diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index da8d81e2..2b9af837 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ function SvgCanvas(c)
 				i++;
 			}
 		}
+		call("cleared");
 	}
 
 	this.getMode = function() {
diff --git a/wave/svg-edit.xml b/wave/svg-edit.xml
index 2dbbdec9..f9679645 100644
--- a/wave/svg-edit.xml
+++ b/wave/svg-edit.xml
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ SVG-edit Google Wave Gadget @ <a href="http://svg-edit.googlecode.com/" target="
 			wave.setStateCallback(stateUpdated);
 		}
 		svgCanvas.bind("changed", sendDelta);
+		svgCanvas.bind("cleared", stateUpdated);
 	}
 
 	gadgets.util.registerOnLoadHandler(main);