diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java
index 0e68a0ef8589217997c23e49ad69d78213c85843..92d64fb2be6839c311db8a2e28821150f1cfc682 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ public class SessionController extends AbstractController {
 	
 
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/publicpool", method = RequestMethod.GET)
-	public final Map<String, ArrayList<Session>> getPublicPoolSessions(
+	public final List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions(
 			final HttpServletResponse response
 			) {
-		Map<String, ArrayList<Session>> sessions;
+		List<Session> sessions;
 		sessions = sessionService.getPublicPoolSessions();
 
 		if (sessions == null || sessions.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index 158a75d6e7c9683a408c3979ba3b903d17ad3388..7a5e8b46b3e09c6e660bde458c2724a3d05a5c65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -130,22 +130,22 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public final Map<String, ArrayList<Session>> getPublicPoolSessions() {
-		Map<String, ArrayList<Session>> sessionMap = new HashMap<String, ArrayList<Session>>();
+	public final List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions() {
 		final NovaView view = new NovaView("session/public_pool_by_id");
-		view.setGroup(true);
+
 		final ViewResults sessions = getDatabase().view(view);
 
-		//final List<Session> result = new ArrayList<Session>();
-		Collection<Session> result = null;
-		for (Document d : sessions.getResults()) {
-			final JSONArray jsonSessions = d.getJSONObject().getJSONArray("value");
-			
-			sessionMap.put(
-					d.getJSONObject().getString("key"),
-					new ArrayList(JSONArray.toCollection(jsonSessions, Session.class)));
+		final List<Session> result = new ArrayList<Session>();
+		
+		for (final Document d : sessions.getResults()) {
+			final Session session = (Session) JSONObject.toBean(
+					d.getJSONObject().getJSONObject("value"),
+					Session.class
+					);
+			//session.set_id(d.getId());
+			result.add(session);
 		}
-		return sessionMap;
+		return result;
 	}
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
index bfb1502a7f560a7688b5ea07a0aea6e73ca3f5ca..b0cada556de97f3d059ad74ed7a0d9be2a7f2173 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public interface IDatabaseDao {
 
 	List<Session> getMySessions(User user);
 	
-	Map<String, ArrayList<Session>> getPublicPoolSessions();
+	List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions();
 
 	Session saveSession(User user, Session session);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java
index 1cf5b978bfba5ce679cbea9aabac1706c7bdaa99..37672066a5bd81c2d69a9eb0716b500546cf66cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public interface ISessionService {
 
 	List<Session> getMySessions();
 	
-	Map<String, ArrayList<Session>> getPublicPoolSessions();
+	List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions();
 
 	List<Session> getMyVisitedSessions();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
index 1f87b7db8a20594162bcf1f64373705b8cbb75d3..445abe20873fc0927da6fbb52478dbf595d4ed2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class SessionService implements ISessionService {
 	
 	@Override
 	@PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
-	public final Map<String, ArrayList<Session>> getPublicPoolSessions() {
+	public final List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions() {
 		return databaseDao.getPublicPoolSessions();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java b/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
index 08349c91922308d49e64b7391342d0dee955fdaf..eec8823cd9f5b9dd486ac34cd3684ff6df72214d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public class StubDatabaseDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public Map<String, ArrayList<Session>> getPublicPoolSessions() {
+	public List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions() {
 		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 		return null;
 	}