diff --git a/parsers/parserXML/popcorn.parserXML.js b/parsers/parserXML/popcorn.parserXML.js
index d33895ae..5a95d45c 100644
--- a/parsers/parserXML/popcorn.parserXML.js
+++ b/parsers/parserXML/popcorn.parserXML.js
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
       for ( var i = 0, nal = nodeAttributes.length; i < nal; i++ ) {
 
         var key  = nodeAttributes.item(i).nodeName,
-            data = nodeAttributes.item(i).nodeValue;
+            data = nodeAttributes.item(i).nodeValue,
+            manifestItem = manifestData[ data ];
 
         // converts in into start
         if (key === "in") {
@@ -51,7 +52,13 @@
           returnObject.end = toSeconds( data );
         // this is where ids in the manifest are linked
         } else if ( key === "resourceid" ) {
-          Popcorn.extend( returnObject, manifestData[data] );
+          for ( var item in manifestItem ) {
+            if ( manifestItem.hasOwnProperty( item ) ) {
+              if ( !returnObject[ item ] && item !== "id" ) {
+                returnObject[ item ] = manifestItem[ item ];
+              }
+            }
+          }
         // everything else
         } else {
           returnObject[key] = data;
diff --git a/parsers/parserXML/popcorn.parserXML.unit.js b/parsers/parserXML/popcorn.parserXML.unit.js
index 0c5fb5f9..c153ae1d 100644
--- a/parsers/parserXML/popcorn.parserXML.unit.js
+++ b/parsers/parserXML/popcorn.parserXML.unit.js
@@ -1,54 +1,32 @@
-asyncTest( "Popcorn 0.1 XML Parser Plugin", function () {
-  
-  var expects = 7,
-      count = 0,
-      interval,
-      poppercorn = Popcorn( "#video" );
-      
-  function plus() {
-    if ( ++count === expects ) {
-      start();
-    }
-  }
-  
-  expect(expects);
+asyncTest( "Popcorn 0.1 XML Parser Plugin", 7, function () {
+
+  var poppercorn = Popcorn( "#video" );
 
   Popcorn.plugin( "parserTest1", {
-    
     start: function ( event, options ) {
       ok( options.item2 === "item2", "parserTest1 has data directly from manifest" );
-      plus();
       ok( options.item3 === "item3", "parserTest1 has cascading data from manifest" );
-      plus();
-    },
-    end: function ( event, options ) {}
+    }
   });
 
   Popcorn.plugin( "parserTest2", {
-    
     start: function ( event, options ) {
       ok( options.text === "item4", "parserTest2 has text data" );
-      plus();
       ok( options.item1 === "item1", "parserTest2 has cascading data from parent" );
-      plus();
-    },
-    end: function ( event, options ) {}
+    }
   });
 
   Popcorn.plugin( "parserTest3", {
-    
     start: function ( event, options ) {
       ok( options.item1 === "item1", "parserTest3 has cascading data from parent" );
-      plus();
       ok( options.item2 === "item2", "parserTest3 has data directly from manifest" );
-      plus();
       ok( options.item3 === "item3", "parserTest3 has cascading data from manifest" );
-      plus();
-    },
-    end: function ( event, options ) {}
+      start();
+    }
   });
 
   poppercorn.parseXML( "data/unit.XML", function() {
-    poppercorn.currentTime(5).play();
-  });  
+    poppercorn.play( 5 );
+    poppercorn.mute();
+  });
 });