diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Commands/Fun/CmdCountdown.cs b/MCGalaxy/Commands/Fun/CmdCountdown.cs
index dbf3a34b6..a672456f9 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Commands/Fun/CmdCountdown.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Commands/Fun/CmdCountdown.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 using System;
 using MCGalaxy.Commands.World;
 using MCGalaxy.Games;
+using MCGalaxy.Generator;
 
 namespace MCGalaxy.Commands.Fun {
     
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Commands.Fun {
             }
             
             ushort x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;
-            if (!CmdNewLvl.GetDimensions(p, args, 1, ref x, ref y, ref z)) return;
+            if (!MapGen.GetDimensions(p, args, 1, ref x, ref y, ref z)) return;
             
             CountdownGame game = (CountdownGame)game_;
             game.GenerateMap(p, x, y, z);
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Commands/World/CmdNewLvl.cs b/MCGalaxy/Commands/World/CmdNewLvl.cs
index 819329f6e..c5684d536 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Commands/World/CmdNewLvl.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Commands/World/CmdNewLvl.cs
@@ -51,61 +51,11 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Commands.World {
             if (gen == null) { MapGen.PrintThemes(p); return null; }
 
             ushort x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;
-            string name = args[0].ToLower();
-            if (!GetDimensions(p, args, 1, ref x, ref y, ref z)) return null;
+            if (!MapGen.GetDimensions(p, args, 1, ref x, ref y, ref z)) return null;
             string seed = args.Length == 6 ? args[5] : "";
             
-            if (!Formatter.ValidMapName(p, name)) return null;
-            if (LevelInfo.MapExists(name)) {
-                p.Message("%WLevel \"{0}\" already exists", name); return null;
-            }
             if (gen.Type == GenType.Advanced && !CheckExtraPerm(p, data, 1)) return null;
-
-            if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref p.GeneratingMap, 1, 0) == 1) {
-                p.Message("You are already generating a map, please wait until that map has finished generating first.");
-                return null;
-            }
-            
-            Level lvl;
-            try {
-                p.Message("Generating map \"{0}\"..", name);
-                lvl = new Level(name, x, y, z);
-                if (!gen.Generate(p, lvl, seed)) { lvl.Dispose(); return null; }
-
-                string format = seed.Length > 0 ? "{0}%S created level {1}%S with seed \"{2}\"" : "{0}%S created level {1}";
-                string msg = string.Format(format, p.ColoredName, lvl.ColoredName, seed);
-                Chat.MessageGlobal(msg);
-            } finally {
-                Interlocked.Exchange(ref p.GeneratingMap, 0);
-                Server.DoGC();
-            }
-            return lvl;
-        }
-        
-        
-        internal static bool GetDimensions(Player p, string[] args, int i, ref ushort x, ref ushort y, ref ushort z) {
-            return 
-                CheckMapAxis(p, args[i    ], "Width",  ref x) &&
-                CheckMapAxis(p, args[i + 1], "Height", ref y) &&
-                CheckMapAxis(p, args[i + 2], "Length", ref z) &&
-                CheckMapVolume(p, x, y, z);
-        }
-        
-        static bool CheckMapAxis(Player p, string input, string type, ref ushort len) {
-            return CommandParser.GetUShort(p, input, type, ref len, 1, 16384);
-        }
-        
-         static bool CheckMapVolume(Player p, int x, int y, int z) {
-            if (p.IsConsole) return true;
-            int limit = p.group.GenVolume;
-            if ((long)x * y * z <= limit) return true;
-            
-            string text = "%WYou cannot create a map with over ";
-            if (limit > 1000 * 1000) text += (limit / (1000 * 1000)) + " million blocks";
-            else if (limit > 1000) text += (limit / 1000) + " thousand blocks";
-            else text += limit + " blocks";
-            p.Message(text);
-            return false;
+            return MapGen.Generate(p, gen, args[0], x, y, z, seed);
         }
         
         public override void Help(Player p) {
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Commands/World/CmdResizeLvl.cs b/MCGalaxy/Commands/World/CmdResizeLvl.cs
index 8191fdb7d..b7062e48c 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Commands/World/CmdResizeLvl.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Commands/World/CmdResizeLvl.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Commands.World {
             if (!LevelInfo.Check(p, data.Rank, lvl, "resize this level")) return false;
             
             ushort x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;
-            if (!CmdNewLvl.GetDimensions(p, args, 1, ref x, ref y, ref z)) return false;
+            if (!MapGen.GetDimensions(p, args, 1, ref x, ref y, ref z)) return false;
             
             bool confirmed = args.Length > 4 && args[4].CaselessEq("confirm");
             if (!confirmed && (x < lvl.Width || y < lvl.Height || z < lvl.Length)) {
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Economy/Item.cs b/MCGalaxy/Economy/Item.cs
index 3849a6e79..c07412f1c 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Economy/Item.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Economy/Item.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Eco {
         
         protected void UseCommand(Player p, string cmd, string args) {
             CommandData data = default(CommandData);
-            data.Rank = LevelPermission.Nobody;
+            data.Rank    = LevelPermission.Nobody;
             data.Context = CommandContext.Purchase;
             Command.Find(cmd).Use(p, args, data);
         }
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Economy/LevelItem.cs b/MCGalaxy/Economy/LevelItem.cs
index 4c4c80fcc..891b915ba 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Economy/LevelItem.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Economy/LevelItem.cs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Eco {
             preset.name = args[2];
             
             ushort x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;
-            if (!CmdNewLvl.GetDimensions(p, args, 3, ref x, ref y, ref z)) return;
+            if (!MapGen.GetDimensions(p, args, 3, ref x, ref y, ref z)) return;
             preset.x = args[3]; preset.y = args[4]; preset.z = args[5];
             
             if (MapGen.Find(args[6]) == null) {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Eco {
                 if (args[3] == "z") dims[2] = args[4];
                 
                 ushort x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;
-                if (!CmdNewLvl.GetDimensions(p, dims, 0, ref x, ref y, ref z)) return;
+                if (!MapGen.GetDimensions(p, dims, 0, ref x, ref y, ref z)) return;
                 preset.x = dims[0]; preset.y = dims[1]; preset.z = dims[2];
                 
                 p.Message("&aSuccessfully changed preset {0} size to &f{1}", args[3], args[4]);
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Generator/MapGen.cs b/MCGalaxy/Generator/MapGen.cs
index 272f24431..42f53905a 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Generator/MapGen.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Generator/MapGen.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using MCGalaxy.Commands;
 
 namespace MCGalaxy.Generator {    
     public delegate bool MapGenFunc(Player p, Level lvl, string seed);
@@ -83,6 +85,62 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Generator {
             AdvNoiseGen.RegisterGenerators();
             Register("Heightmap", GenType.Advanced, HeightmapGen.Generate,
                      "%HSeed specifies the URL of the heightmap image");
+        }        
+        
+        
+        public static Level Generate(Player p, MapGen gen, string name, 
+                                     ushort x, ushort y, ushort z, string seed) {
+            name = name.ToLower();
+            if (!Formatter.ValidMapName(p, name)) return null;
+            if (LevelInfo.MapExists(name)) {
+                p.Message("%WLevel \"{0}\" already exists", name); return null;
+            }
+
+            if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref p.GeneratingMap, 1, 0) == 1) {
+                p.Message("You are already generating a map, please wait until that map has finished generating first.");
+                return null;
+            }
+            
+            Level lvl;
+            try {
+                p.Message("Generating map \"{0}\"..", name);
+                lvl = new Level(name, x, y, z);
+                if (!gen.Generate(p, lvl, seed)) { lvl.Dispose(); return null; }
+
+                string format = seed.Length > 0 ? "{0}%S created level {1}%S with seed \"{2}\"" : "{0}%S created level {1}";
+                string msg = string.Format(format, p.ColoredName, lvl.ColoredName, seed);
+                Chat.MessageGlobal(msg);
+            } finally {
+                Interlocked.Exchange(ref p.GeneratingMap, 0);
+                Server.DoGC();
+            }
+            return lvl;
+        }
+        
+        public static bool GetDimensions(Player p, string[] args, int i, 
+                                         ref ushort x, ref ushort y, ref ushort z) {
+            return 
+                CheckMapAxis(p, args[i    ], "Width",  ref x) &&
+                CheckMapAxis(p, args[i + 1], "Height", ref y) &&
+                CheckMapAxis(p, args[i + 2], "Length", ref z) &&
+                CheckMapVolume(p, x, y, z);
+        }
+        
+        static bool CheckMapAxis(Player p, string input, string type, ref ushort len) {
+            return CommandParser.GetUShort(p, input, type, ref len, 1, 16384);
+        }
+        
+         static bool CheckMapVolume(Player p, int x, int y, int z) {
+            if (p.IsConsole) return true;
+            int limit = p.group.GenVolume;
+            if ((long)x * y * z <= limit) return true;
+            
+            string text = "%WYou cannot create a map with over ";
+            if (limit > 1000 * 1000) text += (limit / (1000 * 1000)) + " million blocks";
+            else if (limit > 1000) text += (limit / 1000) + " thousand blocks";
+            else text += limit + " blocks";
+            p.Message(text);
+            return false;
         }
     }
 }