diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.cpp b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.cpp
index aa3fbe28be..0da42daf98 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.cpp
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.cpp
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ namespace openspace {
         _currentTileProvider->update();
     }
 
-    std::shared_ptr<AsyncTileDataProvider> TemporalTileProvider::getAsyncTileReader() {
+    int TemporalTileProvider::maxLevel() {
         if (_currentTileProvider == nullptr) {
             LDEBUG("Warning: had to call update from getAsyncTileReader()");
             update();
         }
 
-        return _currentTileProvider->getAsyncTileReader();
+        return _currentTileProvider->maxLevel();
     }
 
 
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.h b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.h
index 8237a5d043..f7aa9709ea 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.h
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ namespace openspace {
         virtual Tile::Status getTileStatus(const ChunkIndex& chunkIndex);
         virtual TileDepthTransform depthTransform();
         virtual void update();
-        virtual std::shared_ptr<AsyncTileDataProvider> getAsyncTileReader();
+        virtual int maxLevel();
 
 
 
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.cpp b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.cpp
index c25feb2269..2d882d1af5 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.cpp
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.cpp
@@ -75,15 +75,15 @@ namespace openspace {
         }
     }
 
-    std::shared_ptr<AsyncTileDataProvider> CachingTileProvider::getAsyncTileReader() {
-        return _asyncTextureDataProvider;
+    int CachingTileProvider::maxLevel() {
+        return _asyncTextureDataProvider->getTextureDataProvider()->getMaximumLevel();
     }
 
     Tile CachingTileProvider::getTile(const ChunkIndex& chunkIndex) {
         Tile tile = Tile::TileUnavailable;
 
-        auto tileDataset = _asyncTextureDataProvider->getTextureDataProvider();
-        if (chunkIndex.level > tileDataset->getMaximumLevel()) {
+        
+        if (chunkIndex.level > maxLevel()) {
             tile.status = Tile::Status::OutOfRange;
             return tile;
         }
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.h b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.h
index 4e6361e1d1..9eaba2dd9e 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.h
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace openspace {
         virtual Tile::Status getTileStatus(const ChunkIndex& index) = 0;
         virtual TileDepthTransform depthTransform() = 0;
         virtual void update() = 0;
-        virtual std::shared_ptr<AsyncTileDataProvider> getAsyncTileReader() = 0;
+        virtual int maxLevel() = 0;
     };
 
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ namespace openspace {
         virtual Tile::Status getTileStatus(const ChunkIndex& index);
         virtual TileDepthTransform depthTransform();
         virtual void update();
-        virtual std::shared_ptr<AsyncTileDataProvider> getAsyncTileReader();
+        virtual int maxLevel();
 
 
     private:
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileselector.cpp b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileselector.cpp
index 790fd2cfaa..b537334bbc 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileselector.cpp
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileselector.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace openspace {
 
         // Step 2. Traverse 0 or more parents up the chunkTree to make sure we're inside 
         //         the range of defined data.
-        int maximumLevel = tileProvider->getAsyncTileReader()->getTextureDataProvider()->getMaximumLevel();
+        int maximumLevel = tileProvider->maxLevel();
         while(chunkIndex.level > maximumLevel){
             ascendToParent(chunkIndex, uvTransform);
         }