diff --git a/JString.cpp b/JString.cpp
index 47923df..59267c1 100644
--- a/JString.cpp
+++ b/JString.cpp
@@ -142,5 +142,26 @@ namespace coreutils {
       }
 //      std::cout << "not found cursor: " << unparsed() << std::endl;
       return false;
-   } 
+   }
+
+   JString & JString::operator=(coreutils:: ZString value) {
+      setSize(value.getLength());
+      memcpy(data, value.getData(), value.getLength());
+      removeWhitespace();
+      return *this;
+   }
+      
+   void JString::removeWhitespace() {
+      reset();
+      while(!eod()) {
+	 if(*cursor == ' ')
+	   remove(1);
+	 else if(startsWith("\""))
+	   getContainer();
+	 else
+	   ++cursor;
+      }
+      reset();
+   }
+      
 }
diff --git a/JString.h b/JString.h
index 7b07b5b..357b5b4 100644
--- a/JString.h
+++ b/JString.h
@@ -81,12 +81,10 @@ namespace coreutils {
 	 return Proxy(*this, key);
       }
       
-      JString & operator=(coreutils:: ZString value) {	 
-	 setSize(value.getLength());
-	 memcpy(data, value.getData(), value.getLength());
-	 length = value.getLength();
-	 return *this;
-      }
+      JString & operator=(coreutils:: ZString value);
+      
+    private:
+      void removeWhitespace();
       
    };
 
diff --git a/MString.cpp b/MString.cpp
index 394de4a..6dbac9b 100644
--- a/MString.cpp
+++ b/MString.cpp
@@ -234,8 +234,14 @@ namespace coreutils {
    void MString::replace(std::string value, int offset) {
    }
    
+   void MString::remove(int length) {
+      int len = (data + this->length - cursor);
+      for (int ix = 0; ix < len; ix++)
+	cursor[ix] = cursor[ix + length];
+      setSize(this->length - length);
+   }
+
    void MString::remove(int offset, int length) {
-      //      (data + this->length) > (data + offset + length) ? length: length; // TODO: Need to calculate correct length.
       for (int ix = offset; ix < this->length; ix++)
 	getData()[ix] = getData()[ix + length];
       setSize(this->length - length);
diff --git a/MString.h b/MString.h
index 1d0c57f..6e75bb1 100644
--- a/MString.h
+++ b/MString.h
@@ -203,7 +203,13 @@ namespace coreutils {
       void replace(std::string value, int offset);
       
       ///
+      /// Remove specified number of characters at cursor.
       ///
+      
+      void remove(int length);
+
+      ///
+      /// Remove specified nummber of characters from specified offset.
       ///
       
       void remove(int offset, int length);
diff --git a/testing/jstring_test b/testing/jstring_test
index edb5933..78eb5f6 100755
Binary files a/testing/jstring_test and b/testing/jstring_test differ
diff --git a/testing/jstring_test.cpp b/testing/jstring_test.cpp
index 0c90fe6..0a23e1e 100644
--- a/testing/jstring_test.cpp
+++ b/testing/jstring_test.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
-   coreutils::MString test0("{\"Number\":\"0\",\"id\":\"XXXXX\"}");
+   coreutils::MString test0("{ \"Number\": \"0\", \"id\": \"XXXXX\" }");
    coreutils::JString test1;
+   coreutils::JString test9;
 
    test1 = test0;
    std::cout << test1 << std::endl;
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    coreutils::MString testout;
    testout << "this is a test: " << test1["comment"];
    std::cout << testout << std::endl;
+
+   test9 = test1["object1"];
+   std::cout << test9 << std::endl;
+   std::cout << test9["attr3"] << std::endl;
    
    return 0;
 }