diff --git a/experiments/modern/src/App.js b/experiments/modern/src/App.js
index 7e87be3d..6ff49c53 100644
--- a/experiments/modern/src/App.js
+++ b/experiments/modern/src/App.js
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ const System = require("./runtime/System");
 const runtime = require("./runtime");
 const interpret = require("./maki-interpreter/interpreter");
 
-const SkinContext = React.createContext(null);
-
 async function getSkin() {
   // const resp = await fetch(process.env.PUBLIC_URL + "/skins/CornerAmp_Redux.wal");
   const resp = await fetch(process.env.PUBLIC_URL + "/skins/simple.wal");
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@ function Container(props) {
 }
 
 function Layout({
+  node,
   id,
   background,
   desktopalpha,
@@ -54,13 +53,17 @@ function Layout({
   droptarget,
   children,
 }) {
-  const data = React.useContext(SkinContext);
   if (background == null) {
     console.warn("Got a Layout without a background. Rendering null", id);
     return null;
   }
 
-  const image = data[background];
+  const image = node.js_imageLookup(background);
+  if (image == null) {
+    console.warn("Unable to find image to render. Rendering null", background);
+    return null;
+  }
+
   return (
     <>
       <img
@@ -80,13 +83,12 @@ function Layout({
   );
 }
 
-function Layer({ id, image, children, x, y }) {
-  const data = React.useContext(SkinContext);
+function Layer({ node, id, image, children, x, y }) {
   if (image == null) {
     console.warn("Got an Layer without an image. Rendering null", id);
     return null;
   }
-  const img = data[image.toLowerCase()];
+  const img = node.js_imageLookup(image.toLowerCase());
   if (img == null) {
     console.warn("Unable to find image to render. Rendering null", image);
     return null;
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ function Layer({ id, image, children, x, y }) {
 }
 
 function Button({ id, image, action, x, y, downImage, tooltip, node, children }) {
-  const data = React.useContext(SkinContext);
   const [down, setDown] = React.useState(false);
   const imgId = down && downImage ? downImage : image;
   if (imgId == null) {
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ function Button({ id, image, action, x, y, downImage, tooltip, node, children })
     return null;
   }
   // TODO: These seem to be switching too fast
-  const img = data[imgId.toLowerCase()];
+  const img = node.js_imageLookup(imgId);
   if (img == null) {
     console.warn("Unable to find image to render. Rendering null", image);
     return null;
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ function XmlNode({ node }) {
 function App() {
   const [data, setData] = React.useState(null);
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    getSkin().then(async ({ root, registry }) => {
+    getSkin().then(async root => {
       // Execute scripts
       await Utils.asyncTreeFlatMap(root, async node => {
         switch (node.xmlNode.name) {
@@ -238,12 +239,17 @@ function App() {
           }
           case "script": {
             // TODO: stop ignoring standardframe
-            if (node.xmlNode.file.endsWith("standardframe.maki")) {
+            if (node.xmlNode.attributes.file.endsWith("standardframe.maki")) {
               break;
             }
             const scriptGroup = Utils.findParentNodeOfType(node, ["group", "WinampAbstractionLayer", "WasabiXML"]);
             const system = new System(scriptGroup);
-            await interpret({ runtime, data: node.xmlNode.script, system, log: false });
+            await interpret({
+              runtime,
+              data: node.js_annotations.script,
+              system,
+              log: false,
+            });
             return node;
           }
           default: {
@@ -252,19 +258,15 @@ function App() {
         }
       });
 
-      setData({ root, registry });
+      setData(root);
     });
   }, []);
   if (data == null) {
     return <h1>Loading...</h1>;
   }
-  const { root, registry } = data;
+  const root = data;
 
-  return (
-    <SkinContext.Provider value={registry.images}>
-      <XmlNode node={root} />
-    </SkinContext.Provider>
-  );
+  return <XmlNode node={root} />;
 }
 
 export default App;
diff --git a/experiments/modern/src/initialize.js b/experiments/modern/src/initialize.js
index 6f81da2d..5130ab46 100644
--- a/experiments/modern/src/initialize.js
+++ b/experiments/modern/src/initialize.js
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@ const WinampAbstractionLayer = require("./runtime/WinampAbstractionLayer");
 const Layout = require('./runtime/Layout');
 const Layer = require('./runtime/Layer');
 const Container = require('./runtime/Container');
+const JsElements = require("./runtime/JsElements");
+const JsGammaSet = require("./runtime/JsGammaSet");
+const JsGroupDef = require("./runtime/JsGroupDef");
 const Group = require("./runtime/Group");
 const Button = require("./runtime/Button");
 const ToggleButton = require("./runtime/ToggleButton");
 const Text = require("./runtime/Text");
 const Status = require("./runtime/Status");
 
-function splitValues(str) {
-  return str.split(",").map(parseFloat);
-}
-
 async function loadImage(imgUrl) {
   return await new Promise(resolve => {
     const img = new Image();
@@ -123,12 +122,7 @@ const schema = {
 const noop = (node, parent) => new MakiObject(node, parent);
 
 const parsers = {
-  groupdef: (node, parent, registry) => {
-    const attributeId = node.attributes.id;
-    registry.groupdefs[attributeId] = node;
-
-    return new MakiObject(node, parent);
-  },
+  groupdef: (node, parent) => new JsGroupDef(node, parent),
   skininfo: noop,
   version: noop,
   name: noop,
@@ -139,39 +133,17 @@ const parsers = {
   screenshot: noop,
   container: (node, parent) => new Container(node, parent),
   scripts: noop,
-  gammaset: (node, parent, registry) => {
-    const gammaId = node.attributes.id;
-    if (!registry.gammasets.hasOwnProperty(gammaId)) {
-      registry.gammasets[gammaId] = {};
-    }
-
-    return new MakiObject(node, parent);
-  },
+  gammaset: (node, parent) => new JsGammaSet(node, parent),
   color: noop,
   layer: (node, parent) => new Layer(node, parent),
   layoutstatus: noop,
   hideobject: noop,
   button: (node, parent) => new Button(node, parent),
-  group: (node, parent, registry) => {
-    if (!node.children || node.children.length === 0) {
-      const groupdef = registry.groupdefs[node.attributes.id];
-      if (groupdef) {
-        const newNode = {
-          ...node,
-          ...groupdef,
-          attributes: { ...node.attributes, ...groupdef.attributes },
-          name: "group",
-        };
-        return new Group(newNode, parent);
-      }
-    }
-
-    return new Group(node, parent);
-  },
+  group: (node, parent) => new Group(node, parent),
   layout: (node, parent) => new Layout(node, parent),
   sendparams: noop,
-  elements: noop,
-  bitmap: async (node, parent, registry, zip) => {
+  elements: (node, parent) => new JsElements(node, parent),
+  bitmap: async (node, parent, zip) => {
     let { file, gammagroup, h, id, w, x, y } = node.attributes;
     // TODO: Escape file for regex
     const img = Utils.getCaseInsensitveFile(zip, file);
@@ -187,20 +159,21 @@ const parsers = {
       x = x !== undefined ? x : 0;
       y = y !== undefined ? y : 0;
     }
-    registry.images[id.toLowerCase()] = { file, gammagroup, h, w, x, y, imgUrl };
 
-    return new MakiObject(node, parent);
+    return new MakiObject(node, parent, {
+      id,
+      file,
+      gammagroup,
+      h,
+      w,
+      x,
+      y,
+      imgUrl,
+    });
   },
   eqvis: noop,
   slider: noop,
-  gammagroup: (node, parent, registry) => {
-    const gammaId = parent.xmlNode.attributes.id;
-    const attributeId = node.attributes.id;
-    const attributeValues = splitValues(node.attributes.value);
-    registry.gammasets[gammaId][attributeId] = attributeValues;
-
-    return new MakiObject(node, parent);
-  },
+  gammagroup: noop,
   truetypefont: noop,
   component: noop,
   text: (node, parent) => new Text(node, parent),
@@ -226,17 +199,13 @@ const parsers = {
   menu: noop,
   albumart: noop,
   playlistplus: noop,
-  async script(node, parent, registry, zip) {
-    const { id, file, param } = node.attributes;
-    const script = await Utils.readUint8array(zip, file);
-    registry.scripts.push({ parent, id, param, script });
-
-    const newNode = { ...node, script, param, file };
-    return new MakiObject(newNode, parent);
+  async script(node, parent, zip) {
+    const script = await Utils.readUint8array(zip, node.attributes.file);
+    return new MakiObject(node, parent, { script });
   },
 };
 
-async function parseChildren(node, registry, zip) {
+async function parseChildren(node, zip) {
   if (node.xmlNode.type === "comment") {
     return;
   }
@@ -274,9 +243,12 @@ async function parseChildren(node, registry, zip) {
         throw new Error(`Missing parser for ${childName}`);
         return;
       }
-      const parsedChild = await childParser(child, node, registry, zip);
-      if (parsedChild.xmlNode.children != null && parsedChild.xmlNode.children.length > 0) {
-        await parseChildren(parsedChild, registry, zip);
+      const parsedChild = await childParser(child, node, zip);
+      if (
+        parsedChild.xmlNode.children != null &&
+        parsedChild.xmlNode.children.length > 0
+      ) {
+        await parseChildren(parsedChild, zip);
       }
       return parsedChild;
     })
@@ -287,11 +259,43 @@ async function parseChildren(node, registry, zip) {
   node.js_addChildren(filteredChildren);
 }
 
+async function applyGroupDefs(root) {
+  await Utils.asyncTreeFlatMap(root, async node => {
+    switch (node.xmlNode.name) {
+      case "group": {
+        if (!node.children || node.children.length === 0) {
+          const groupdef = node.js_groupdefLookup(node.xmlNode.attributes.id);
+          if (!groupdef) {
+            console.warn(
+              "Unable to find groupdef. Rendering null",
+              node.xmlNode.attributes.id
+            );
+            return {};
+          }
+          node.children = groupdef.children;
+          // Do we need to copy the items instead of just changing the parent?
+          node.children.forEach(item => {
+            item.parent = node;
+          });
+          node.xmlNode.attributes = {
+            ...node.xmlNode.attributes,
+            ...groupdef.xmlNode.attributes,
+          };
+        }
+        return {};
+      }
+      default: {
+        return node;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 async function initialize(zip, skinXml) {
-  const registry = { scripts: [], gammasets: {}, images: {}, groupdefs: {} };
   const root = new WinampAbstractionLayer(skinXml.children[0], null);
-  await parseChildren(root, registry, zip);
-  return { root, registry };
+  await parseChildren(root, zip);
+  await applyGroupDefs(root);
+  return root;
 }
 
 export default initialize;
diff --git a/experiments/modern/src/runtime/GuiObject.js b/experiments/modern/src/runtime/GuiObject.js
index 4784a2b2..f66fb228 100644
--- a/experiments/modern/src/runtime/GuiObject.js
+++ b/experiments/modern/src/runtime/GuiObject.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class GuiObject extends MakiObject {
     return this.findobject(id);
   }
   init(newRoot) {
+    this.parent = newRoot;
     newRoot.js_addChild(this);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/experiments/modern/src/runtime/JsElements.js b/experiments/modern/src/runtime/JsElements.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d771eaa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experiments/modern/src/runtime/JsElements.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const MakiObject = require("./MakiObject");
+
+class JsElements extends MakiObject {
+  /**
+   * getclassname()
+   *
+   * Returns the class name for the object.
+   * @ret The class name.
+   */
+  static getclassname() {
+    return "Elements";
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = JsElements;
diff --git a/experiments/modern/src/runtime/JsGammaSet.js b/experiments/modern/src/runtime/JsGammaSet.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..411c8302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experiments/modern/src/runtime/JsGammaSet.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const MakiObject = require("./MakiObject");
+
+class JsGammaSet extends MakiObject {
+  /**
+   * getclassname()
+   *
+   * Returns the class name for the object.
+   * @ret The class name.
+   */
+  static getclassname() {
+    return "GammaSet";
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = JsGammaSet;
diff --git a/experiments/modern/src/runtime/JsGroupDef.js b/experiments/modern/src/runtime/JsGroupDef.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..397483c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experiments/modern/src/runtime/JsGroupDef.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const MakiObject = require("./MakiObject");
+
+class JsGroupDef extends MakiObject {
+  /**
+   * getclassname()
+   *
+   * Returns the class name for the object.
+   * @ret The class name.
+   */
+  static getclassname() {
+    return "GroupDef";
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = JsGroupDef;
diff --git a/experiments/modern/src/runtime/MakiObject.js b/experiments/modern/src/runtime/MakiObject.js
index 2734fe78..66eb4b75 100644
--- a/experiments/modern/src/runtime/MakiObject.js
+++ b/experiments/modern/src/runtime/MakiObject.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 const Emitter = require("../Emitter");
+const { findElementById, findGroupDefById } = require("../utils");
 
 class MakiObject {
-  constructor(node, parent) {
+  constructor(node, parent, annotations = {}) {
     this.xmlNode = node;
     this.parent = parent;
+    this.js_annotations = annotations;
     this.children = [];
     this._emitter = new Emitter();
 
@@ -42,6 +44,24 @@ class MakiObject {
     this._emitter.dispose();
   }
 
+  js_imageLookup(id) {
+    const element = findElementById(this, id);
+    if (element) {
+      return element.js_annotations;
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  js_groupdefLookup(id) {
+    const groupdef = findGroupDefById(this, id);
+    if (groupdef) {
+      return groupdef;
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * getclassname()
    *
diff --git a/experiments/modern/src/utils.js b/experiments/modern/src/utils.js
index 061db9f3..668f12a3 100644
--- a/experiments/modern/src/utils.js
+++ b/experiments/modern/src/utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { xml2js } from "xml-js";
+const JsElements = require("./runtime/JsElements");
+const JsGroupDef = require("./runtime/JsGroupDef");
 
 export function getCaseInsensitveFile(zip, filename) {
   // TODO: Escape `file` for rejex characters
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ export function unimplementedWarning(name) {
 // Operations on trees
 export function findParentNodeOfType(node, type) {
   let n = node;
-  while(n.parent !== null) {
+  while (n.parent) {
     n = n.parent;
     if ((!Array.isArray(type) && n.xmlNode.name === type) ||
         (Array.isArray(type) && type.includes(n.xmlNode.name))) {
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ export function findDescendantByTypeAndId(node, type, id) {
     }
   }
 
-  for(let i = 0; i < node.children.length; i++) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < node.children.length; i++) {
     const child = node.children[i];
     const descendant = findDescendantByTypeAndId(child, type, id);
     if (descendant) {
@@ -139,3 +141,52 @@ export function findDescendantByTypeAndId(node, type, id) {
 
   return null;
 }
+
+function findDirectDescendantById(node, id) {
+  return node.children.find(item => item.xmlNode.attributes.id === id);
+}
+
+// Search up the tree for a node that is in `node`'s lexical scope and pred returns node
+function findInLexicalScope(node, pred) {
+  let currentNode = node;
+  while (currentNode.parent) {
+    let parent = currentNode.parent;
+    const children = parent.children;
+    for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
+      const child = children[i];
+      if (child === currentNode) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      const item = pred(child);
+      if (item) {
+        return item;
+      }
+    }
+    currentNode = parent;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+// Search up the tree for <Elements> nodes that are in node's lexical scope.
+// return the first child of an <Elements> that matches id
+export function findElementById(node, id) {
+  return findInLexicalScope(node, child => {
+    if (child instanceof JsElements) {
+      const element = findDirectDescendantById(child, id);
+      if (element) {
+        return element;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+// Search up the tree for a <GroupDef> node that is in node's lexical scope and matches id.
+export function findGroupDefById(node, id) {
+  return findInLexicalScope(node, child => {
+    if (child instanceof JsGroupDef && child.xmlNode.attributes.id === id) {
+      return child;
+    }
+  });
+}