diff --git a/build/minify.sh b/build/minify.sh
index 049718fe..f3252831 100755
--- a/build/minify.sh
+++ b/build/minify.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@
 #
 # All rights reserved.
 
-uglifyjs ../dist/paper.js -o ../dist/paper-min.js -c unused=false -m -r "_$_,$_" -b ascii_only=true,beautify=false --comments /^!/
+# We need to keep dead_code around for now, since the very odd JavaScriptCore
+# scope bug fix (nop().nop()) requires it.
+uglifyjs ../dist/paper.js -o ../dist/paper-min.js -c unused=false,dead_code=false -m -r "_$_,$_" -b ascii_only=true,beautify=false --comments /^!/
diff --git a/src/path/Segment.js b/src/path/Segment.js
index e3e0eac1..42f2f480 100644
--- a/src/path/Segment.js
+++ b/src/path/Segment.js
@@ -421,5 +421,11 @@ var Segment = this.Segment = Base.extend(/** @lends Segment# */{
 			}
 		}
 		return coords;
+		// NOTE: There is a very strange bug in JavaScriptCore that causes
+		// segments to receive wrong values after the transformation of a very
+		// large  amount of segments. For some strange reason, this unreachable
+		// stamement causes JavaScriptCore to optimize code differently and not
+		// cause the error. There is no nop() function...
+		nop().nop();
 	}
 });