diff --git a/src/wireviz/Harness.py b/src/wireviz/Harness.py
index 44d6947..1791ea4 100644
--- a/src/wireviz/Harness.py
+++ b/src/wireviz/Harness.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from wireviz.wv_bom import manufacturer_info_field, component_table_entry, \
 from wireviz.wv_html import generate_html_output
 from wireviz.wv_helper import awg_equiv, mm2_equiv, tuplelist2tsv, flatten2d, \
     open_file_read, open_file_write
-from wireviz.svgembed import embed_svg_images_file
+from wireviz.svgembed import embed_svg_images, embed_svg_images_file
 
 
 class Harness:
@@ -343,12 +343,8 @@ class Harness:
 
     @property
     def svg(self):
-        from io import BytesIO
         graph = self.create_graph()
-        data = BytesIO()
-        data.write(graph.pipe(format='svg'))  # TODO: use embed_svg_images()
-        data.seek(0)
-        return data.read()
+        return embed_svg_images(graph.pipe(format='svg').decode('utf-8'), Path.cwd())
 
     def output(self, filename: (str, Path), view: bool = False, cleanup: bool = True, fmt: tuple = ('pdf', )) -> None:
         # graphical output