diff --git a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/StreamedBoat.java b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/StreamedBoat.java
index 6c5a9c89..419478d9 100644
--- a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/StreamedBoat.java
+++ b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/Mock/StreamedBoat.java
@@ -49,8 +49,4 @@ public class StreamedBoat extends Boat {
         }
         return azimuth;
     }
-
-    public int getSourceID() {
-        return sourceID;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/VisualiserInput.java b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/VisualiserInput.java
index b538fc24..3eb1575d 100644
--- a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/VisualiserInput.java
+++ b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/VisualiserInput.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package seng302.Networking;
+package seng302;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import seng302.Mock.*;
 import seng302.Networking.BinaryMessageDecoder;
@@ -37,14 +37,13 @@ public class VisualiserInput implements Runnable
 
     private Map<Integer, BoatLocationMessage> boatLocation;
 
-    public VisualiserInput(Socket connectionSocket) throws IOException{
+    public VisualiserInput(StreamedCourse course) throws IOException{
 
         //connectionSocket = new Socket(InetAddress.getLocalHost(), 4942);
-        this.connectionSocket = connectionSocket;
+        this.connectionSocket = new Socket("livedata.americascup.com",4941);
 
-        this.course = new StreamedCourse();
+        this.course = course;
         this.boatLocation = new HashMap<>();
-        this.connectionSocket = connectionSocket;
 
 
         //start Time
@@ -209,9 +208,7 @@ public class VisualiserInput implements Runnable
 
     public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception
     {
-        //this is the test data that streams form the AC35 website
-        Socket socket = new Socket("livedata.americascup.com",4941);
-        VisualiserInput receiver = new VisualiserInput(socket);
+        VisualiserInput receiver = new VisualiserInput(new StreamedCourse());
         receiver.run();
     }
 
diff --git a/visualiser/src/test/java/seng302/Mock/FailBoatXMLTest.java b/visualiser/src/test/java/seng302/Mock/FailBoatXMLTest.java
index 5b616a4c..d055d410 100644
--- a/visualiser/src/test/java/seng302/Mock/FailBoatXMLTest.java
+++ b/visualiser/src/test/java/seng302/Mock/FailBoatXMLTest.java
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 public class FailBoatXMLTest {
     String path = "mockXML/boatXML/";
 
-    @Test(expected = SAXException.class)
-    public void emptyFile() throws SAXException, ParserConfigurationException, ParseException, IOException {
-        new BoatXMLReader("empty.xml");
-    }
-
     @Test(expected = NumberFormatException.class)
     public void invalidSourceID() throws SAXException, ParserConfigurationException, ParseException, IOException {
        new BoatXMLReader(path + "invalidSourceID.xml");