diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1d5caf..e8d6682 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "^2.1.0 || ^4.0.0",
     "@angular/platform-server": "^2.1.0 || ^4.0.0",
     "@types/ckeditor": "0.0.33",
+    "@types/codemirror": "0.0.40",
     "@types/core-js": "^0.9.34",
     "@types/node": "^6.0.45",
     "rxjs": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/src/codemirror.component.ts b/src/codemirror.component.ts
index 8af1c93..81fb822 100644
--- a/src/codemirror.component.ts
+++ b/src/codemirror.component.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR } from '@angular/forms';
 import * as CodeMirror from 'codemirror';
+import {InitEvent} from "./init_event";
 
 /**
  * CodeMirror component
@@ -35,10 +36,11 @@ export class CodemirrorComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
   @Output() change = new EventEmitter();
   @Output() focus = new EventEmitter();
   @Output() blur = new EventEmitter();
+  @Output() init = new EventEmitter<InitEvent>();
 
   @ViewChild('host') host;
 
-  @Output() instance = null;
+  instance: CodeMirror.Editor = null;
 
   _value = '';
 
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ export class CodemirrorComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
     this.instance.on('blur', () => {
       this.blur.emit();
     });
+
+    this.init.emit(new InitEvent(this.instance));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/init_event.ts b/src/init_event.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4850a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/init_event.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import * as CodeMirror from "codemirror";
+
+export class InitEvent {
+	codeMirrorInstance: CodeMirror.Editor
+
+
+	constructor(codeMirrorInstance: CodeMirror.Editor) {
+		this.codeMirrorInstance = codeMirrorInstance;
+	}
+}
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