diff --git a/examples/spherical-mercator.html b/examples/spherical-mercator.html
index 18c8af721c..fd6a3250da 100644
--- a/examples/spherical-mercator.html
+++ b/examples/spherical-mercator.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
     <script src="../lib/OpenLayers.js"></script>
   </head>
-  <body onload="init()">
+  <body>
     <h1 id="title">OpenLayers Spherical Mercator Example</h1>
 
     <div id="tags">
@@ -39,17 +39,14 @@
     <div id="docs"></div>
     <script type="text/javascript">
 
-    var maxExtent = new OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508, -20037508, 20037508, 20037508),
-        restrictedExtent = maxExtent.clone(),
-        maxResolution = 156543.0339;
-
-    map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', {
+    var map = new OpenLayers.Map({
+        div: "map",
         projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"),
         displayProjection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"),
         units: "m",
         numZoomLevels: 18,
-        maxResolution: maxResolution,
-        maxExtent: maxExtent
+        maxResolution: 156543.0339,
+        maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508, -20037508, 20037508, 20037508),
     });
 
     // create Google Mercator layers
