diff --git a/source/qjs_actor.c b/source/qjs_actor.c
index 54d592b2..619d6c1a 100644
--- a/source/qjs_actor.c
+++ b/source/qjs_actor.c
@@ -46,6 +46,36 @@ prosperon_rt *js2actor(JSContext *js, JSValue v)
   return actor;
 }
 
+JSValue actor2js(JSContext *js, prosperon_rt *actor)
+{
+  if (!actor)
+    return JS_NULL;
+    
+  /* Create the actor object */
+  JSValue actor_obj = JS_NewObject(js);
+  if (JS_IsException(actor_obj))
+    return actor_obj;
+    
+  /* Create the __ACTORDATA__ object */
+  JSValue actor_data = JS_NewObject(js);
+  if (JS_IsException(actor_data)) {
+    JS_FreeValue(js, actor_obj);
+    return actor_data;
+  }
+  
+  /* Set the id property in __ACTORDATA__ */
+  JS_SetPropertyStr(js, actor_data, "id", JS_NewString(js, actor->id));
+  
+  /* TODO: If the actor has network info, we could add address and port here */
+  /* JS_SetPropertyStr(js, actor_data, "address", JS_NewString(js, actor->address)); */
+  /* JS_SetPropertyStr(js, actor_data, "port", JS_NewInt32(js, actor->port)); */
+  
+  /* Set __ACTORDATA__ on the actor object */
+  JS_SetPropertyStr(js, actor_obj, "__ACTORDATA__", actor_data);
+  
+  return actor_obj;
+}
+
 JSC_CCALL(os_createactor,
   int margc = JS_ArrayLength(js, argv[0]);
 
diff --git a/source/qjs_actor.h b/source/qjs_actor.h
index 0f94a8db..abab657b 100644
--- a/source/qjs_actor.h
+++ b/source/qjs_actor.h
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 
 JSValue js_actor_use(JSContext *js);
 prosperon_rt *js2actor(JSContext *js, JSValue v);
+JSValue actor2js(JSContext *js, prosperon_rt *actor);
 
 #endif
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diff --git a/source/qjs_sdl_video.c b/source/qjs_sdl_video.c
index 550aa902..f60db021 100644
--- a/source/qjs_sdl_video.c
+++ b/source/qjs_sdl_video.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "jsffi.h"
 #include "qjs_macros.h"
 #include "qjs_sdl_surface.h"
+#include "qjs_actor.h"
 #include "prosperon.h"
 #include "sprite.h"
 #include "transform.h"
@@ -1850,6 +1851,6 @@ JSValue js_sdl_video_use(JSContext *js) {
   int argc = 8;
   
   // Create the actor with the hook to set up endowments
-  create_actor(argc, (char**)argv, video_actor_hook);
-  return JS_NewString(js,id);
+  prosperon_rt *actor = create_actor(argc, (char**)argv, video_actor_hook);
+  return actor2js(js,actor);
 }
diff --git a/tests/draw2d.js b/tests/draw2d.js
index ec0004c1..8b01ee66 100644
--- a/tests/draw2d.js
+++ b/tests/draw2d.js
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ var input = use('input')
 input.watch($_)
 
 // Create SDL video actor
-var video = use('sdl_video');
-var video_actor = {__ACTORDATA__:{id:video}};
+var video_actor = use('sdl_video');
 
 var window_id = null;
 var renderer_id = null;
diff --git a/tests/sdl_video.js b/tests/sdl_video.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ce33803a..00000000
--- a/tests/sdl_video.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-var video = use('sdl_video')
-
-var window
-var renderer
-
-var act = {__ACTORDATA__:{id:video}}
-
-function handle_response(data)
-{
-  if (data.error)
-    console.log(json.encode(data)) 
-}
-
-send(act, {kind:"window", op: "create"}, ({id}) => {
-  window = id
-  console.log(`made window id ${id}`)
-  
-  send(act, {kind:"window", op:"makeRenderer", id: window}, ({id}) => {
-    renderer = id
-    console.log(`made renderer with id ${id}`)
-    
-    send(act, {kind:"renderer", id: renderer, op:"set", prop: "drawColor", value:[0.6,0.4,0.5,1]})
-    send(act, {kind:"renderer", id: renderer, op:"clear"}, handle_response)
-    send(act, {kind:"renderer", id: renderer, op: "present"}, handle_response)
-  })
-})
-
-$_.delay($_.stop, 2)
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