diff --git a/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/SimWrapperConfigGroup.java b/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/SimWrapperConfigGroup.java
index 180dc4d29ef..8c19b0ca769 100644
--- a/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/SimWrapperConfigGroup.java
+++ b/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/SimWrapperConfigGroup.java
@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ public ContextParams get(String context) {
 		if (!params.containsKey(context)) {
 			ContextParams p = new ContextParams();
 			p.context = context;
-			if (!context.equals("")) {
+			if (!context.isEmpty()) {
 				// Copy default params from the global config
 				p.sampleSize = defaultParams().sampleSize;
+				p.shp = defaultParams().shp;
+				p.mapCenter = defaultParams().mapCenter;
+				p.mapZoomLevel = defaultParams().mapZoomLevel;
 			}
 			addParameterSet(p);
 			return p;