diff --git a/src/ve-app/pane-left/left-pane.component.ts b/src/ve-app/pane-left/left-pane.component.ts
index 0d7b7f3bd..605231c12 100644
--- a/src/ve-app/pane-left/left-pane.component.ts
+++ b/src/ve-app/pane-left/left-pane.component.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { left_default_buttons } from './left-buttons.config';
 
 import { VeComponentOptions, VePromise, VeQService } from '@ve-types/angular';
 import {
+    DocumentObject,
     ElementObject,
     ElementsRequest,
     ElementsResponse,
@@ -355,9 +356,8 @@ class LeftPaneController implements angular.IComponentController {
                                 projectId: this.treeApi.projectId,
                             };
                             this.elementSvc.getElement<ViewObject>(reqOb).then((root) => {
-                                // TODO this call is taking a long time that keeps the tree from being visible, need
-                                // to see if it can be moved to a resolve or faster
-                                /*if (this.apiSvc.isDocument(root) && this.$state.includes('**.present.**')) {
+                                // TODO this call may take a long time that keeps the tree from being visible?
+                                if (this.apiSvc.isDocument(root) && this.$state.includes('**.present.**')) {
                                     this.viewSvc
                                         .getDocumentMetadata({
                                             elementId: root.id,
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ class LeftPaneController implements angular.IComponentController {
                                         .then((result) => {
                                             this.treeApi.numberingDepth = result.numberingDepth
                                             this.treeApi.numberingSeparator = result.numberingSeparator
-                                            this.treeApi.startChapter = (root as DocumentObject)._startChapter
+                                            this.treeApi.startChapter = Number.isInteger((root as DocumentObject)._startChapter)
                                                 ? (root as DocumentObject)._startChapter
                                                 : 1
 
@@ -375,12 +375,12 @@ class LeftPaneController implements angular.IComponentController {
                                                 (root as DocumentObject)._childViews = []
                                             resolve(root)
                                         }, reject)
-                                } else {*/
+                                } else {
                                 this.treeApi.numberingDepth = 0;
                                 this.treeApi.numberingSeparator = '.';
                                 this.treeApi.startChapter = 1;
                                 resolve(root);
-                                //}
+                                }
                             }, reject);
                         } else {
                             resolve(null);
diff --git a/src/ve-utils/mms-api-client/View.service.ts b/src/ve-utils/mms-api-client/View.service.ts
index 931db9dcd..491fd0dd5 100644
--- a/src/ve-utils/mms-api-client/View.service.ts
+++ b/src/ve-utils/mms-api-client/View.service.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import {
     PresentationReference,
     ElementsResponse,
     GenericResponse,
-    BasicResponse,
+    BasicResponse, TaggedValueObject,
 } from '@ve-types/mms';
 import { TreeBranch, View2NodeMap } from '@ve-types/tree';
 
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ export class ViewService extends BaseApiService {
             return res;
         }
         values.forEach((value) => {
-            if (value.type !== 'LiteralString' || !value.value) return;
+            if (!value.value) return;
             res.push(value.value as string);
         });
         return res;
@@ -1469,18 +1469,14 @@ export class ViewService extends BaseApiService {
             const elementIds = [
                 `${reqOb.elementId}_asi-slot-${this.schemaSvc.getValue<string>('DOCUMENT_IDS', 'Header', this.schema)}`, //header
                 `${reqOb.elementId}_asi-slot-${this.schemaSvc.getValue<string>('DOCUMENT_IDS', 'Footer', this.schema)}`, //footer
-                `${reqOb.elementId}_asi-slot-${this.schemaSvc.getValue<string>(
-                    'DOCUMENT_IDS',
-                    'NumDepth',
-                    this.schema
-                )}`, //numbering depth
+                `${reqOb.elementId}_asi-slot-${this.schemaSvc.getValue<string>('DOCUMENT_IDS', 'NumDepth', this.schema)}`, //numbering depth
                 `${reqOb.elementId}_asi-slot-${this.schemaSvc.getValue<string>('DOCUMENT_IDS', 'NumSep', this.schema)}`, //numbering separator
             ];
             const metaReqOb: ElementsRequest<string[]> = Object.assign(reqOb, {
                 elementId: elementIds,
             });
             this.elementSvc
-                .getElements<SlotObject>(metaReqOb, weight)
+                .getElements<TaggedValueObject>(metaReqOb, weight)
                 .then(
                     (data) => {
                         if (data.length === 0) {
@@ -1488,7 +1484,7 @@ export class ViewService extends BaseApiService {
                         }
                         for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
                             const prop = data[i];
-                            const feature: string = prop.definingFeatureId ? prop.definingFeatureId : null;
+                            const feature: string = prop.tagDefinitionId ? prop.tagDefinitionId : null;
                             const value: LiteralObject<unknown>[] = prop.value ? prop.value : null;
                             if (!feature || !value || !Array.isArray(value)) {
                                 continue;