I've made some minor changes to your code. In fact I've added a few properties to your layer: var skoLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ("skobbler", ["${z}/${x}/${y}.png?api_key=<Your Key Here>"], {numZoomLevels: 18, sphericalMercator: true, isBaseLayer: true, wrapDateLine: true, maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-180, -180, 180, 120), attribution: attrib }); And **[here][1]**'s the whole code for you, to easily test it. Just unzip the archive (*tested for viruses*), extract the *scrobbler.html* file and double click it. Just zoom out and move the map, as you like. [1]: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13060205/Stackexchange/Skobbler/skobbler.zip