diff --git a/src/loadNode.js b/src/loadNode.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4a62513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/loadNode.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+var context = require('vm').createContext({
+	options: {
+		server: true,
+		version: 'dev'
+	},
+	Canvas: require('canvas'),
+    console: console,
+	require: require,
+	include: function(uri) {
+		var source = require('fs').readFileSync(__dirname + '/' + uri);
+		// For relative includes, we save the current directory and then add
+		// the uri directory to __dirname:
+		var oldDirname = __dirname;
+		__dirname = __dirname + '/' + uri.replace(/[^/]+$/, '');
+		require('vm').runInContext(source, context, uri);
+		__dirname = oldDirname;
+	}
+});
+
+context.include('paper.js');
+
+context.Base.each(context, function(val, key) {
+	if (val && val.prototype instanceof context.Base) {
+		val._name = key;
+		// Export all classes through PaperScope:
+		context.PaperScope.prototype[key] = val;
+	}
+});
+context.PaperScope.prototype['Canvas'] = context.Canvas;
+
+module.exports = new context.PaperScope();
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diff --git a/src/paper.js b/src/paper.js
index d2f817ca..aa4669ba 100644
--- a/src/paper.js
+++ b/src/paper.js
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ var paper = new function() {
 /*#*/ include('browser/DomEvent.js');
 /*#*/ } // options.browser
 
-/*#*/ if (options.server) {
-	var Canvas = this.Canvas = require('canvas');
-/*#*/ } // options.server
-
 /*#*/ include('ui/View.js');
 
 /*#*/ if (options.browser) {
@@ -128,7 +124,9 @@ var paper = new function() {
 
 /*#*/ include('core/PaperScript.js');
 
+/*#*/ if (options.browser) {
 /*#*/ include('core/initialize.js');
+/*#*/ } // options.browser
 
 /*#*/ if (options.version != 'dev') {
 // Finally inject the classes set on 'this' into the PaperScope class and create
@@ -140,8 +138,4 @@ var paper = new function() {
 this.enumerable = true;
 return new (PaperScope.inject(this));
 /*#*/ } // options.version != 'dev'
-};
-
-/*#*/ if (options.server) {
-module.exports = paper;
-/*#*/ } // options.server
+};
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