diff --git a/app/application.coffee b/app/application.coffee
index 9bc15ad4cfe..1d25ab07b84 100644
--- a/app/application.coffee
+++ b/app/application.coffee
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ GPlusHandler = require 'lib/GPlusHandler'
 locale = require 'locale/locale'
 {me} = require 'lib/auth'
 Tracker = require 'lib/Tracker'
+CocoView = require 'views/kinds/CocoView'
 
 COMMON_FILES = ['/images/modal_background.png', '/images/level/code_palette_background.png']
 preload = (arrayOfImages) ->
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ Application = initialize: ->
   @tracker = new Tracker()
   new FacebookHandler()
   new GPlusHandler()
+  $(document).bind 'keydown', preventBackspace
+  console.log 'done applied it'
+  
   preload(COMMON_FILES)
   $.i18n.init {
     lng: me?.lang() ? 'en'
@@ -32,3 +36,19 @@ Application = initialize: ->
 
 module.exports = Application
 window.application = Application
+
+
+preventBackspace = (event) ->
+  console.log 'PREVENT', event
+  if event.keyCode is 8 and not elementAcceptsKeystrokes(event.srcElement or event.target)
+    event.preventDefault()
+#  event.preventDefault()
+
+elementAcceptsKeystrokes = (el) ->
+  # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1495219/how-can-i-prevent-the-backspace-key-from-navigating-back
+  el ?= document.activeElement
+  tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase()
+  type = el.type?.toLowerCase()
+  textInputTypes = ['text', 'password', 'file', 'number', 'search', 'url', 'tel', 'email', 'date', 'month', 'week', 'time', 'datetimelocal']
+  # not radio, checkbox, range, or color
+  return (tag is 'textarea' or (tag is 'input' and type in textInputTypes) or el.contentEditable in ["", "true"]) and not (el.readOnly or el.disabled)
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
index 6bf2fdfba1a..4384961b82b 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
@@ -181,18 +181,6 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
       for viewID, view of @subviews
         view.stopListeningToShortcuts()
 
-  preventBackspace: (event) ->
-    event.preventDefault() if event.keyCode is 8 and not @elementAcceptsKeystrokes(event.srcElement or event.target)
-
-  elementAcceptsKeystrokes: (el) ->
-    # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1495219/how-can-i-prevent-the-backspace-key-from-navigating-back
-    el ?= document.activeElement
-    tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase()
-    type = el.type?.toLowerCase()
-    textInputTypes = ['text', 'password', 'file', 'number', 'search', 'url', 'tel', 'email', 'date', 'month', 'week', 'time', 'datetimelocal']
-    # not radio, checkbox, range, or color
-    return (tag is 'textarea' or (tag is 'input' and type in textInputTypes) or el.contentEditable in ["", "true"]) and not (el.readOnly or el.disabled)
-
   # Subviews
 
   insertSubView: (view) ->
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/ModalView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/ModalView.coffee
index 09e5efdf42e..72ed25764a9 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/ModalView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/ModalView.coffee
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ module.exports = class ModalView extends CocoView
   
   shortcuts:
     'esc': 'hide'
-    'backspace, delete': 'preventBackspace'
 
   constructor: (options) ->
     options ?= {}
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/RootView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/RootView.coffee
index bd16a94fefd..77c0c0160a2 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/RootView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/RootView.coffee
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ module.exports = class RootView extends CocoView
     "click #logout-button": "logoutAccount"
     'change .language-dropdown': 'showDiplomatSuggestionModal'
 
-  shortcuts:
-    'backspace, delete': 'preventBackspace'
-#    'backspace': 'preventBackspace'
-
   afterRender: ->
     super()
     @buildLanguages()
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_view.coffee
index 93926771a2b..313e1b76161 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_view.coffee
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ module.exports = class SpellView extends View
     'tome:reload-code': 'onCodeReload'
     'modal-closed': 'focus'
     'focus-editor': 'focus'
+    
+  events:
+    'click .ace': -> console.log 'clicked ace', @
 
   constructor: (options) ->
     super options