JSFL No access to other stage objects after creating a symbol

Hi there, in JSFL I'm having issues after creating a symbol from an object on the stage.

Prior to creating the symbol, I log out how many objects on the stage - which is 9. However, after creating the symbol the only item on the stage(according to the code) is the symbol I've just created.

This has lead me to believe I need to use doc.exitEditMode(), or doc,.editScene() as it seems to be stuck within an editting mode for that symbol and doesn't have access to the other objects that are there, but neither of these commands seem to resolve the issue.

Can anyone help out?

Thanks
Ant