diff --git a/src/adapter/bundle.js b/src/adapter/bundle.js
index 914028cf0d..9893fe39a7 100644
--- a/src/adapter/bundle.js
+++ b/src/adapter/bundle.js
@@ -26,14 +26,16 @@ define([
     './directives/MCTView',
     './services/Instantiate',
     './capabilities/APICapabilityDecorator',
-    './policies/AdapterCompositionPolicy'
+    './policies/AdapterCompositionPolicy',
+    './runs/AlternateCompositionInitializer'
 ], function (
     legacyRegistry,
     ActionDialogDecorator,
     MCTView,
     Instantiate,
     APICapabilityDecorator,
-    AdapterCompositionPolicy
+    AdapterCompositionPolicy,
+    AlternateCompositionInitializer
 ) {
     legacyRegistry.register('src/adapter', {
         "extensions": {
@@ -82,6 +84,12 @@ define([
                     depends: [ "openmct" ]
                 }
             ],
+            runs: [
+                {
+                    implementation: AlternateCompositionInitializer,
+                    depends: ["openmct"]
+                }
+            ],
             licenses: [
                 {
                     "name": "almond",
diff --git a/src/adapter/capabilities/AlternateCompositionCapability.js b/src/adapter/capabilities/AlternateCompositionCapability.js
index b84a42cc85..9845ba376b 100644
--- a/src/adapter/capabilities/AlternateCompositionCapability.js
+++ b/src/adapter/capabilities/AlternateCompositionCapability.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 define([
     '../../api/objects/object-utils'
 ], function (objectUtils) {
-
         function AlternateCompositionCapability($injector, domainObject) {
             this.domainObject = domainObject;
             this.getDependencies = function () {
@@ -98,7 +97,9 @@ define([
         };
 
         AlternateCompositionCapability.appliesTo = function (model) {
-            return true;
+            // Will get replaced by a runs exception to properly
+            // bind to running openmct instance
+            return false;
         };
 
         return AlternateCompositionCapability;
diff --git a/src/adapter/runs/AlternateCompositionInitializer.js b/src/adapter/runs/AlternateCompositionInitializer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77bc1866cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/adapter/runs/AlternateCompositionInitializer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2016, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * Open MCT Web includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+define([
+    '../capabilities/AlternateCompositionCapability'
+], function (AlternateCompositionCapability) {
+    // Present to work around the need for openmct to be used
+    // from AlternateCompositionCapability.appliesTo, even though it
+    // cannot be injected.
+    function AlternateCompositionInitializer(openmct) {
+        AlternateCompositionCapability.appliesTo = function (model) {
+            return !!openmct.composition.get(model);
+        };
+    }
+
+    return AlternateCompositionCapability;
+});
diff --git a/src/api/composition/CompositionAPI.js b/src/api/composition/CompositionAPI.js
index 265602ea67..31073bd956 100644
--- a/src/api/composition/CompositionAPI.js
+++ b/src/api/composition/CompositionAPI.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ define([
      */
     CompositionAPI.prototype.get = function (domainObject) {
         var provider = _.find(this.registry, function (p) {
-            return p.appliesTo(object);
+            return p.appliesTo(domainObject);
         });
 
         if (!provider) {