diff --git a/synfig-core/src/loadcanvas.rs b/synfig-core/src/loadcanvas.rs
index 26c2593..149ef07 100644
--- a/synfig-core/src/loadcanvas.rs
+++ b/synfig-core/src/loadcanvas.rs
@@ -26,35 +26,35 @@ pub fn open_canvas(node: &xmlpp::Element, errors: String, warnings: String) -> B
 
 // Loads a canvas from a filename and its absolute path
 // returns the Canvas's handle on success, an None on failure
-// pub fn open_canvas_as(
-//     identifier: filesystem::Identifier,
-//     as_: String,
-//     errors: String,
-//     warnings: String,
-// ) -> Option<Box<Canvas>> {
-//     let filename = filesystem::fix_slashes(as_);
-
-// 	//if CanvasParser::loading.contains(&identifier)
-//     if identifier.filename.is_empty()
-// 	{
-// 		let warning = format!("cannot load '{}' recursively", identifier.filename.as_str());
-// 		warn!("{}", warning);
-// 		let warnings = format!("  * {}\n", warning);
-//         let mut canvas = Canvas::create();
-// 		canvas.set_identifier(identifier);
-// 		canvas.set_file_name(filename);
-// 	// 	Layer::Handle paste(Layer_Group::create());
-// 	// 	canvas->push_back(paste);
-// 	// 	paste->set_description(warning);
-// 		return Some(canvas);
-// 	}
-
-//     let mut canvas: Box<Canvas>;
-//     //let mut parser = CanvasParser::new();
-
-//     // Some(canvas)
-//     None
-// }
+pub fn open_canvas_as(
+    identifier: filesystem::Identifier,
+    as_: String,
+    errors: String,
+    warnings: String,
+) -> Option<Box<Canvas>> {
+    let filename = filesystem::fix_slashes(as_);
+
+	//if CanvasParser::loading.contains(&identifier)
+    if identifier.filename.is_empty()
+	{
+		let warning = format!("cannot load '{}' recursively", identifier.filename.as_str());
+		warn!("{}", warning);
+		let warnings = format!("  * {}\n", warning);
+        let mut canvas = Canvas::create();
+		canvas.set_identifier(identifier);
+		canvas.set_file_name(filename);
+	// 	Layer::Handle paste(Layer_Group::create());
+	// 	canvas->push_back(paste);
+	// 	paste->set_description(warning);
+		return Some(canvas);
+	}
+
+    let mut canvas: Box<Canvas>;
+    //let mut parser = CanvasParser::new();
+
+    // Some(canvas)
+    None
+}
 
 // Returns the Open Canvases Map.
 type OpenCanvasMap = HashMap<i32, String>;