diff --git a/src/core/Base.js b/src/core/Base.js
index 381b9662..83cab6a6 100644
--- a/src/core/Base.js
+++ b/src/core/Base.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Base.inject(/** @lends Base# */{
 	statics: /** @lends Base */{
 
 		// Keep track of all named classes for serialization and exporting.
-		exports: new Base(),
+		exports: {},
 
 		extend: function extend(src) {
 			// Override Base.extend() to register named classes in Base.exports,
diff --git a/src/export.js b/src/export.js
index bf1323c4..abc438ed 100644
--- a/src/export.js
+++ b/src/export.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 // First add Base, PaperScript and Numerical to exports, then inject all exports
 // into PaperScope, and create the initial paper object, all in one statement:
-paper = new (PaperScope.inject(Base.exports.inject({
+paper = new (PaperScope.inject(Base.merge(Base.exports, {
 	// Mark fields as enumeralbe so PaperScope.inject can pick them up
 	enumerable: true,
 	Base: Base,