diff --git a/data/category.py b/data/category.py
index 0ec1cf3..3604e2b 100644
--- a/data/category.py
+++ b/data/category.py
@@ -8,20 +8,17 @@ from data.score import Score, ScoreTime  # pylint: disable=import-error
 class Category:
     """Stores a category's information and relative scores."""
 
-    def __init__(self, name: str, ascending: bool, time_record: bool, score_map: dict) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, name: str) -> None:
         """
-        Default constructor for Category class.
+        Default constructor for Category class. Creates empty category and populates with defaults.
 
         Args:
             name (str): Category's name
-            ascending (bool): If category is ascending or decending
-            time_record (bool): If category is time record or not
-            score_map (dict): map of Scores
         """
         self._name: str = name
-        self._ascending: bool = ascending
-        self._time_record: bool = time_record
-        self._scores_map: dict = score_map
+        self._ascending: bool = False
+        self._time_record: bool = False
+        self._scores_map: dict = {}
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         """
@@ -44,16 +41,16 @@ class Category:
         Returns:
             Category: Populated Category object
         """
-        ascending = data["ascending"]
-        time_record = data["time_record"]
-        score_map = {}
+        category = cls(name)
+        category.ascending = data["ascending"]
+        category.time_record = data["time_record"]
         for user, score in data["scores"].items():
-            if time_record:
-                score_map[user] = ScoreTime(user, score)
+            if category.time_record:
+                category.add_score(ScoreTime(user, score))
             else:
-                score_map[user] = Score(user, score)
+                category.add_score(Score(user, score))
 
-        return cls(name, ascending, time_record, score_map)
+        return category
 
     @property
     def ascending(self) -> bool: