diff --git a/src/components/paint-editor.jsx b/src/components/paint-editor.jsx
index 090b9bed..306bde8f 100644
--- a/src/components/paint-editor.jsx
+++ b/src/components/paint-editor.jsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import PaperCanvas from '../containers/paper-canvas.jsx';
 import BrushMode from '../containers/brush-mode.jsx';
 import EraserMode from '../containers/eraser-mode.jsx';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import LineMode from '../containers/line-mode.jsx';
 
 class PaintEditorComponent extends React.Component {
@@ -21,10 +22,24 @@ class PaintEditorComponent extends React.Component {
         if (this.state.canvas) {
             return (
                 <div>
-                    <PaperCanvas canvasRef={this.setCanvas} />
-                    <BrushMode canvas={this.state.canvas} />
-                    <EraserMode canvas={this.state.canvas} />
-                    <LineMode canvas={this.state.canvas} />
+                    <PaperCanvas
+                        canvasRef={this.setCanvas}
+                        rotationCenterX={this.props.rotationCenterX}
+                        rotationCenterY={this.props.rotationCenterY}
+                        svg={this.props.svg}
+                    />
+                    <BrushMode
+                        canvas={this.state.canvas}
+                        onUpdateSvg={this.props.onUpdateSvg}
+                    />
+                    <EraserMode
+                        canvas={this.state.canvas}
+                        onUpdateSvg={this.props.onUpdateSvg}
+                    />
+                    <LineMode
+                        canvas={this.state.canvas}
+                        onUpdateSvg={this.props.onUpdateSvg}
+                    />
                 </div>
             );
         }
@@ -36,4 +51,11 @@ class PaintEditorComponent extends React.Component {
     }
 }
 
+PaintEditorComponent.propTypes = {
+    onUpdateSvg: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    rotationCenterX: PropTypes.number,
+    rotationCenterY: PropTypes.number,
+    svg: PropTypes.string
+};
+
 export default PaintEditorComponent;
diff --git a/src/containers/blob/blob.js b/src/containers/blob/blob.js
index bc7f63d1..22f4cda5 100644
--- a/src/containers/blob/blob.js
+++ b/src/containers/blob/blob.js
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ class Blobbiness {
         return 9;
     }
 
-    constructor () {
+    /**
+     * @param {function} updateCallback call when the drawing has changed to let listeners know
+     */
+    constructor (updateCallback) {
         this.broadBrushHelper = new BroadBrushHelper();
         this.segmentBrushHelper = new SegmentBrushHelper();
+        this.updateCallback = updateCallback;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -113,6 +117,9 @@ class Blobbiness {
                 blob.mergeBrush(lastPath);
             }
 
+            blob.cursorPreview.visible = false;
+            blob.updateCallback();
+            blob.cursorPreview.visible = true;
             blob.cursorPreview.bringToFront();
             blob.cursorPreview.position = event.point;
 
diff --git a/src/containers/brush-mode.jsx b/src/containers/brush-mode.jsx
index e751030f..c89e08f9 100644
--- a/src/containers/brush-mode.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/brush-mode.jsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class BrushMode extends React.Component {
             'deactivateTool',
             'onScroll'
         ]);
-        this.blob = new Blobbiness();
+        this.blob = new Blobbiness(this.props.onUpdateSvg);
     }
     componentDidMount () {
         if (this.props.isBrushModeActive) {
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ BrushMode.propTypes = {
     canvas: PropTypes.instanceOf(Element).isRequired,
     changeBrushSize: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     handleMouseDown: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    isBrushModeActive: PropTypes.bool.isRequired
+    isBrushModeActive: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+    onUpdateSvg: PropTypes.func.isRequired
 };
 
 const mapStateToProps = state => ({
diff --git a/src/containers/eraser-mode.jsx b/src/containers/eraser-mode.jsx
index af932329..0972ed36 100644
--- a/src/containers/eraser-mode.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/eraser-mode.jsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class EraserMode extends React.Component {
             'deactivateTool',
             'onScroll'
         ]);
-        this.blob = new Blobbiness();
+        this.blob = new Blobbiness(this.props.onUpdateSvg);
     }
     componentDidMount () {
         if (this.props.isEraserModeActive) {
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ EraserMode.propTypes = {
         brushSize: PropTypes.number.isRequired
     }),
     handleMouseDown: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    isEraserModeActive: PropTypes.bool.isRequired
+    isEraserModeActive: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+    onUpdateSvg: PropTypes.func.isRequired
 };
 
 const mapStateToProps = state => ({
diff --git a/src/containers/line-mode.jsx b/src/containers/line-mode.jsx
index 030b33ba..7648c045 100644
--- a/src/containers/line-mode.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/line-mode.jsx
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ class LineMode extends React.Component {
             }
             this.hitResult = null;
         }
+        this.props.onUpdateSvg();
 
         // TODO add back undo
         // if (this.path) {
@@ -280,7 +281,8 @@ LineMode.propTypes = {
     isLineModeActive: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
     lineModeState: PropTypes.shape({
         lineWidth: PropTypes.number.isRequired
-    })
+    }),
+    onUpdateSvg: PropTypes.func.isRequired
 };
 
 const mapStateToProps = state => ({
diff --git a/src/containers/paint-editor.jsx b/src/containers/paint-editor.jsx
index 772d8985..ba260313 100644
--- a/src/containers/paint-editor.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/paint-editor.jsx
@@ -4,23 +4,50 @@ import PaintEditorComponent from '../components/paint-editor.jsx';
 import {changeMode} from '../reducers/modes';
 import Modes from '../modes/modes';
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import bindAll from 'lodash.bindall';
+import paper from 'paper';
 
 class PaintEditor extends React.Component {
+    constructor (props) {
+        super(props);
+        bindAll(this, [
+            'handleUpdateSvg'
+        ]);
+    }
     componentDidMount () {
         document.addEventListener('keydown', this.props.onKeyPress);
     }
     componentWillUnmount () {
         document.removeEventListener('keydown', this.props.onKeyPress);
     }
+    handleUpdateSvg () {
+        const bounds = paper.project.activeLayer.bounds;
+        this.props.onUpdateSvg(
+            paper.project.exportSVG({
+                asString: true,
+                matrix: new paper.Matrix().translate(-bounds.x, -bounds.y)
+            }),
+            paper.project.view.center.x - bounds.x,
+            paper.project.view.center.y - bounds.y);
+    }
     render () {
         return (
-            <PaintEditorComponent />
+            <PaintEditorComponent
+                rotationCenterX={this.props.rotationCenterX}
+                rotationCenterY={this.props.rotationCenterY}
+                svg={this.props.svg}
+                onUpdateSvg={this.handleUpdateSvg}
+            />
         );
     }
 }
 
 PaintEditor.propTypes = {
-    onKeyPress: PropTypes.func.isRequired
+    onKeyPress: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    onUpdateSvg: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    rotationCenterX: PropTypes.number,
+    rotationCenterY: PropTypes.number,
+    svg: PropTypes.string
 };
 
 const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
diff --git a/src/containers/paper-canvas.jsx b/src/containers/paper-canvas.jsx
index 4ccb0b58..fdd6e44d 100644
--- a/src/containers/paper-canvas.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/paper-canvas.jsx
@@ -7,27 +7,50 @@ class PaperCanvas extends React.Component {
     constructor (props) {
         super(props);
         bindAll(this, [
-            'setCanvas'
+            'setCanvas',
+            'importSvg'
         ]);
     }
     componentDidMount () {
         paper.setup(this.canvas);
-        // Create a Paper.js Path to draw a line into it:
-        const path = new paper.Path();
-        // Give the stroke a color
-        path.strokeColor = 'black';
-        const start = new paper.Point(100, 100);
-        // Move to start and draw a line from there
-        path.moveTo(start);
-        // Note that the plus operator on Point objects does not work
-        // in JavaScript. Instead, we need to call the add() function:
-        path.lineTo(start.add([200, -50]));
-        // Draw the view now:
-        paper.view.draw();
+        if (this.props.svg) {
+            this.importSvg(this.props.svg, this.props.rotationCenterX, this.props.rotationCenterY);
+        }
+    }
+    componentWillReceiveProps (newProps) {
+        paper.project.activeLayer.removeChildren();
+        this.importSvg(newProps.svg, newProps.rotationCenterX, newProps.rotationCenterY);
     }
     componentWillUnmount () {
         paper.remove();
     }
+    importSvg (svg, rotationCenterX, rotationCenterY) {
+        const imported = paper.project.importSVG(svg,
+            {
+                expandShapes: true,
+                onLoad: function (item) {
+                    // Remove viewbox
+                    if (item.clipped) {
+                        item.clipped = false;
+                        // Consider removing clip mask here?
+                    }
+                    while (item.reduce() !== item) {
+                        item = item.reduce();
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        if (typeof rotationCenterX !== 'undefined' && typeof rotationCenterY !== 'undefined') {
+            imported.position =
+                paper.project.view.center
+                    .add(imported.bounds.width / 2, imported.bounds.height / 2)
+                    .subtract(rotationCenterX, rotationCenterY);
+        } else {
+            // Center
+            imported.position = paper.project.view.center;
+        }
+
+        paper.project.view.update();
+    }
     setCanvas (canvas) {
         this.canvas = canvas;
         if (this.props.canvasRef) {
@@ -44,7 +67,10 @@ class PaperCanvas extends React.Component {
 }
 
 PaperCanvas.propTypes = {
-    canvasRef: PropTypes.func
+    canvasRef: PropTypes.func,
+    rotationCenterX: PropTypes.number,
+    rotationCenterY: PropTypes.number,
+    svg: PropTypes.string
 };
 
 export default PaperCanvas;
diff --git a/src/playground/playground.jsx b/src/playground/playground.jsx
index 9f68704a..f59ef2b0 100644
--- a/src/playground/playground.jsx
+++ b/src/playground/playground.jsx
@@ -13,10 +13,28 @@ const store = createStore(
     intlInitialState,
     window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__()
 );
+const svgString =
+    '<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"' +
+            ' x="0px" y="0px" width="32px" height="32px" viewBox="0.5 384.5 32 32"' +
+            ' enable-background="new 0.5 384.5 32 32" xml:space="preserve">' +
+        '<path fill="none" stroke="#000000" stroke-width="3" stroke-miterlimit="10" d="M7.5,392.241h7.269' +
+            'c4.571,0,8.231,5.555,8.231,10.123v7.377"/>' +
+        '<polyline points="10.689,399.492 3.193,391.997 10.689,384.5 "/>' +
+        '<polyline points="30.185,405.995 22.689,413.491 15.192,405.995 "/>' +
+    '</svg>';
+const onUpdateSvg = function (newSvgString, rotationCenterX, rotationCenterY) {
+    console.log(newSvgString);
+    console.log(`rotationCenterX: ${rotationCenterX}    rotationCenterY: ${rotationCenterY}`);
+};
 ReactDOM.render((
     <Provider store={store}>
         <IntlProvider>
-            <PaintEditor />
+            <PaintEditor
+                rotationCenterX={0}
+                rotationCenterY={0}
+                svg={svgString}
+                onUpdateSvg={onUpdateSvg}
+            />
         </IntlProvider>
     </Provider>
 ), appTarget);