diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.js b/editor/svg-editor.js
index b9b08597..bd5dec5a 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.js
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.js
@@ -2092,7 +2092,12 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 //	var revnums = "svg-editor.js ($Rev$) ";
 //	revnums += svgCanvas.getVersion();
 //	$('#copyright')[0].setAttribute("title", revnums);
-	
+	var loc = document.location.href;
+	if(loc.indexOf('?source=') != -1) {
+		var pre = '?source=data:image/svg+xml;base64,';
+		var src = loc.substring(loc.indexOf(pre) + pre.length);
+		svgCanvas.setSvgString(Utils.decode64(src));
+	}
 	return svgCanvas;
 };
 
diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index d046e6f1..7aabb6a3 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -5994,6 +5994,39 @@ var Utils = {
 		return output.join('');
 	},
 	
+	"decode64" : function(input) {
+		if(window.atob) return window.atob(input);
+		var output = new StringMaker();
+		var chr1, chr2, chr3;
+		var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
+		var i = 0;
+	
+		// remove all characters that are not A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, /, or =
+		input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");
+	
+		while (i < input.length) {
+			enc1 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+			enc2 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+			enc3 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+			enc4 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+	
+			chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
+			chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
+			chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;
+	
+			output.append(String.fromCharCode(chr1));
+	
+			if (enc3 != 64) {
+				output.append(String.fromCharCode(chr2));
+			}
+			if (enc4 != 64) {
+				output.append(String.fromCharCode(chr3));
+			}
+		}
+	
+		return output.toString();
+	},
+	
 	// based on http://phpjs.org/functions/utf8_encode:577
 	// codedread:does not seem to work with webkit-based browsers on OSX
 	"encodeUTF8": function(input) {