diff --git a/src/CategoryBase.js b/src/CategoryBase.js
index b397a83e..27d50709 100644
--- a/src/CategoryBase.js
+++ b/src/CategoryBase.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var OpenStreetBrowserLoader = require('./OpenStreetBrowserLoader')
 var tabs = require('modulekit-tabs')
 const ee = require('event-emitter')
 
-function CategoryBase (options, data) {
+function CategoryBase (options, data, repository) {
   if (typeof options === 'string') {
     this.id = options
     this.options = {}
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ function CategoryBase (options, data) {
     this.id = options.id
     this.options = options
   }
+  this.repository = repository
   this.parentCategory = null
   this.childrenLoadingCount = 0
   this.data = data
diff --git a/src/CategoryIndex.js b/src/CategoryIndex.js
index 0a44e85c..aa868371 100644
--- a/src/CategoryIndex.js
+++ b/src/CategoryIndex.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ var CategoryBase = require('./CategoryBase')
 
 CategoryIndex.prototype = Object.create(CategoryBase.prototype)
 CategoryIndex.prototype.constructor = CategoryIndex
-function CategoryIndex (options, data) {
-  CategoryBase.call(this, options, data)
+function CategoryIndex (options, data, repository) {
+  CategoryBase.call(this, options, data, repository)
 
   this.childrenDoms = {}
   this.childrenCategories = null
diff --git a/src/CategoryOverpass.js b/src/CategoryOverpass.js
index a2ecfc91..8f4e0207 100644
--- a/src/CategoryOverpass.js
+++ b/src/CategoryOverpass.js
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ var defaultValues = {
 
 CategoryOverpass.prototype = Object.create(CategoryBase.prototype)
 CategoryOverpass.prototype.constructor = CategoryOverpass
-function CategoryOverpass (options, data) {
+function CategoryOverpass (options, data, repository) {
   var p
 
-  CategoryBase.call(this, options, data)
+  CategoryBase.call(this, options, data, repository)
 
   data.id = this.id
 
diff --git a/src/OpenStreetBrowserLoader.js b/src/OpenStreetBrowserLoader.js
index 615540a2..ac5dd98c 100644
--- a/src/OpenStreetBrowserLoader.js
+++ b/src/OpenStreetBrowserLoader.js
@@ -203,9 +203,11 @@ OpenStreetBrowserLoader.prototype.getCategoryFromData = function (id, options, d
     return callback(new Error('unknown type'), null)
   }
 
+  let repository = this.repositories[ids.repositoryId]
+
   var opt = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(options))
   opt.id = ids.id
-  var layer = new this.types[data.type](opt, data)
+  var layer = new this.types[data.type](opt, data, repository)
 
   layer.setMap(this.map)