diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index 078468f6..e47085de 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -621,6 +621,9 @@ const HDF5PLOT_MAP_STR2TELEM = Dict{String, Type}()
 const HDF5PLOT_MAP_TELEM2STR = Dict{Type, String}()
 
 #Don't really like this global variable... Very hacky
+mutable struct HDF5Plot_PlotRef
+	ref::Union{Plot, Nothing}
+end
 const HDF5PLOT_PLOTREF = HDF5Plot_PlotRef(nothing)
 
 #Simple sub-structures that can just be written out using _hdf5plot_gwritefields:
diff --git a/src/backends/hdf5.jl b/src/backends/hdf5.jl
index 327d11c5..1dceedc0 100644
--- a/src/backends/hdf5.jl
+++ b/src/backends/hdf5.jl
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ import FixedPointNumbers: N0f8 #In core Julia
 struct HDF5PlotNative; end #Indentifies a data element that can natively be handled by HDF5
 struct HDF5CTuple; end #Identifies a "complex" tuple structure
 
-mutable struct HDF5Plot_PlotRef
-	ref::Union{Plot, Nothing}
-end
-
 #==
 ===============================================================================#
 is_marker_supported(::HDF5Backend, shape::Shape) = true