diff --git a/examples/html-editor-drawing-hook/index.js b/examples/html-editor-drawing-hook/index.js
index 27b58a10..dca6a6d3 100644
--- a/examples/html-editor-drawing-hook/index.js
+++ b/examples/html-editor-drawing-hook/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 /* global Y, d3 */
 
+const hooks = {
+  "magic-drawing": {
+    fillType: function (dom, type) {
+      initDrawingBindings(type, dom)
+    },
+    createDom: function (type) {
+      const dom = document.createElement('magic-drawing')
+      initDrawingBindings(type, dom)
+      return dom
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 window.onload = function () {
-  window.yXmlType.bindToDom(document.body)
+  window.domBinding = new Y.DomBinding(window.yXmlType, document.body, { hooks })
 }
 
 window.addMagicDrawing = function addMagicDrawing () {
@@ -96,17 +109,6 @@ function initDrawingBindings (type, dom) {
   }
 }
 
-Y.XmlHook.addHook('magic-drawing', {
-  fillType: function (dom, type) {
-    initDrawingBindings(type, dom)
-  },
-  createDom: function (type) {
-    const dom = document.createElement('magic-drawing')
-    initDrawingBindings(type, dom)
-    return dom
-  }
-})
-
 let y = new Y('html-editor-drawing-hook-example', {
   connector: {
     name: 'websockets-client',
diff --git a/src/Bindings/DomBinding/DomBinding.js b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/DomBinding.js
index a2d10bf1..ae5a2894 100644
--- a/src/Bindings/DomBinding/DomBinding.js
+++ b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/DomBinding.js
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ export default class DomBinding extends Binding {
   constructor (type, target, opts = {}) {
     // Binding handles textType as this.type and domTextarea as this.target
     super(type, target)
+    this.opts = opts
+    opts.document = opts.document || document
+    opts.hooks = opts.hooks || {}
     /**
      * Maps each DOM element to the type that it is associated with.
      * @type {Map}
@@ -49,11 +52,11 @@ export default class DomBinding extends Binding {
     // set initial value
     target.innerHTML = ''
     for (let child of type) {
-      target.insertBefore(child.toDom(this.domToType, this.typeToDom), null)
+      target.insertBefore(child.toDom(opts.document, opts.hooks, this), null)
     }
     this._typeObserver = typeObserver.bind(this)
     this._domObserver = (mutations) => {
-      domObserver.call(this, mutations, opts._document)
+      domObserver.call(this, mutations, opts.document)
     }
     type.observeDeep(this._typeObserver)
     this._mutationObserver = new MutationObserver(this._domObserver)
diff --git a/src/Bindings/DomBinding/domToType.js b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/domToType.js
index d95f8d28..fdb939e5 100644
--- a/src/Bindings/DomBinding/domToType.js
+++ b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/domToType.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-import { YXmlText, YXmlElement } from '../../Types/YXml/YXml.js'
+import { YXmlText, YXmlElement, YXmlHook } from '../../Types/YXml/YXml.js'
 import { createAssociation } from './util.js'
 
 /**
@@ -15,14 +15,29 @@ export default function domToType (element, _document = document, binding) {
   let type
   switch (element.nodeType) {
     case _document.ELEMENT_NODE:
-      type = new YXmlElement(element.nodeName)
-      const attrs = element.attributes
-      for (let i = attrs.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-        const attr = attrs[i]
-        type.setAttribute(attr.name, attr.value)
+      let hookName = element.dataset.yjsHook
+      let hook
+      if (hookName !== undefined) {
+        hook = binding.opts.hooks[hookName]
+        if (hook === undefined) {
+          console.error(`Unknown hook "${hookName}". Deleting yjsHook dataset property.`)
+          delete element.dataset.yjsHook
+          hookName = undefined
+        }
+      }
+      if (hookName === undefined) {
+        type = new YXmlElement(element.nodeName)
+        const attrs = element.attributes
+        for (let i = attrs.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+          const attr = attrs[i]
+          type.setAttribute(attr.name, attr.value)
+        }
+        const children = Array.from(element.childNodes).map(e => domToType(e, _document, binding))
+        type.insert(0, children)
+      } else {
+        type = new YXmlHook(hookName)
+        hook.fillType(element, type)
       }
-      const children = Array.from(element.childNodes).map(e => domToType(e, _document, binding))
-      type.insert(0, children)
       break
     case _document.TEXT_NODE:
       type = new YXmlText()
diff --git a/src/Bindings/DomBinding/typeObserver.js b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/typeObserver.js
index e5b4343a..1417cc4e 100644
--- a/src/Bindings/DomBinding/typeObserver.js
+++ b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/typeObserver.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { removeDomChildrenUntilElementFound } from './util.js'
 /**
  * @private
  */
-export default function typeObserver (events, _document) {
+export default function typeObserver (events) {
   this._mutualExclude(() => {
     events.forEach(event => {
       const yxml = event.target
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ export default function typeObserver (events, _document) {
             let currentChild = dom.firstChild
             yxml.forEach(childType => {
               const childNode = this.typeToDom.get(childType)
-              const binding = this
               switch (childNode) {
                 case undefined:
                   // Does not exist. Create it.
-                  const node = childType.toDom(_document, binding)
+                  const node = childType.toDom(this.opts.document, this.opts.hooks, this)
                   dom.insertBefore(node, currentChild)
                   break
                 case false:
diff --git a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlElement.js b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlElement.js
index 0e5463e5..43f73e13 100644
--- a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlElement.js
+++ b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlElement.js
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ export default class YXmlElement extends YXmlFragment {
    * @param {Document} [_document=document] The document object (you must define
    *                                        this when calling this method in
    *                                        nodejs)
+   * @param {Object<key:hookDefinition>} [hooks={}] Optional property to customize how hooks
+   *                                             are presented in the DOM
    * @param {DomBinding} [binding] You should not set this property. This is
    *                               used if DomBinding wants to create a
    *                               association to the created DOM type.
@@ -171,14 +173,14 @@ export default class YXmlElement extends YXmlFragment {
    *
    * @public
    */
-  toDom (_document = document, binding) {
+  toDom (_document = document, hooks = {}, binding) {
     const dom = _document.createElement(this.nodeName)
     let attrs = this.getAttributes()
     for (let key in attrs) {
       dom.setAttribute(key, attrs[key])
     }
     this.forEach(yxml => {
-      dom.appendChild(yxml.toDom(_document, binding))
+      dom.appendChild(yxml.toDom(_document, hooks, binding))
     })
     createAssociation(binding, dom, this)
     return dom
diff --git a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlFragment.js b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlFragment.js
index 8bbe932c..827356a0 100644
--- a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlFragment.js
+++ b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlFragment.js
@@ -136,18 +136,20 @@ export default class YXmlFragment extends YArray {
    * @param {Document} [_document=document] The document object (you must define
    *                                        this when calling this method in
    *                                        nodejs)
+   * @param {Object<key:hookDefinition>} [hooks={}] Optional property to customize how hooks
+   *                                             are presented in the DOM
    * @param {DomBinding} [binding] You should not set this property. This is
    *                               used if DomBinding wants to create a
-   *                               association to the created DOM type.
+   *                               association to the created DOM type
    * @return {Element} The {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element|Dom Element}
    *
    * @public
    */
-  toDom (_document = document, binding) {
+  toDom (_document = document, hooks = {}, binding) {
     const fragment = _document.createDocumentFragment()
     createAssociation(binding, fragment, this)
     this.forEach(xmlType => {
-      fragment.insertBefore(xmlType.toDom(_document, binding), null)
+      fragment.insertBefore(xmlType.toDom(_document, hooks, binding), null)
     })
     return fragment
   }
diff --git a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlHook.js b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlHook.js
index d840ab11..ec855f8e 100644
--- a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlHook.js
+++ b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlHook.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import YMap from '../YMap/YMap.js'
-import { getHook, addHook } from './hooks.js'
 
 /**
  * You can manage binding to a custom type with YXmlHook.
@@ -35,16 +34,24 @@ export default class YXmlHook extends YMap {
    * @param {Document} [_document=document] The document object (you must define
    *                                        this when calling this method in
    *                                        nodejs)
+   * @param {Object<key:hookDefinition>} [hooks] Optional property to customize how hooks
+   *                                             are presented in the DOM
    * @param {DomBinding} [binding] You should not set this property. This is
    *                               used if DomBinding wants to create a
-   *                               association to the created DOM type.
+   *                               association to the created DOM type
    * @return {Element} The {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element|Dom Element}
    *
    * @public
    */
-  toDom (_document = document) {
-    const dom = getHook(this.hookName).createDom(this)
-    dom._yjsHook = this.hookName
+  toDom (_document = document, hooks = {}, binding) {
+    const hook = hooks[this.hookName]
+    let dom
+    if (hook !== undefined) {
+      dom = hook.createDom(this)
+    } else {
+      dom = document.createElement(this.hookName)
+    }
+    dom.dataset.yjsHook = this.hookName
     return dom
   }
 
@@ -97,4 +104,3 @@ export default class YXmlHook extends YMap {
     super._integrate(y)
   }
 }
-YXmlHook.addHook = addHook
diff --git a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlText.js b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlText.js
index 81c9ee69..c0339806 100644
--- a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlText.js
+++ b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlText.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export default class YXmlText extends YText {
    * @param {Document} [_document=document] The document object (you must define
    *                                        this when calling this method in
    *                                        nodejs)
+   * @param {Object<key:hookDefinition>} [hooks] Optional property to customize how hooks
+   *                                             are presented in the DOM
    * @param {DomBinding} [binding] You should not set this property. This is
    *                               used if DomBinding wants to create a
    *                               association to the created DOM type.
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ export default class YXmlText extends YText {
    *
    * @public
    */
-  toDom (_document = document, binding) {
+  toDom (_document = document, hooks, binding) {
     const dom = _document.createTextNode(this.toString())
     createAssociation(binding, dom, this)
     return dom
diff --git a/src/Types/YXml/hooks.js b/src/Types/YXml/hooks.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 18e5de5c..00000000
--- a/src/Types/YXml/hooks.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-
-const xmlHooks = {}
-
-export function addHook (name, hook) {
-  xmlHooks[name] = hook
-}
-
-export function getHook (name) {
-  const hook = xmlHooks[name]
-  if (hook === undefined) {
-    throw new Error(`The hook "${name}" is not specified! You must not access this hook!`)
-  }
-  return hook
-}