diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 53b3a4b..8720290 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ require.config({
     "d3": "../bower_components/d3/d3.min",
     "virtual-dom": "../bower_components/virtual-dom/dist/virtual-dom",
     "rbush": "../bower_components/rbush/rbush",
-    "helper": "../helper",
-    "jshashes": "../bower_components/jshashes/hashes"
+    "helper": "../helper"
   },
   shim: {
     "leaflet.label": ["leaflet"],
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index ef1fd19..69d1b13 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
     "roboto-fontface": "~0.3.0",
     "virtual-dom": "~2.1.1",
     "leaflet-providers": "~1.1.10",
-    "rbush": "https://github.com/mourner/rbush.git#~1.4.3",
-    "jshashes": "~1.0.5"
+    "rbush": "https://github.com/mourner/rbush.git#~1.4.3"
   },
   "authors": [
     "Milan Pässler <me@petabyteboy.de>",
diff --git a/lib/map/clientlayer.js b/lib/map/clientlayer.js
index d6ee4fc..7579f4e 100644
--- a/lib/map/clientlayer.js
+++ b/lib/map/clientlayer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-define(["leaflet", "jshashes"],
-  function (L, jsHashes) {
-    var MD5 = new jsHashes.MD5();
+define(["leaflet"],
+  function (L) {
 
     return L.TileLayer.Canvas.extend({
       setData: function (d) {
@@ -8,8 +7,7 @@ define(["leaflet", "jshashes"],
 
         //pre-calculate start angles
         this.data.all().forEach(function (d) {
-          var hash = MD5.hex(d.node.nodeinfo.node_id);
-          d.startAngle = (parseInt(hash.substr(0, 2), 16) / 255) * 2 * Math.PI;
+          d.startAngle = (parseInt(d.node.nodeinfo.node_id.substr(10, 2), 16) / 255) * 2 * Math.PI;
         });
         this.redraw();
       },