diff --git a/src/main/java/org/fujaba/graphengine/PatternEngine.java b/src/main/java/org/fujaba/graphengine/PatternEngine.java
index 904761c..4937315 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/fujaba/graphengine/PatternEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/fujaba/graphengine/PatternEngine.java
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ public static boolean evaluate(Evaluator evaluator, String expression) {
 				}
 				toParse = toParse.substring(toParse.indexOf(searchFor) + searchFor.length());
 				toParse = toParse.substring(0, toParse.length() - 2);
-				evaluator.putVariable(toParse, "0.0");
+				evaluator.putVariable(toParse, "0");
 			}
 		} while (catched == true);
 		return matched;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/fujaba/graphengine/unitTests/TestLoadingTTCStateCaseData.java b/src/test/java/org/fujaba/graphengine/unitTests/TestLoadingTTCStateCaseData.java
index efd4860..3d4d169 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/fujaba/graphengine/unitTests/TestLoadingTTCStateCaseData.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/fujaba/graphengine/unitTests/TestLoadingTTCStateCaseData.java
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ public void testTransformingTTCStateCaseData() {
 		}
 		System.out.println("after joining multiple labels with the same sources and same targets:\n" + g + "\n");
 		
+		
+		
+		
+		/**
+		 * TODO: really just randomly find a 'k' and then find all matching 'p's and 'q's for it, to work with them in a 'batch'
+		 */
+		
+		
 		// gtr for state elimination itself (the q->k->p to q->p case)
 		PatternGraph gtrEliminate = new PatternGraph("eliminate state");
 		PatternNode p = new PatternNode();
@@ -151,7 +159,6 @@ public void testTransformingTTCStateCaseData() {
 		gtrEliminate.addPatternNode(p, k, q);
 		p.addPatternEdge("==", (String)null, k);
 		k.addPatternEdge("==", (String)null, q);
-		k.addPatternEdge("!=", "this_is_no_real_edge", q);
 		
 		do {
 			matches = PatternEngine.matchPattern(g, gtrEliminate, true);
@@ -169,7 +176,7 @@ public void testTransformingTTCStateCaseData() {
 					}
 				}
 				Boolean pqb = false;
-				if (pqLabel != null && pqLabel != "" && pqLabel != "this_is_no_real_edge") {
+				if (pqLabel != null && pqLabel != "") {
 					pqb = true;
 				}
 //				System.out.println("    pqLabel: " + pqLabel);
@@ -187,7 +194,7 @@ public void testTransformingTTCStateCaseData() {
 					}
 				}
 				Boolean kkb = false;
-				if (kkLabel != null && kkLabel != "" && kkLabel != "this_is_no_real_edge") {
+				if (kkLabel != null && kkLabel != "") {
 					kkb = true;
 				}
 //				System.out.println("    kkLabel: " + kkLabel);