diff --git a/editor/embedapi.js b/editor/embedapi.js
index 120ccbe5..536435d5 100644
--- a/editor/embedapi.js
+++ b/editor/embedapi.js
@@ -82,17 +82,22 @@ function EmbeddedSVGEdit(frame){
   }
 
   // Older IE may need a polyfill for addEventListener, but so it would for SVG
-  window.addEventListener("message", function(e){
-    if (!e.data || typeof e.data !== "object" || e.data.namespace !== "svg-edit") {
+  window.addEventListener('message', function(e){
+    // We accept and post strings for the sake of IE9 support
+    if (typeof e.data !== 'string') {
+        return;
+    }
+    var data = e.data && JSON.parse(e.data);
+    if (!data || typeof data !== 'object' || data.namespace !== 'svg-edit') {
       return;
     }
-    var data = e.data.result || e.data.error,
-      cbid = e.data.id;
+    var result = data.result || data.error,
+      cbid = data.id;
     if(t.callbacks[cbid]){
-      if(e.data.result){
-       t.callbacks[cbid](data);
+      if(data.result){
+       t.callbacks[cbid](result);
       }else{
-        t.callbacks[cbid](data, "error");
+        t.callbacks[cbid](result, "error");
       }
     }
   }, false);
@@ -105,7 +110,8 @@ EmbeddedSVGEdit.prototype.send = function(name, args, callback){
   this.callbacks[cbid] = callback;
   setTimeout(function(){ // delay for the callback to be set in case its synchronous
     // Todo: Handle non-JSON arguments and return values (undefined, nonfinite numbers, functions, and built-in objects like Date, RegExp), etc.?
-    t.frame.contentWindow.postMessage({namespace: "svgCanvas", id: cbid, name: name, args: args}, '*');
+    // We accept and post strings for the sake of IE9 support
+    t.frame.contentWindow.postMessage(JSON.stringify({namespace: "svgCanvas", id: cbid, name: name, args: args}), '*');
   }, 0);
   return cbid;
 };
diff --git a/editor/extensions/ext-imagelib.js b/editor/extensions/ext-imagelib.js
index 5e9c27b3..3d241626 100644
--- a/editor/extensions/ext-imagelib.js
+++ b/editor/extensions/ext-imagelib.js
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ svgEditor.addExtension("imagelib", function() {
 			// Do nothing
 			return;
 		}
+        try { // This block can be removed if embedAPI moves away from a string to an object (if IE9 support not needed)
+            var res = JSON.parse(response);
+            if (res.namespace) { // Part of embedAPI communications
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        catch (e) {}
 		
 		var char1 = response.charAt(0);
 		
diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.js b/editor/svg-editor.js
index e13cd2e5..340429f6 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.js
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.js
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 					}
 				} else {
 					var name = 'svgedit-' + Editor.curConfig.canvasName;
-					var cached = window.localStorage.getItem(name);
+					var cached = window.localStorage && window.localStorage.getItem(name);
 					if (cached) {
 						Editor.loadFromString(cached);
 					}
@@ -597,7 +597,9 @@
 						selectedElement = elems[0];
 					}
 				} else {
-					setIcon('#tool_select', 'select');
+					setTimeout(function () {
+						setIcon('#tool_select', 'select');
+					}, 1000);
 				}
 			};
 
@@ -4571,16 +4573,21 @@
 			// Callback handler for embedapi.js
 			try {
 				window.addEventListener('message', function(e) {
-					if (!e.data || typeof e.data !== 'object' || e.data.namespace !== 'svgCanvas') {
+                    // We accept and post strings for the sake of IE9 support
+                    if (typeof e.data !== 'string') {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    var data = JSON.parse(e.data);
+					if (!data || typeof data !== 'object' || data.namespace !== 'svgCanvas') {
 						return;
 					}
-					var cbid = e.data.id,
-						name = e.data.name,
-						args = e.data.args;
+					var cbid = data.id,
+						name = data.name,
+						args = data.args;
 					try {
-						e.source.postMessage({namespace: 'svg-edit', id: cbid, result: svgCanvas[name](args)}, '*');
+						e.source.postMessage(JSON.stringify({namespace: 'svg-edit', id: cbid, result: svgCanvas[name](args)}), '*');
 					} catch(err) {
-						e.source.postMessage({namespace: 'svg-edit', id: cbid, error: err.message}, '*');
+						e.source.postMessage(JSON.stringify({namespace: 'svg-edit', id: cbid, error: err.message}), '*');
 					}
  				}, false);
 			} catch(err) {