diff --git a/src/GamePanel.java b/src/GamePanel.java
index e28ac7f..427b7b4 100644
--- a/src/GamePanel.java
+++ b/src/GamePanel.java
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
     }
     player = new Player(GAME_WIDTH/2, GAME_HEIGHT/2, 'W', 'A', 'S', 'D', spriteArray); //create a player controlled player, set start location to middle of screenk
     // the height of 35 is set because it is half of the original tile height (i.e., 70px)
-    map.add(new SingleTile(1000, 500, box, 35));
-    map.add(new SingleTile(700, 400, boxCoin, 35));
-    map.add(new SingleTile(1000, 300, boxCoin, 35));
+    map.add(new SingleTile(1000, 500, box));
+    map.add(new SingleTile(700, 400, boxCoin));
+    map.add(new SingleTile(1000, 300, boxCoin));
     map.add(new Tile(700, 200));
     this.setFocusable(true); //make everything in this class appear on the screen
     this.addKeyListener(this); //start listening for keyboard input
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
   public void run(){
     try {
       MapReader.inputMap(map, "src/Level1.txt");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
+    } catch (IOException | SpriteException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
     //the CPU runs our game code too quickly - we need to slow it down! The following lines of code "force" the computer to get stuck in a loop for short intervals between calling other methods to update the screen. 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
 
   }
 
-  public BufferedImage getImage(String imageLocation) throws IOException {
+  public static BufferedImage getImage(String imageLocation) throws IOException {
     return ImageIO.read(new File(imageLocation));
   }
 
diff --git a/src/MapReader.java b/src/MapReader.java
index 9561bf0..7776806 100644
--- a/src/MapReader.java
+++ b/src/MapReader.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import java.util.Scanner;
 
 public class MapReader {
     //Input game map
-    public static void inputMap(ArrayList<Tile> map, String filePath) throws IOException {
+    public static void inputMap(ArrayList<Tile> map, String filePath) throws IOException, SpriteException {
       String file = FileManager.readFile(filePath);
       int x = 0;
       int y = 0;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class MapReader {
               x=0;
           }
           else if(file.charAt(i)=='1'){
-              map.add(new Tile(x,y));
+              map.add(new SingleTile(x,y, GamePanel.getImage("img/tiles/terrain/grass.png")));
           }
           x+=Tile.length;
       }
diff --git a/src/SingleTile.java b/src/SingleTile.java
index d4c79df..454ca8b 100644
--- a/src/SingleTile.java
+++ b/src/SingleTile.java
@@ -2,17 +2,14 @@ import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 
 public class SingleTile extends Tile {
-    public int length;
     public BufferedImage tileImage;
 
-    public SingleTile(int x, int y, BufferedImage tileImage, int length) throws SpriteException {
+    public SingleTile(int x, int y, BufferedImage tileImage) throws SpriteException {
         super(x, y);
 
         if (tileImage.getWidth() != tileImage.getHeight()) {
             throw new SpriteException();
         }
-
-        this.length = length;
         this.tileImage = tileImage;
     }
     public void draw(Graphics g){