diff --git a/demo/index.html b/demo/index.html
index a0e0b426..5c55e2c2 100755
--- a/demo/index.html
+++ b/demo/index.html
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@
 </head> 
 <body class="bod">
   <div class="container">
+    <div class="dataexplorer-tableview-nav">
+      <form>
+        <label for="source">Source</label>
+        <input type="text" name="source" size="50" />
+        <input type="submit" name="" value="Update" />
+        <br />
+        <span class="dataexplorer-tableview-nav-toggle">
+          <input type="radio" id="dataexplorer-tableview-nav-grid" name="dataexplorer-tableview-nav-toggle" value="grid" checked="checked" />
+          <label for="dataexplorer-tableview-nav-grid">Grid</label>
+          <input type="radio" id="dataexplorer-tableview-nav-graph" name="dataexplorer-tableview-nav-toggle" value="chart" />
+          <label for="dataexplorer-tableview-nav-graph">Graph</label>
+        </span>
+      </form>
+    </div>
     <!-- <div class="menu-overlay" style="display: none; z-index: 101; ">&nbsp;</div>
     <ul class="menu">
     </ul>
@@ -28,8 +42,9 @@
     <div class="main_content">
       <div class="left-panel"></div>
       <div class="right-panel"></div>
-    </div> -->
+    </div>
     <div class="data-table-container"></div>
+    -->
   </div>
   
   <div id="notification-container">
diff --git a/demo/js/app.js b/demo/js/app.js
index 7a5c6b77..9c2ba936 100755
--- a/demo/js/app.js
+++ b/demo/js/app.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 $(function() {
+  var demoUrl = 'http://webstore.test.ckan.org/rufuspollock/demo/data';
+  $('.dataexplorer-tableview-nav form input[name="source"]').val(demoUrl);
   var datasetId = 'test-dataset';
   var metadata = {
     title: 'My Test Dataset'
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ $(function() {
     ]
   };
   // this is all rather artificial here but would make more sense with more complex backend
-  backend = new recline.BackendMemory();
+  var backend = new recline.BackendMemory();
   backend.addDataset({
     metadata: metadata,
     data: indata
@@ -32,6 +34,20 @@ $(function() {
     
     $('.container').append(dataTable.el)
   });
+  $('.dataexplorer-tableview-nav form').submit(function(e) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    var $form = $(e.target);
+    var source = $form.find('input[name="source"]').val();
+    var backend = new recline.BackendWebstore({
+      url: source
+    });
+    recline.setBackend(backend);
+    var dataset = backend.getDataset();
+    var dataTable = new recline.DataTable({
+      model: dataset
+    })
+    $('.container').append(dataTable.el)
+  });
 })
 
 // app.after = {
diff --git a/src/model.js b/src/model.js
index 1699a8f5..83f4a49a 100644
--- a/src/model.js
+++ b/src/model.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ recline.BackendWebstore = Backbone.Model.extend({
       // this switching on object type is rather horrible
       // think may make more sense to do work in individual objects rather than in central Backbone.sync
       if (this.__type__ == 'Dataset') {
+        var dataset = this;
         // get the schema and return
         var base = this.backend.get('url');
         var schemaUrl = base + '/schema.json';
