diff --git a/src/gui.jl b/src/gui.jl
index 841692913d9ec107913704f4aa4910c02329909a..481a90eedd840d666d2ce545749261041bfc4b60 100644
--- a/src/gui.jl
+++ b/src/gui.jl
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ function set!(gui::GUI, dom::WebIO.Node)
     gui.dom = dom
 end
 
+function set!(gui::GUI, dom::WebIO.Scope)
+    gui.dom = Node(dom)
+end
+
 function set!(gui::GUI, data::Array)
     gui.data = data
 end