diff --git a/js/API/LatticeAPI.js b/js/API/LatticeAPI.js
index 86e7155e417a1e69df0fb11b42e413d5892635fd..ca3e99328f6c2d3697f70f0399e4a168964c9d32 100644
--- a/js/API/LatticeAPI.js
+++ b/js/API/LatticeAPI.js
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ define(['lattice', 'plist', 'console'], function(lattice, plist, myConsole){
             lattice.setPartType(partType, false);
         },
 
-        set: function(data){
-            lattice.setLatticeMetaData(data);
+        setMetaData: function(data){
+            lattice.setMetaData(data);
         },
 
 
diff --git a/js/lattice/Lattice.js b/js/lattice/Lattice.js
index ca3971267083e69e82ffeade32adb1814c957b75..18b31415bfe6cb5f55a9b3dfcafd546973c72cae 100644
--- a/js/lattice/Lattice.js
+++ b/js/lattice/Lattice.js
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'appState', 'globals', 'plist', 'materialsPlis
             return this.setProperty("partType", partType, silent);
         },
 
-        setLatticeMetaData: function(data){
+        setMetaData: function(data){
             if (!data) {
-                console.warn("no data received");
+                myConsole.warn("no data received, lattice.setMetaData operation cancelled");
                 return;
             }
             var changed = false;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'appState', 'globals', 'plist', 'materialsPlis
                 if (self[self._getSetterName(key)]) {
                     changed |= self[self._getSetterName(key)](val, true);
                 }
-                else console.warn("no setter found for param " + key);
+                else myConsole.warn("no setter found for key " + key);
             });
             if (changed){
                 //todo trigger event
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'appState', 'globals', 'plist', 'materialsPlis
 
         _setDefaultCellMode: function(){//if no part associated with this lattice type set to cell mode
             var latticeData = this._getLatticePlistData();
-            if (latticeData.parts === undefined){
+            if (!latticeData.parts){
                 var currentMode = appState.get("cellMode");
                 if (currentMode == "cell" || currentMode == "supercell") return;
                 appState.set("cellMode", "cell");
@@ -249,10 +249,6 @@ define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'appState', 'globals', 'plist', 'materialsPlis
 
         //latticeType
 
-        _latticeTypeChanged: function(){
-
-        },
-
         _printCurrentLatticeType: function(){
             myConsole.write("lattice.setCellType('" + this.getCellType() + "')");
             myConsole.write("lattice.setConnectionType('" + this.getConnectionType() + "')");