diff --git a/image.php b/image.php
index 01a5bff..045bc8d 100644
--- a/image.php
+++ b/image.php
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ class image extends objectStructs
                     (isset($vars->imageName) ? $vars->imageName : "" ) ) ) ;
 
             if (isset( $vars->imageBasic->annotations) )
-                $annotations = $vars['imageBasic']->annotations;
+                $this->annotations = new imageAnnotations($vars->imageBasic->annotations) ;
             elseif (isset($vars['annotations']))
-                $annotations = $vars['annotations'];
+                $this->annotations = new imageAnnotations($vars['annotations']) ;
         }
 
     }