diff --git a/code/artifact.js b/code/artifact.js
index b1ef4e03..8d61552b 100644
--- a/code/artifact.js
+++ b/code/artifact.js
@@ -156,21 +156,6 @@ window.artifact.getPortalData = function(guid,artifactId) {
   return artifact.portalInfo[guid] && artifact.portalInfo[guid][artifactId];
 }
 
-// get the target(s) at a specified portal. returns 'false'y if the portal isn't a target
-window.artifact.getPortalTarget = function(guid) {
-  targets = {};
-  if (artifact.portalInfo[guid]) {
-    for (var type in artifact.artifactTypes) {
-      if (artifact.portalInfo[guid][type].target !== undefined) {
-        targets[type] = artifact.portalInfo[guid][type].target;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return Object.keys(targets).length == 0 ? null : targets;
-
-}
-
 window.artifact.updateLayer = function() {
   artifact._layer.clearLayers();
 
@@ -237,7 +222,7 @@ window.artifact.showArtifactList = function() {
   $.each(artifact.artifactTypes, function(type,type2) {
     // no nice way to convert the Niantic internal name into the correct display name
     // (we do get the description string once a portal with that shard type is selected - could cache that somewhere?)
-    var name = type.substr(0,1).toUpperCase() + type.substr(1) + ' shards';
+    var name = type.capitalize() + ' shards';
 
     if (!first) html += '<hr>';
     first = false;
diff --git a/code/portal_detail_display.js b/code/portal_detail_display.js
index b72012e0..dc4793df 100644
--- a/code/portal_detail_display.js
+++ b/code/portal_detail_display.js
@@ -190,11 +190,10 @@ window.getPortalMiscDetails = function(guid,d) {
     // artifacts - tacked on after (but not as part of) the 'randdetails' table
     // instead of using the existing columns....
 
-    // fill in target status from the artifact code
-    var targets = artifact.getPortalTarget(guid);
-    if (targets) {
+    if (d.artifactBrief && d.artifactBrief.target && Object.keys(d.artifactBrief.target).length > 0) {
+      var targets = Object.keys(d.artifactBrief.target);
 //currently (2015-07-10) we no longer know the team each target portal is for - so we'll just show the artifact type(s) 
-       randDetails += '<div id="artifact_target">Target portal: '+Object.keys(targets).map(function(x) { return x.substr(0,1).toUpperCase()+x.substr(1); }).join(', ')+'</div>';
+       randDetails += '<div id="artifact_target">Target portal: '+targets.map(function(x) { return x.capitalize(); }).join(', ')+'</div>';
     }
 
     // shards - taken directly from the portal details