diff --git a/src/loadNode.js b/src/loadNode.js
index b4a62513..fa2671d1 100644
--- a/src/loadNode.js
+++ b/src/loadNode.js
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
-var context = require('vm').createContext({
+var fs = require('fs'),
+	vm = require('vm'),
+	path = require('path');
+
+// Create the context within which we will run the source files:
+var context = vm.createContext({
 	options: {
 		server: true,
 		version: 'dev'
 	},
+	// Node Canvas library: https://github.com/learnboost/node-canvas
 	Canvas: require('canvas'),
+	// Copy over global variables:
     console: console,
 	require: require,
+	__dirname: __dirname,
+	__filename: __filename,
+	// Used to load and run source files within the same context:
 	include: function(uri) {
-		var source = require('fs').readFileSync(__dirname + '/' + uri);
-		// For relative includes, we save the current directory and then add
-		// the uri directory to __dirname:
+		var source = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, uri), 'utf8');
+		// For relative includes, we save the current directory and then
+		// add the uri directory to __dirname:
 		var oldDirname = __dirname;
-		__dirname = __dirname + '/' + uri.replace(/[^/]+$/, '');
-		require('vm').runInContext(source, context, uri);
+		__dirname = path.resolve(__dirname, path.dirname(uri));
+		vm.runInContext(source, context, uri);
 		__dirname = oldDirname;
 	}
 });
@@ -28,4 +38,14 @@ context.Base.each(context, function(val, key) {
 });
 context.PaperScope.prototype['Canvas'] = context.Canvas;
 
+require.extensions['.pjs'] = function(module, uri) {
+	var source = context.PaperScript.compile(fs.readFileSync(uri, 'utf8'));
+	var envVars = 'var __dirname = \'' + path.dirname(uri) + '\';' + 
+				 'var __filename = \'' + uri + '\';';
+	vm.runInContext(envVars, context);
+	var scope = new context.PaperScope();
+	context.PaperScript.evaluate(source, scope);
+	module.exports = scope;
+};
+
 module.exports = new context.PaperScope();
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