public Map<String, Integer> getHighscoreForPlayer(String player) {
		Map<String, Integer> highscoreMap = new HashMap<>();

		Properties prop = new Properties();
		try {
			// loads the properties file
			prop.load(new FileInputStream(basepath + DEL + player + DEL
					+ highscore + DEL + filename));
			
			// add each property to the map
			for (Entry<Object, Object> entry : prop.entrySet()) {
				highscoreMap.put(entry.getKey().toString(), new Integer(entry
						.getValue().toString()));
			}
			LOG.debug("loading of highscore for player " + player +" successful");
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			LOG.error(e);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			LOG.error(e);
		}
		return highscoreMap;
	}