diff --git a/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyComponent.css b/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyComponent.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 8705fbc..0000000
--- a/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyComponent.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#blocklyDiv {
-  height: 100%;
-  min-height: 500px;
-  width: 100%;
-  /* border: 1px solid #4EAF47; */
-  position: relative;
-}
diff --git a/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyComponent.jsx b/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyComponent.jsx
index 627df9a..e76de57 100644
--- a/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyComponent.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyComponent.jsx
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
-import './BlocklyComponent.css';
 
 import Blockly from 'blockly/core';
 import locale from 'blockly/msg/en';
diff --git a/src/components/Blockly/BlocklySvg.js b/src/components/Blockly/BlocklySvg.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..174b7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Blockly/BlocklySvg.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
+
+import * as Blockly from 'blockly/core';
+
+class BlocklySvg extends Component {
+
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      svg: ''
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.getSvg();
+  }
+
+  componentDidUpdate(props) {
+    if(props.initialXml !== this.props.initialXml){
+      this.getSvg();
+    }
+  }
+
+  getSvg = () => {
+    const workspace = Blockly.getMainWorkspace();
+    workspace.clear();
+    Blockly.Xml.domToWorkspace(Blockly.Xml.textToDom(this.props.initialXml), workspace);
+    var canvas = workspace.svgBlockCanvas_.cloneNode(true);
+
+    if (canvas.children[0] !== undefined) {
+      canvas.removeAttribute("transform");
+
+      // does not work in  react
+      // var cssContent = Blockly.Css.CONTENT.join('');
+      var cssContent = '';
+      for (var i = 0; i < document.getElementsByTagName('style').length; i++) {
+        if(/^blockly.*$/.test(document.getElementsByTagName('style')[i].id)){
+          cssContent += document.getElementsByTagName('style')[i].firstChild.data.replace(/\..* \./g, '.');
+        }
+      }
+
+      var css = '<defs><style type="text/css" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><![CDATA[' + cssContent + ']]></style></defs>';
+
+      var bbox = document.getElementsByClassName("blocklyBlockCanvas")[0].getBBox();
+      var content = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(canvas);
+
+      var xml = `<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+                  width="${bbox.width}" height="${bbox.height}" viewBox="${bbox.x} ${bbox.y} ${bbox.width} ${bbox.height}">
+                  ${css}">${content}</svg>`;
+
+      this.setState({svg: xml});
+    }
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div
+        style={{display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'center', transform: 'scale(0.8) translate(0, calc(100% * -0.2 / 2))'}}
+        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: this.state.svg }}
+      />
+    );
+  };
+}
+
+export default BlocklySvg;
diff --git a/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyWindow.js b/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyWindow.js
index a31cd15..7512870 100644
--- a/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyWindow.js
+++ b/src/components/Blockly/BlocklyWindow.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { onChangeWorkspace, clearStats } from '../../actions/workspaceActions';
 import * as De from './msg/de';
-import BlocklyComponent from './';
+import BlocklyComponent from './BlocklyComponent';
+import BlocklySvg from './BlocklySvg';
 import * as Blockly from 'blockly/core';
 import './blocks/index';
 import './generator/index';
@@ -32,49 +33,52 @@ class BlocklyWindow extends Component {
 
   componentDidUpdate(props) {
     const workspace = Blockly.getMainWorkspace();
-    var initialXML = this.props.initialXml
-    if(props.initialXml !== initialXml){
+    var xml = this.props.initialXml
+    // if svg is true, then the update process is done in the BlocklySvg component
+    if(props.initialXml !== xml && !this.props.svg){
       // guarantees that the current xml-code (this.props.initialXml) is rendered
       workspace.clear();
-      if(!initialXML) initialXML = initialXml;
-      Blockly.Xml.domToWorkspace(Blockly.Xml.textToDom(initialXML), workspace) ;
+      if(!xml) xml = initialXml;
+      Blockly.Xml.domToWorkspace(Blockly.Xml.textToDom(xml), workspace);
     }
     Blockly.svgResize(workspace);
   }
 
   render() {
     return (
-      <BlocklyComponent ref={this.simpleWorkspace}
-        style={this.props.blocklyCSS}
-        readOnly={this.props.readOnly !== undefined ? this.props.readOnly : false}
-        trashcan={this.props.trashcan !== undefined ? this.props.trashcan : true}
-        renderer='zelos'
-        zoom={{ // https://developers.google.com/blockly/guides/configure/web/zoom
-          controls: this.props.zoomControls !== undefined ? this.props.zoomControls : true,
-          wheel: false,
-          startScale: 0.8,
-          maxScale: 3,
-          minScale: 0.3,
-          scaleSpeed: 1.2
-        }}
-        grid={this.props.grid !== undefined && !this.props.grid ? {} :
-          { // https://developers.google.com/blockly/guides/configure/web/grid
-            spacing: 20,
-            length: 1,
-            colour: '#4EAF47', // senseBox-green
-            snap: false
-        }}
-        media={'/media/blockly/'}
-        move={this.props.move !== undefined && !this.props.move ? {} :
-          { // https://developers.google.com/blockly/guides/configure/web/move
-            scrollbars: true,
-            drag: true,
-            wheel: false
-        }}
-        initialXml={this.props.initialXml ? this.props.initialXml : initialXml}
-      >
-
-      </BlocklyComponent >
+      <div>
+        <BlocklyComponent ref={this.simpleWorkspace}
+          style={this.props.svg ? {height: 0} : this.props.blocklyCSS}
+          readOnly={this.props.readOnly !== undefined ? this.props.readOnly : false}
+          trashcan={this.props.trashcan !== undefined ? this.props.trashcan : true}
+          renderer='zelos'
+          zoom={{ // https://developers.google.com/blockly/guides/configure/web/zoom
+            controls: this.props.zoomControls !== undefined ? this.props.zoomControls : true,
+            wheel: false,
+            startScale: 0.8,
+            maxScale: 3,
+            minScale: 0.3,
+            scaleSpeed: 1.2
+          }}
+          grid={this.props.grid !== undefined && !this.props.grid ? {} :
+            { // https://developers.google.com/blockly/guides/configure/web/grid
+              spacing: 20,
+              length: 1,
+              colour: '#4EAF47', // senseBox-green
+              snap: false
+          }}
+          media={'/media/blockly/'}
+          move={this.props.move !== undefined && !this.props.move ? {} :
+            { // https://developers.google.com/blockly/guides/configure/web/move
+              scrollbars: true,
+              drag: true,
+              wheel: false
+          }}
+          initialXml={this.props.initialXml ? this.props.initialXml : initialXml}
+        >
+        </BlocklyComponent >
+        {this.props.svg && this.props.initialXml ? <BlocklySvg initialXml={this.props.initialXml}/> : null}
+      </div>
     );
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Home.js b/src/components/Home.js
index 1f2b6a4..af14068 100644
--- a/src/components/Home.js
+++ b/src/components/Home.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Home extends Component {
               </IconButton>
             </Tooltip>
             <TrashcanButtons />
-            <BlocklyWindow />
+            <BlocklyWindow blocklyCSS={{height: '500px'}}/>
           </Grid>
           {this.state.codeOn ?
             <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
diff --git a/src/components/Tutorial/Assessment.js b/src/components/Tutorial/Assessment.js
index bfce041..36d107f 100644
--- a/src/components/Tutorial/Assessment.js
+++ b/src/components/Tutorial/Assessment.js
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ class Assessment extends Component {
         <div style={{float: 'right', height: '40px'}}><WorkspaceFunc solutionCheck/></div>
         <Grid container spacing={2} style={{marginBottom: '5px'}}>
           <Grid item xs={12} md={6} lg={8}>
-            <BlocklyWindow initialXml={statusTask ? statusTask.xml ? statusTask.xml : null : null}/>
+            <BlocklyWindow
+              initialXml={statusTask ? statusTask.xml ? statusTask.xml : null : null}
+              blocklyCSS={{height: '500px'}}
+            />
           </Grid>
           <Grid item xs={12} md={6} lg={4} style={isWidthDown('sm', this.props.width) ? {height: 'max-content'} : {}}>
             <Card style={{height: 'calc(50% - 30px)', padding: '10px', marginBottom: '10px'}}>
diff --git a/src/components/Tutorial/Builder/BlocklyExample.js b/src/components/Tutorial/Builder/BlocklyExample.js
index ea8e81b..ef7b590 100644
--- a/src/components/Tutorial/Builder/BlocklyExample.js
+++ b/src/components/Tutorial/Builder/BlocklyExample.js
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ class BlocklyExample extends Component {
             <div style={{marginTop: '10px'}}>
               <Grid container className={!this.props.value || this.props.error ? this.props.classes.errorBorder : null}>
                 <Grid item xs={12}>
-                  <BlocklyWindow initialXml={initialXml}/>
+                  <BlocklyWindow
+                    initialXml={initialXml}
+                    blocklyCSS={{height: '500px'}}
+                  />
                 </Grid>
               </Grid>
               <Button
diff --git a/src/components/Tutorial/Instruction.js b/src/components/Tutorial/Instruction.js
index 73ddc0d..a9858d7 100644
--- a/src/components/Tutorial/Instruction.js
+++ b/src/components/Tutorial/Instruction.js
@@ -27,12 +27,7 @@ class Instruction extends Component {
         <Grid container spacing={2} style={{marginBottom: '5px'}}>
           <Grid item xs={12}>
             <BlocklyWindow
-              trashcan={false}
-              readOnly={true}
-              zoomControls={false}
-              grid={false}
-              move={false}
-              blocklyCSS={{minHeight: '300px'}}
+              svg
               initialXml={step.xml}
             />
           </Grid>