diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/MapWireConnectionHub.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/MapWireConnectionHub.java
index 6b3fdb454..ae6f3a148 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/MapWireConnectionHub.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/MapWireConnectionHub.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import static net.openhft.chronicle.map.ChronicleMapBuilder.of;
 /**
  * Created by Rob Austin
  */
-public class MapWireConnectionHub<K, V> {
+public class MapWireConnectionHub<K, V> implements Cloneable{
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MapWireHandler.class);
     public static final int MAP_SERVICE = 3;
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class MapWireConnectionHub<K, V> {
     private final ReplicationHub hub;
 
     private final ArrayList<BytesChronicleMap> bytesChronicleMaps = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final ChannelProvider provider;
 
 
     public MapWireConnectionHub(
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public class MapWireConnectionHub<K, V> {
         channelNameToId = (ChronicleMap) channelNameToIdFactory.get()
                 .replicatedViaChannel(hub.createChannel(MAP_SERVICE)).create();
 
-        ChannelProvider provider = ChannelProvider.getProvider(hub);
+        provider = ChannelProvider.getProvider(hub);
         channelMap = provider.chronicleChannelMap();
 
     }
@@ -156,4 +157,7 @@ public class MapWireConnectionHub<K, V> {
         throw new IllegalStateException();
     }
 
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        provider.close();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/MapWireConnectionHubByName.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/WireMap.java
similarity index 69%
rename from src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/MapWireConnectionHubByName.java
rename to src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/WireMap.java
index 15a11b44b..e30cf31c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/MapWireConnectionHubByName.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/WireMap.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package net.openhft.chronicle.map;
 
 import net.openhft.chronicle.bytes.Bytes;
-import net.openhft.chronicle.engine.client.ClientWiredStatelessTcpConnectionHub.CoreFields;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.wire.TextWire;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.wire.Wire;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -11,11 +10,12 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 /**
  * Created by Rob Austin
  */
-public class MapWireConnectionHubByName<K, V> implements Map<K, V> {
+public class WireMap<K, V> implements Map<K, V> {
 
     private final Class<K> kClass;
     private final Class<V> vClass;
@@ -27,13 +27,16 @@ public class MapWireConnectionHubByName<K, V> implements Map<K, V> {
     private final Map<byte[], byte[]> map;
 
 
-    Class<? extends Wire> wireType = TextWire.class;
+    // todo
+    private final Class<? extends Wire> wireType;
 
-    public MapWireConnectionHubByName(String name,
-                                      Class<V> vClass,
-                                      Class<K> kClass,
-                                      MapWireConnectionHub mapWireConnectionHub) throws IOException {
+    public WireMap(String name,
+                   Class<V> vClass,
+                   Class<K> kClass,
+                   MapWireConnectionHub mapWireConnectionHub,
+                   Class<? extends Wire> wireType) throws IOException {
         this.mapWireConnectionHub = mapWireConnectionHub;
+        this.wireType = wireType;
         final BytesChronicleMap b = this.mapWireConnectionHub.acquireMap(name);
         this.map = (Map) b.delegate;
         this.vClass = vClass;
@@ -75,7 +78,6 @@ public class MapWireConnectionHubByName<K, V> implements Map<K, V> {
 
     private byte[] bytes(Object key) {
 
-
         final Wire wire = toWire();
         AbstactStatelessClient.writeField(key, wire.getValueOut());
         wire.bytes().flip();
@@ -87,32 +89,39 @@ public class MapWireConnectionHubByName<K, V> implements Map<K, V> {
     @Override
     public boolean containsValue(Object value) {
         return map.containsValue(bytes(value));
-
     }
 
     @Override
-    public V get(Object key) {
-        final byte[] bytes1 = bytes(key);
-        byte[] bytes = map.get(bytes1);
+    public V get(@NotNull final Object key) {
 
+        return toObject(vClass, new Supplier<byte[]>() {
+            @Override
+            public byte[] get() {
+
+                final byte[] bytes = bytes(key);
+                final byte[] bytes1 = map.get(bytes);
+                return bytes1;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private <E> E toObject(Class<E> eClass, Supplier<byte[]> b) {
+        final byte[] bytes = b.get();
         if (bytes == null)
             return null;
-
         final Wire wire = toWire(bytes);
         buffer.flip();
-        return AbstactStatelessClient.<V>readObject(wire.getValueIn(), null, vClass);
+        return AbstactStatelessClient.readObject(wire.getValueIn(), null, eClass);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public V put(K key, V value) {
-        final Wire wire = toWire(map.put(bytes(key), bytes(value)));
-        return AbstactStatelessClient.<V>readObject(CoreFields.reply, wire, null, vClass);
+    public V put(@NotNull final K key, @NotNull final V value) {
+        return toObject(vClass, () -> map.put(bytes(key), bytes(value)));
     }
 
     @Override
     public V remove(Object key) {
-        final Wire wire = toWire(map.remove(bytes(key)));
-        return AbstactStatelessClient.<V>readObject(CoreFields.reply, wire, null, vClass);
+        return toObject(vClass, () -> map.remove(bytes(key)));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -140,7 +149,7 @@ public class MapWireConnectionHubByName<K, V> implements Map<K, V> {
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public Set<Entry<K, V>> entrySet() {
-        return null;
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("todo");
     }
 
 }