diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 7207b2cd..52ec59a1 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "test"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "straps": "~1.1.5",
+    "straps": "~1.2.0",
     "acorn": "git://github.com/paperjs/acorn#0.3.2",
     "esprima": "~1.0.3",
     "stats.js": "r11"
diff --git a/src/core/Base.js b/src/core/Base.js
index ec5be099..7ba31f27 100644
--- a/src/core/Base.js
+++ b/src/core/Base.js
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Base.inject(/** @lends Base# */{
 					list._index = index + 1;
 				return obj && options && options.clone ? obj.clone() : obj;
 			}
-			obj = Base.create(this);
+			obj = Base.create(this.prototype);
 			if (readIndex)
 				obj.__read = true;
 			// If options were provided, pass them on to the constructed object
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ Base.inject(/** @lends Base# */{
 					// Create serialized type and pass collected arguments to
 					// constructor().
 					var args = res;
-					res = Base.create(type);
+					res = Base.create(type.prototype);
 					type.apply(res, args);
 				}
 			} else if (Base.isPlainObject(obj)) {