diff --git a/sandbox/embed_selfhost_code.html b/sandbox/embed_selfhost_code.html
index e7884a2..a69ee30 100644
--- a/sandbox/embed_selfhost_code.html
+++ b/sandbox/embed_selfhost_code.html
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
             let parentDiv = document.getElementById ('viewer');
 
             // initialize the viewer with the parent element and some parameters
-            // the canvas will be resized according to the size of the parent
             let viewer = new OV.EmbeddedViewer (parentDiv, {
                 camera : new OV.Camera (
                     new OV.Coord3D (-1.5, -3.0, 2.0),
diff --git a/source/viewer/embeddedviewer.js b/source/viewer/embeddedviewer.js
index d102366..4c397c8 100644
--- a/source/viewer/embeddedviewer.js
+++ b/source/viewer/embeddedviewer.js
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ OV.EmbeddedViewer = class
         });
     }
 
+    GetViewer ()
+    {
+        return this.viewer;
+    }
+
     Resize ()
     {
         let width = this.parentElement.clientWidth;