaderPanel.add(meterPanel);
-		getRootPanel().add(preloaderPanel);
-		return new PreloaderCallback() {
-
-			@Override
-			public void error(String file) {
-				System.out.println("error: " + file);
-			}
-
-			@Override
-			public void update(PreloaderState state) {
-				meterStyle.setWidth(100f * state.getProgress(), Unit.PCT);
-			}
-
-		};
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtGraphics.java b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtGraphics.java
index 2827a169..b75d1451 100644
--- a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtGraphics.java
+++ b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/gwt/GwtGraphics.java
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL30;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException;
 import com.google.gwt.canvas.client.Canvas;
 import com.google.gwt.dom.client.CanvasElement;
+import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Document;
 import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Style.Unit;
-import com.google.gwt.event.logical.shared.ResizeEvent;
-import com.google.gwt.event.logical.shared.ResizeHandler;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.Window;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Panel;
 import com.google.gwt.webgl.client.WebGLContextAttributes;
 import com.google.gwt.webgl.client.WebGLRenderingContext;
@@ -48,19 +46,24 @@ public class GwtGraphics implements Graphics {
 	double pixelRatio;
 
 	public GwtGraphics(Panel root, final GwtApplicationConfiguration config) {
-		Canvas canvasWidget = Canvas.createIfSupported();
-		if (canvasWidget == null)
-			throw new GdxRuntimeException("Canvas not supported");
-		canvas = canvasWidget.getCanvasElement();
-		root.add(canvasWidget);
-
 		this.pixelRatio = getDevicePixelRatioJSNI();
 
-		canvas.setWidth((int) (config.width * pixelRatio));
-		canvas.setHeight((int) (config.height * pixelRatio));
+		if (config.canvasId == null) {
+			Canvas canvasWidget = Canvas.createIfSupported();
+			if (canvasWidget == null)
+				throw new GdxRuntimeException("Canvas not supported");
+			canvas = canvasWidget.getCanvasElement();
+			root.add(canvasWidget);
+		} else {
+			canvas = (CanvasElement) Document.get().getElementById(config.canvasId);
+
+			canvas.setWidth((int) (config.width * pixelRatio));
+			canvas.setHeight((int) (config.height * pixelRatio));
+
+			canvas.getStyle().setWidth(config.width, Unit.PX);
+			canvas.getStyle().setHeight(config.height, Unit.PX);
+		}
 
-		canvas.getStyle().setWidth(config.width, Unit.PX);
-		canvas.getStyle().setHeight(config.height, Unit.PX);
 		this.config = config;
 
 		WebGLContextAttributes attributes = WebGLContextAttributes.create();
@@ -82,22 +85,6 @@ public class GwtGraphics implements Graphics {
 		}
 
 		this.gl = config.useDebugGL ? new GwtGL20Debug(context) : new GwtGLAdapter(context);
-		canvas.setId("gdx-canvas");
-
-		Window.addResizeHandler(new ResizeHandler() {
-			@Override
-			public void onResize(ResizeEvent event) {
-				int w = config.rootPanel.getOffsetWidth();
-				int h = config.rootPanel.getOffsetHeight();
-
-				canvas.getStyle().setWidth(w, Unit.PX);
-				canvas.getStyle().setHeight(h, Unit.PX);
-
-				Gdx.app.log("onResize", w + "/" + h);
-				canvas.setWidth((int) (w * pixelRatio));
-				canvas.setHeight((int) (h * pixelRatio));
-			}
-		});
 	}
 
 	public static native double getDevicePixelRatioJSNI() /*-{
diff --git a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/tiling/source/LwHttp.java b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/tiling/source/LwHttp.java
index e71c5fa4..b42cd831 100644
--- a/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/tiling/source/LwHttp.java
+++ b/vtm-web/src/org/oscim/gdx/emu/org/oscim/tiling/source/LwHttp.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 import org.oscim.core.Tile;
-import org.oscim.tiling.source.UrlTileDataSource;
 
 import com.google.gwt.typedarrays.client.Uint8ArrayNative;
 import com.google.gwt.typedarrays.shared.Uint8Array;
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ public class LwHttp {
 	private final String mUrlPath;
 	private final byte[] mRequestBuffer;
 
-
 	private int mContentLength = -1;
 	private XMLHttpRequest mHttpRequest;