diff --git a/UI/ActionManager.js b/UI/ActionManager.js
index ead3610..341392e 100644
--- a/UI/ActionManager.js
+++ b/UI/ActionManager.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
      */
     jsOMS.UI.ActionManager.prototype.bind = function (id)
     {
-        let uiElements = typeof e === 'undefined' ? document.querySelectorAll('input, select, textarea, button') : [e],
+        let uiElements = typeof e === 'undefined' ? document.querySelectorAll('input, select, textarea, button, data') : [e],
             length     = uiElements.length;
 
         for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
             actionLength = listeners[i].action.length;
 
             for (let j = 1; j < actionLength; j++) {
+                // todo: handle onload action right after registering everything. this will be used for onload api calls in order to get content such as lists or models. Maybe in the main application after registering a invoke('onload') should be called if the application wants to execute the onload elements
                 // todo: right now one event type can only exist once... needs fixing!!!
                 this.app.eventManager.addGroup(e.id + listeners[i].action[j - 1].type, listeners[i].action[j - 1].type);
                 this.app.eventManager.setDone(e.id + listeners[i].action[j - 1].type, function ()
diff --git a/Views/FormView.js b/Views/FormView.js
index 77ea653..0756410 100644
--- a/Views/FormView.js
+++ b/Views/FormView.js
@@ -154,10 +154,17 @@
     {
         let data     = {},
             elements = this.getFormElements(),
-            length   = elements.length;
+            length   = elements.length,
+            value = null;
 
         for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-            data[jsOMS.Views.FormView.getElementId(elements[i])] = elements[i].value;
+            if(elements[i].tagName.toLowerCase() === 'canvas') {
+                value = elements[i].toDataUrl();
+            } else {
+                value = elements[i].value;
+            }
+
+            data[jsOMS.Views.FormView.getElementId(elements[i])] = value;
         }
 
         return data;