diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts
index 32bb1e325..3f3eabe50 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import utils from "../../services/utils.js";
 import server from "../../services/server.js";
 import type FNote from "../../entities/fnote.js";
 import options from "../../services/options.js";
+import { ExcalidrawImperativeAPI } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/types";
 
 const TPL = /*html*/`
     <div class="canvas-widget note-detail-canvas note-detail-printable note-detail">
@@ -184,7 +185,11 @@ export default class ExcalidrawTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
         (window.process.env as any).PREACT = false;
 
         const renderCanvas = (await import("./canvas_el.js")).default;
-        renderCanvas(renderElement);
+        renderCanvas(renderElement, {
+            excalidrawAPI: (api: ExcalidrawImperativeAPI) => {
+                this.excalidrawApi = api;
+            },
+        });
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas_el.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas_el.ts
index 8c7f5b752..9ab0269e0 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas_el.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas_el.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import "@excalidraw/excalidraw/index.css";
 import { Excalidraw } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw";
 import { createElement, createRef, Fragment, render } from "preact/compat";
+import { ExcalidrawProps } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/types";
 
-export default function renderCanvas(targetEl: HTMLElement) {
-    render(createCanvasElement(), targetEl);
+export default function renderCanvas(targetEl: HTMLElement, opts: ExcalidrawProps) {
+    render(createCanvasElement(opts), targetEl);
 }
 
-function createCanvasElement() {
+function createCanvasElement(opts: ExcalidrawProps) {
     const excalidrawWrapperRef = createRef<HTMLElement>();
 
     return createElement(Fragment, null,
@@ -16,8 +17,6 @@ function createCanvasElement() {
                 className: "excalidraw-wrapper",
                 ref: excalidrawWrapperRef
             },
-            createElement(Excalidraw, {
-
-            })
+            createElement(Excalidraw, opts)
         ));
 }