diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index b12cd988..3b3436d9 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ $.extend(all_properties.text, {
 // Current shape style properties
 var cur_shape = all_properties.shape;
 
+// Array with all the currently selected elements
+// default size of 1 until it needs to grow bigger
+var selectedElements = new Array(1);
+
 
 // Function: getElem
 // Get a DOM element by ID within the SVG root element.
@@ -347,6 +351,10 @@ svgedit.units.init({
 var convertToNum = canvas.convertToNum = svgedit.units.convertToNum;
 
 // import from svgutils.js
+svgedit.utilities.init({
+	getSelectedElements: function() { return selectedElements; },
+	getSVGContent: function() { return svgcontent; }
+});
 var getUrlFromAttr = canvas.getUrlFromAttr = svgedit.utilities.getUrlFromAttr;
 var getHref = canvas.getHref = svgedit.utilities.getHref;
 var setHref = canvas.setHref = svgedit.utilities.setHref;
@@ -541,10 +549,6 @@ var cur_text = all_properties.text,
 	// Current general properties
 	cur_properties = cur_shape,
 	
-	// Array with all the currently selected elements
-	// default size of 1 until it needs to grow bigger
-	selectedElements = new Array(1),
-	
 	// Array with selected elements' Bounding box object
 	selectedBBoxes = new Array(1),
 	
diff --git a/editor/svgutils.js b/editor/svgutils.js
index f4bdbe4f..9a0c42ad 100644
--- a/editor/svgutils.js
+++ b/editor/svgutils.js
@@ -23,17 +23,38 @@ if (!svgedit.utilities) {
 	svgedit.utilities = {};
 }
 
+/**
+ * @interface
+ */
+svgedit.utilities.FooInterface = function() {
+};
+svgedit.utilities.prototype.FooInterface.funky = function() {};
+
+/**
+ * @constructor
+ * @implements {svgedit.utilities.FooInterface}
+ */
+svgedit.utilities.FooImplementor = function() {
+};
+
 // Constants
 
 // String used to encode base64.
-var KEYSTR = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
-var XLINKNS = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink";
+var KEYSTR = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';
+var SVGNS = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';
+var XLINKNS = 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink';
 
 // Much faster than running getBBox() every time
 var visElems = 'a,circle,ellipse,foreignObject,g,image,line,path,polygon,polyline,rect,svg,text,tspan,use';
 var visElems_arr = visElems.split(',');
 //var hidElems = 'clipPath,defs,desc,feGaussianBlur,filter,linearGradient,marker,mask,metadata,pattern,radialGradient,stop,switch,symbol,title,textPath';
 
+var editorContext_ = null;
+
+svgedit.utilities.init = function(editorContext) {
+	editorContext_ = editorContext;
+};
+
 // Function: svgedit.utilities.toXml
 // Converts characters in a string to XML-friendly entities.
 //
@@ -61,7 +82,6 @@ svgedit.utilities.fromXml = function(str) {
 	return $('<p/>').html(str).text();
 };
 
-
 // This code was written by Tyler Akins and has been placed in the
 // public domain.  It would be nice if you left this header intact.
 // Base64 code from Tyler Akins -- http://rumkin.com
@@ -304,14 +324,14 @@ svgedit.utilities.setHref = function(elem, val) {
 // Returns:
 // The document's <defs> element, create it first if necessary
 svgedit.utilities.findDefs = function(svgElement) {
-	var svgElement = svgDoc.documentElement;
-	var defs = svgElement.getElementsByTagNameNS(svgns, "defs");
+	var svgElement = editorContext_.getSVGContent().documentElement;
+	var defs = svgElement.getElementsByTagNameNS(SVGNS, "defs");
 	if (defs.length > 0) {
 		defs = defs[0];
 	}
 	else {
 		// first child is a comment, so call nextSibling
-		defs = svgElement.insertBefore( svgElement.ownerDocument.createElementNS(svgns, "defs" ), svgElement.firstChild.nextSibling);
+		defs = svgElement.insertBefore( svgElement.ownerDocument.createElementNS(SVGNS, "defs" ), svgElement.firstChild.nextSibling);
 	}
 	return defs;
 };
@@ -406,7 +426,7 @@ svgedit.utilities.getPathBBox = function(path) {
 // Parameters:
 // elem - Optional DOM element to get the BBox for
 svgedit.utilities.getBBox = function(elem) {
-	var selected = elem || selectedElements[0];
+	var selected = elem || editorContext_.geSelectedElements()[0];
 	if (elem.nodeType != 1) return null;
 	var ret = null;
 	var elname = selected.nodeName;
@@ -459,7 +479,7 @@ svgedit.utilities.getBBox = function(elem) {
 // Returns:
 // Float with the angle in degrees or radians
 svgedit.utilities.getRotationAngle = function(elem, to_rad) {
-	var selected = elem || selectedElements[0];
+	var selected = elem || editorContext_.getSelectedElements()[0];
 	// find the rotation transform (if any) and set it
 	var tlist = svgedit.transformlist.getTransformList(selected);
 	if(!tlist) return 0; // <svg> elements have no tlist
diff --git a/test/select_test.html b/test/select_test.html
index ae907b2d..b2baeb96 100644
--- a/test/select_test.html
+++ b/test/select_test.html
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@
 			})
 		);
 		sandbox.appendChild(svgroot);
+	}
 
+	function setUpWithInit() {
+		setUp();
 		svgedit.select.init(mockConfig, mockFactory);
 	}
 	
@@ -89,12 +92,20 @@
 	});
 	
 	test('Test Selector DOM structure', function() {
-		expect(20);
+		expect(24);
 
 		setUp();
 
 		ok(svgroot);
 		ok(svgroot.hasChildNodes());
+
+		// Verify non-existence of Selector DOM nodes
+		equals(svgroot.childNodes.length, 1);
+		equals(svgroot.childNodes.item(0), svgcontent);
+		ok(!svgroot.querySelector('#selectorParentGroup'));
+
+		svgedit.select.init(mockConfig, mockFactory);
+
 		equals(svgroot.childNodes.length, 3);
 
 		// Verify existence of canvas background.
@@ -108,6 +119,7 @@
 		// Verify existence of selectorParentGroup.
 		var spg = svgroot.childNodes.item(2);
 		ok(spg);
+		equals(svgroot.querySelector('#selectorParentGroup'), spg);
 		equals(spg.id, 'selectorParentGroup');
 		equals(spg.tagName, 'g');