diff --git a/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue b/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue
index c6ce24919..1bf3f5355 100644
--- a/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue
+++ b/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import { useCanvasDrop } from '@/composables/useCanvasDrop'
 import { useContextMenuTranslation } from '@/composables/useContextMenuTranslation'
 import { useCopy } from '@/composables/useCopy'
 import { useGlobalLitegraph } from '@/composables/useGlobalLitegraph'
+import { usePaste } from '@/composables/usePaste'
 import { useWorkflowPersistence } from '@/composables/useWorkflowPersistence'
 import { CORE_SETTINGS } from '@/constants/coreSettings'
 import { i18n } from '@/i18n'
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   useGlobalLitegraph()
   useContextMenuTranslation()
   useCopy()
+  usePaste()
 
   comfyApp.vueAppReady = true
 
diff --git a/src/composables/usePaste.ts b/src/composables/usePaste.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e8c31b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/composables/usePaste.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import { LiteGraph } from '@comfyorg/litegraph'
+import type { LGraphNode } from '@comfyorg/litegraph'
+import { useEventListener } from '@vueuse/core'
+
+import { app } from '@/scripts/app'
+import { useCanvasStore } from '@/stores/graphStore'
+import { useWorkspaceStore } from '@/stores/workspaceStore'
+import { ComfyWorkflowJSON } from '@/types/comfyWorkflow'
+import { isImageNode } from '@/utils/litegraphUtil'
+
+/**
+ * Adds a handler on paste that extracts and loads images or workflows from pasted JSON data
+ */
+export const usePaste = () => {
+  const workspaceStore = useWorkspaceStore()
+  const canvasStore = useCanvasStore()
+
+  useEventListener(document, 'paste', async (e: ClipboardEvent) => {
+    // ctrl+shift+v is used to paste nodes with connections
+    // this is handled by litegraph
+    if (workspaceStore.shiftDown) return
+
+    const canvas = canvasStore.canvas
+    if (!canvas) return
+
+    const graph = canvas.graph
+    // @ts-expect-error: Property 'clipboardData' does not exist on type 'Window & typeof globalThis'.
+    // Did you mean 'Clipboard'?ts(2551)
+    // TODO: Not sure what the code wants to do.
+    let data = e.clipboardData || window.clipboardData
+    const items = data.items
+
+    // Look for image paste data
+    for (const item of items) {
+      if (item.type.startsWith('image/')) {
+        let imageNode: LGraphNode | null = null
+
+        // If an image node is selected, paste into it
+        const currentNode = canvas.current_node as LGraphNode
+        if (
+          currentNode &&
+          currentNode.is_selected &&
+          isImageNode(currentNode)
+        ) {
+          imageNode = currentNode
+        }
+
+        // No image node selected: add a new one
+        if (!imageNode) {
+          const newNode = LiteGraph.createNode('LoadImage')
+          // @ts-expect-error array to Float32Array
+          newNode.pos = [...canvas.graph_mouse]
+          imageNode = graph.add(newNode) ?? null
+          graph.change()
+        }
+        const blob = item.getAsFile()
+        // @ts-expect-error: Property 'pasteFile' does not exist on type 'LGraphNode'.
+        imageNode?.pasteFile(blob)
+        return
+      }
+    }
+
+    // No image found. Look for node data
+    data = data.getData('text/plain')
+    let workflow: ComfyWorkflowJSON | null = null
+    try {
+      data = data.slice(data.indexOf('{'))
+      workflow = JSON.parse(data)
+    } catch (err) {
+      try {
+        data = data.slice(data.indexOf('workflow\n'))
+        data = data.slice(data.indexOf('{'))
+        workflow = JSON.parse(data)
+      } catch (error) {
+        workflow = null
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (workflow && workflow.version && workflow.nodes && workflow.extra) {
+      await app.loadGraphData(workflow)
+    } else {
+      if (
+        (e.target instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement &&
+          e.target.type === 'textarea') ||
+        (e.target instanceof HTMLInputElement && e.target.type === 'text')
+      ) {
+        return
+      }
+
+      // Litegraph default paste
+      canvas.pasteFromClipboard()
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/scripts/app.ts b/src/scripts/app.ts
index 15e02919a..7468bbca4 100644
--- a/src/scripts/app.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/app.ts
@@ -477,82 +477,6 @@ export class ComfyApp {
     )
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Adds a handler on paste that extracts and loads images or workflows from pasted JSON data
-   */
-  #addPasteHandler() {
-    document.addEventListener('paste', async (e: ClipboardEvent) => {
-      // ctrl+shift+v is used to paste nodes with connections
-      // this is handled by litegraph
-      if (this.shiftDown) return
-
-      // @ts-expect-error: Property 'clipboardData' does not exist on type 'Window & typeof globalThis'.
-      // Did you mean 'Clipboard'?ts(2551)
-      // TODO: Not sure what the code wants to do.
-      let data = e.clipboardData || window.clipboardData
-      const items = data.items
-
-      // Look for image paste data
-      for (const item of items) {
-        if (item.type.startsWith('image/')) {
-          var imageNode = null
-
-          // If an image node is selected, paste into it
-          if (
-            this.canvas.current_node &&
-            this.canvas.current_node.is_selected &&
-            isImageNode(this.canvas.current_node)
-          ) {
-            imageNode = this.canvas.current_node
-          }
-
-          // No image node selected: add a new one
-          if (!imageNode) {
-            const newNode = LiteGraph.createNode('LoadImage')
-            // @ts-expect-error array to Float32Array
-            newNode.pos = [...this.canvas.graph_mouse]
-            imageNode = this.graph.add(newNode)
-            this.graph.change()
-          }
-          const blob = item.getAsFile()
-          imageNode.pasteFile(blob)
-          return
-        }
-      }
-
-      // No image found. Look for node data
-      data = data.getData('text/plain')
-      let workflow: ComfyWorkflowJSON | null = null
-      try {
-        data = data.slice(data.indexOf('{'))
-        workflow = JSON.parse(data)
-      } catch (err) {
-        try {
-          data = data.slice(data.indexOf('workflow\n'))
-          data = data.slice(data.indexOf('{'))
-          workflow = JSON.parse(data)
-        } catch (error) {
-          workflow = null
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (workflow && workflow.version && workflow.nodes && workflow.extra) {
-        await this.loadGraphData(workflow)
-      } else {
-        if (
-          (e.target instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement &&
-            e.target.type === 'textarea') ||
-          (e.target instanceof HTMLInputElement && e.target.type === 'text')
-        ) {
-          return
-        }
-
-        // Litegraph default paste
-        this.canvas.pasteFromClipboard()
-      }
-    })
-  }
-
   /**
    * Handle mouse
    *
@@ -977,7 +901,6 @@ export class ComfyApp {
     this.#addDrawNodeHandler()
     this.#addDrawGroupsHandler()
     this.#addDropHandler()
-    this.#addPasteHandler()
 
     await useExtensionService().invokeExtensionsAsync('setup')
   }