diff --git a/src/scheduling/calender_fetcher.py b/src/scheduling/calender_fetcher.py
index e227d3d2e0e4741899b29c75a328c5edee86c1dd..1fd41a04492c7e185f557b7d7fcf73257dc00250 100644
--- a/src/scheduling/calender_fetcher.py
+++ b/src/scheduling/calender_fetcher.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class CalendarFetcher:
         Returns:
             ([Timeslot]):   An array of timeslots
         """
-        timeslot = None
+        timeslots = None
         headers = { "content-type": "application/json" }
        
         try:
@@ -131,15 +131,15 @@ class CalendarFetcher:
                 self.logger.critical(SU.red("HTTP Status: %s | Timeslots could not be fetched! Response: %s" % \
                     (str(response.status_code), response.text)))
                 return None            
-            timeslot = response.json()                
+            timeslots = response.json()            
         except Exception as e:
             self.logger.critical(SU.red("Error while requesting timeslots from Steering!"), e)
 
-        if not timeslot:
-            self.logger.error(SU.red("Got no timeslot via Playout API (Steering)!"))
+        if not timeslots:
+            self.logger.error(SU.red("Got no timeslots via Playout API (Steering)!"))
             return None
 
-        return self.remove_unnecessary_data(timeslot)
+        return self.polish_timeslots(timeslots)
 
 
 
@@ -222,24 +222,27 @@ class CalendarFetcher:
         """
         playlist_id = str(timeslot[id_name])
         if not playlist_id or playlist_id == "None":
-            self.logger.debug("No value defined for '%s' in timeslot '#%s'" % (id_name, timeslot["timeslot_id"]))
+            self.logger.debug("No value defined for '%s' in timeslot '#%s'" % (id_name, timeslot["id"]))
             return None
         
         return playlist_id
 
 
-    def remove_unnecessary_data(self, timeslot):
+    def polish_timeslots(self, timeslots):
         """
-        Removes all timeslots which are not relevant for 
-        further processing.
+        Removes all timeslots which are not relevant for further processing,
+        and transparent timeslot ID assigment for more expressive use.
         """
-        count_before = len(timeslot)
-        timeslot = self.remove_data_more_than_24h_in_the_future(timeslot)
-        timeslot = self.remove_data_in_the_past(timeslot)
-        count_after = len(timeslot)
+        count_before = len(timeslots)
+        timeslots = self.remove_data_more_than_24h_in_the_future(timeslots)
+        timeslots = self.remove_data_in_the_past(timeslots)
+        count_after = len(timeslots)
+        self.logger.debug("Removed %d unnecessary timeslots from response. Timeslots left: %d" % ((count_before - count_after), count_after))
+
+        for t in timeslots:
+            t["timeslot_id"] = t["id"]
+        return timeslots
 
-        self.logger.debug("Removed %d unnecessary timeslots from response. Entries left: %d" % ((count_before - count_after), count_after))
-        return timeslot
 
 
     def remove_data_more_than_24h_in_the_future(self, timeslots):