diff --git a/examples/trivial/master.js b/examples/trivial/master.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97fc2a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/trivial/master.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+var Worker = require("webworker").Worker;
+var worker = new Worker(__dirname + "/worker.js");
+worker.onmessage = function (message) {
+    console.log(message.data);
+    worker.terminate();
+};
+worker.postMessage("Hello, World!");
+
diff --git a/examples/trivial/worker.js b/examples/trivial/worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..963c04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/trivial/worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+var worker = this;
+worker.onmessage = function (message) {
+    // echo
+    worker.postMessage(message.data);
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/webworker-child.js b/lib/webworker-child.js
index 34b3c9f..29a77ba 100644
--- a/lib/webworker-child.js
+++ b/lib/webworker-child.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ ws.addListener('open', function() {
     process.addListener('uncaughtException', exceptionHandler);
 
     // Execute the worker
-    scriptObj.runInNewContext(workerCtx);
+    scriptObj.runInThisContext();
 });
 
 // Construt the Script object to host the worker's code
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ default:
 }
 
 // Set up the context for the worker instance
-var workerCtx = {};
+var workerCtx = global;
 
 // Context elements required for node.js
 //