diff --git a/plugins/svg/src/FeatureTrack/README.md b/plugins/svg/src/LinearFeatureDisplay/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/svg/src/FeatureTrack/README.md
rename to plugins/svg/src/LinearFeatureDisplay/README.md
diff --git a/plugins/svg/src/FeatureTrack/configSchema.ts b/plugins/svg/src/LinearFeatureDisplay/configSchema.ts
similarity index 69%
rename from plugins/svg/src/FeatureTrack/configSchema.ts
rename to plugins/svg/src/LinearFeatureDisplay/configSchema.ts
index e21a265aa0..694450bb1b 100644
--- a/plugins/svg/src/FeatureTrack/configSchema.ts
+++ b/plugins/svg/src/LinearFeatureDisplay/configSchema.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { ConfigurationSchema } from '@jbrowse/core/configuration'
-import { BaseTrackConfig } from '@jbrowse/plugin-linear-genome-view'
+import { baseLinearDisplayConfigSchema } from '@jbrowse/plugin-linear-genome-view'
+
 import PluginManager from '@jbrowse/core/PluginManager'
 
 export default function configSchemaFactory(pluginManager: PluginManager) {
   return ConfigurationSchema(
-    'FeatureTrack',
+    'LinearFeatureDisplay',
     {
-      adapter: pluginManager.pluggableConfigSchemaType('adapter'),
       renderer: pluginManager.pluggableConfigSchemaType('renderer'),
       // overrides base
       maxDisplayedBpPerPx: {
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ export default function configSchemaFactory(pluginManager: PluginManager) {
         defaultValue: 1000,
       },
     },
-    { explicitlyTyped: true, baseConfiguration: BaseTrackConfig },
+    { baseConfiguration: baseLinearDisplayConfigSchema, explicitlyTyped: true },
   )
 }
diff --git a/plugins/svg/src/FeatureTrack/index.ts b/plugins/svg/src/LinearFeatureDisplay/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/svg/src/FeatureTrack/index.ts
rename to plugins/svg/src/LinearFeatureDisplay/index.ts
diff --git a/plugins/svg/src/FeatureTrack/model.ts b/plugins/svg/src/LinearFeatureDisplay/model.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from plugins/svg/src/FeatureTrack/model.ts
rename to plugins/svg/src/LinearFeatureDisplay/model.ts
index 6aed2e2c67..171e28083e 100644
--- a/plugins/svg/src/FeatureTrack/model.ts
+++ b/plugins/svg/src/LinearFeatureDisplay/model.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ConfigurationReference, getConf } from '@jbrowse/core/configuration'
 import { getParentRenderProps } from '@jbrowse/core/util/tracks'
 import { MenuItem } from '@jbrowse/core/ui'
-import { basicTrackStateModelFactory } from '@jbrowse/plugin-linear-genome-view'
+import { BaseLinearDisplay } from '@jbrowse/plugin-linear-genome-view'
 import VisibilityIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Visibility'
 
 import { types, Instance } from 'mobx-state-tree'
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import { AnyConfigurationSchemaType } from '@jbrowse/core/configuration/configur
 const stateModelFactory = (configSchema: AnyConfigurationSchemaType) =>
   types
     .compose(
-      'FeatureTrack',
-      basicTrackStateModelFactory(configSchema),
+      'LinearFeatureDisplay',
+      BaseLinearDisplay,
       types.model({
-        type: types.literal('FeatureTrack'),
+        type: types.literal('LinearFeatureDisplay'),
         showLabels: types.optional(types.boolean, true),
         displayMode: types.optional(types.string, 'normal'),
         configuration: ConfigurationReference(configSchema),
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ const stateModelFactory = (configSchema: AnyConfigurationSchemaType) =>
     .views(self => {
       const { trackMenuItems } = self
       return {
+        get rendererTypeName() {
+          const renderer = getConf(self, 'renderer')
+          return renderer.type
+        },
         get renderProps() {
           const config = self.rendererType.configSchema.create({
             ...getConf(self, 'renderer'),
diff --git a/plugins/svg/src/index.ts b/plugins/svg/src/index.ts
index 5654f68aa0..867f98fed1 100644
--- a/plugins/svg/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/svg/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import DisplayType from '@jbrowse/core/pluggableElementTypes/DisplayType'
 import BoxRendererType from '@jbrowse/core/pluggableElementTypes/renderers/BoxRendererType'
 import Plugin from '@jbrowse/core/Plugin'
 import PluginManager from '@jbrowse/core/PluginManager'
-import TrackType from '@jbrowse/core/pluggableElementTypes/TrackType'
+import { BaseLinearDisplayComponent } from '@jbrowse/plugin-linear-genome-view'
 import {
   configSchema as svgFeatureRendererConfigSchema,
   ReactComponent as SvgFeatureRendererReactComponent,
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import {
   configSchema as featuresTrackConfigSchema,
   modelFactory as featuresTrackModelFactory,
-} from './FeatureTrack'
+} from './LinearFeatureDisplay'
 
 export default class SVGPlugin extends Plugin {
   name = 'SVGPlugin'
@@ -24,13 +25,16 @@ export default class SVGPlugin extends Plugin {
           configSchema: svgFeatureRendererConfigSchema,
         }),
     )
-    pluginManager.addTrackType(() => {
+
+    pluginManager.addDisplayType(() => {
       const configSchema = featuresTrackConfigSchema(pluginManager)
-      return new TrackType({
-        name: 'FeatureTrack',
-        stateModel: featuresTrackModelFactory(configSchema),
+      return new DisplayType({
+        name: 'LinearFeatureDisplay',
         configSchema,
-        compatibleView: 'LinearGenomeView',
+        stateModel: featuresTrackModelFactory(configSchema),
+        trackType: 'FeatureTrack',
+        viewType: 'LinearGenomeView',
+        ReactComponent: BaseLinearDisplayComponent,
       })
     })
   }