diff --git a/examples/painting/whiteboard/whiteboardEntityScript.js b/examples/painting/whiteboard/whiteboardEntityScript.js
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+++ b/examples/painting/whiteboard/whiteboardEntityScript.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//
+//  whiteBoardEntityScript.js
+//  examples/painting/whiteboard
+//
+//  Created by Eric Levin on 10/12/15.
+//  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+
+/*global print, MyAvatar, Entities, AnimationCache, SoundCache, Scene, Camera, Overlays, Audio, HMD, AvatarList, AvatarManager, Controller, UndoStack, Window, Account, GlobalServices, Script, ScriptDiscoveryService, LODManager, Menu, Vec3, Quat, AudioDevice, Paths, Clipboard, Settings, XMLHttpRequest, pointInExtents, vec3equal, setEntityCustomData, getEntityCustomData */
+
+/*global Whiteboard */
+
+(function() {
+
+    var _this;
+    Whiteboard = function() {
+        _this = this;
+    };
+
+    Whiteboard.prototype = {
+
+        setRightHand: function() {
+            this.hand = 'RIGHT';
+        },
+
+        setLeftHand: function() {
+            this.hand = 'LEFT';
+        },
+
+        startFarGrabNonColliding: function() {
+            this.whichHand = this.hand;
+        },
+
+        continueFarGrabbingNonColliding: function() {},
+
+        preload: function(entityID) {
+            this.entityID = entityID;
+            this.position = Entities.getEntityProperties(this.entityID, "position").position;
+        },
+
+    };
+
+    // entity scripts always need to return a newly constructed object of our type
+    return new Whiteboard();
+});
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diff --git a/examples/painting/whiteboard/whiteboardSpawner.js b/examples/painting/whiteboard/whiteboardSpawner.js
index bf6253c0ac..31a72212c3 100644
--- a/examples/painting/whiteboard/whiteboardSpawner.js
+++ b/examples/painting/whiteboard/whiteboardSpawner.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-//  whiteBoard.js
+//  whiteBoardSpawner.js
 //  examples/painting
 //
 //  Created by Eric Levina on 10/12/15.
@@ -10,16 +10,22 @@
 //  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 //  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
 
+/*global print, MyAvatar, Entities, AnimationCache, SoundCache, Scene, Camera, Overlays, Audio, HMD, AvatarList, AvatarManager, Controller, UndoStack, Window, Account, GlobalServices, Script, ScriptDiscoveryService, LODManager, Menu, Vec3, Quat, AudioDevice, Paths, Clipboard, Settings, XMLHttpRequest, pointInExtents, vec3equal, setEntityCustomData, getEntityCustomData */
+
+
 
 Script.include("../../libraries/utils.js");
+var scriptURL = Script.resolvePath("whiteBoardEntityScript.js");
 
 var rotation = Quat.safeEulerAngles(Camera.getOrientation());
-rotation = Quat.fromPitchYawRollDegrees(0, rotation.y, 0)
+rotation = Quat.fromPitchYawRollDegrees(0, rotation.y, 0);
 var center = Vec3.sum(MyAvatar.position, Vec3.multiply(3, Quat.getFront(rotation)));
+center.y += 0.4;
 var whiteboard = Entities.addEntity({
     type: "Box",
     position: center,
     rotation: rotation,
+    script: scriptURL,
     dimensions: {x: 2, y: 1.5, z: 0.01},
     color: {red: 255, green: 255, blue: 255}
 });