diff --git a/src/space/spaceparser.cpp b/src/space/spaceparser.cpp
index e6ded1f..2e1db62 100644
--- a/src/space/spaceparser.cpp
+++ b/src/space/spaceparser.cpp
@@ -50,42 +50,16 @@ namespace pt
 
 SpaceParser::SpaceParser()
 {
-	root_space = 0;
-	SetDefault();
-}
-
-
-void SpaceParser::SetDefault()
-{
-	// you can change this separators to what you want
-	// you shoud not use only white characters here (as expected by IsWhite() method)
-	// and new line characters ('\n')
-	separator        = ':';
+	root_space       = nullptr;
 	space_start		 = '{';
 	space_end		 = '}';
-	table_start      = '[';
-	table_end        = ']';
 	option_delimiter = ',';
-	skip_empty       = false;
-	use_escape_char  = true;
 	input_as_utf8    = true;
 }
 
 
 
-void SpaceParser::SkipEmpty(bool skip)
-{
-	skip_empty = skip;
-}
-
-
-void SpaceParser::UseEscapeChar(bool escape)
-{
-	use_escape_char = escape;
-}
-
-
-void SpaceParser::UTF8(bool utf)
+void SpaceParser::use_utf8(bool utf)
 {
 	input_as_utf8 = utf;
 }
@@ -1090,7 +1064,7 @@ int SpaceParser::ReadChar()
 	char_was_escaped = false;
 	ReadCharNoEscape();
 
-	if( use_escape_char && lastc == '\\' )
+	if( lastc == '\\' )
 	{
 		char_was_escaped = true;
 		ReadCharNoEscape();
diff --git a/src/space/spaceparser.h b/src/space/spaceparser.h
index 6a1d7df..7af36db 100644
--- a/src/space/spaceparser.h
+++ b/src/space/spaceparser.h
@@ -60,15 +60,6 @@ public:
 	SpaceParser();
 
 
-
-
-	/*
-		setting options of the parser to the default values 
-		utf8 etc.
-	*/
-	void SetDefault();
-
-
 	/*
 		status of parsing
 	*/
@@ -133,33 +124,16 @@ public:
 	 */
 
 
-	/*
-		if true then empty values and lists, e.g:
-			option = 
-			option2 = ()
-		will be omitted (not inserted to 'table')
-		default: false	
-	*/
-	void SkipEmpty(bool skip);
-
 
 	/*
-		'\' character is used to escape other characters in a quoted string
-		so "some \t t\"ext" will produce "some t t"ext"
-		default: true
-	*/
-	void UseEscapeChar(bool escape);
-
-
-	/*
-		if true then the input file or string (char* or std::string) is treated as UTF-8
-		default true
-
-		the internal storage for strings is std::wstring so if you call UTF8(false) then
-		the characters of input string will be simple static_cast<> from char to wchar_t
-	*/
-	// rename to use_utf8(bool)
-	void UTF8(bool utf);
+	 * if true then the input file or string (char* or std::string) is treated as UTF-8
+	 * default true
+	 *
+	 * the internal storage for strings is std::wstring so if you call set_utf8(false) then
+	 * the characters of input string will be simple static_cast<> from char to wchar_t
+	 *
+	 */
+	void use_utf8(bool utf);
 
 
 	/*
@@ -271,16 +245,6 @@ private:
 	std::ifstream file;
 
 
-	/*
-		if true then empty lists, e.g:
-			option = 
-			option2 = ()
-		will be omitted (not inserted to 'table')
-		default: false	
-	*/
-	bool skip_empty;
-
-
 	/*
 		input file is in UTF-8
 		default: true
@@ -289,17 +253,8 @@ private:
 
 
 	/*
-		if true you can use an escape character '\' in quoted values
-	*/
-	bool use_escape_char;
-
-
-
-	/*
-	 *
 	 * if parsing_space is false then it means we are parsing JSON format
 	 *
-	 *
 	 */
 	bool parsing_space;
 
@@ -347,7 +302,6 @@ private:
 	void SkipLine();
 	void SkipWhite();
 	void TrimLastWhite(std::wstring & s);
-	//void Trim(std::wstring & s);
 	bool IsHexDigit(wchar_t c);
 	int  HexToInt(wchar_t c);
 	void ReadUnicodeCodePoint();