diff --git a/CommonJS/bin/press b/CommonJS/bin/press
index 7db9a4137..9ad00a671 100755
--- a/CommonJS/bin/press
+++ b/CommonJS/bin/press
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ function pressEnvironment(rootPath, outputFiles, environment, options) {
         total++;
         totalBytes += aFileExecutable.code().length
     }, this);
-    stream.print(sprintf(
+    stream.print(ObjectiveJ.sprintf(
         "Saved \0green(%f%%\0) (\0blue(%s\0)); Total required files: \0magenta(%d\0) (\0blue(%s\0)) of \0magenta(%d\0) (\0blue(%s\0));",
         Math.round(((includedBytes - totalBytes) / totalBytes) * -100),
         bytesToString(totalBytes - includedBytes),
diff --git a/Foundation/CPString.j b/Foundation/CPString.j
index 15e950a3b..21848040a 100644
--- a/Foundation/CPString.j
+++ b/Foundation/CPString.j
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ var CPStringRegexSpecialCharacters = [
         [CPException raise:CPInvalidArgumentException
                     reason:"initWithFormat: the format can't be 'nil'"];
 
-    self = sprintf.apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2));
+    self = ObjectiveJ.sprintf.apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2));
     return self;
 }
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ var CPStringRegexSpecialCharacters = [
         [CPException raise:CPInvalidArgumentException
                     reason:"initWithFormat: the format can't be 'nil'"];
 
-    return sprintf.apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2));
+    return ObjectiveJ.sprintf.apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2));
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ var CPStringRegexSpecialCharacters = [
     if (!format)
         [CPException raise:CPInvalidArgumentException reason:"initWithFormat: the format can't be 'nil'"];
 
-    return self + sprintf.apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2));
+    return self + ObjectiveJ.sprintf.apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2));
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/Objective-J/CPLog.js b/Objective-J/CPLog.js
index a0f5765b5..8ad4ec238 100644
--- a/Objective-J/CPLog.js
+++ b/Objective-J/CPLog.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function _CPLogDispatch(parameters, aLevel, aTitle)
         aLevel = CPLogDefaultLevel;
     
     // use sprintf if param 0 is a string and there is more than one param. otherwise just convert param 0 to a string
-    var message = (typeof parameters[0] == "string" && parameters.length > 1) ? sprintf.apply(null, parameters) : String(parameters[0]);
+    var message = (typeof parameters[0] == "string" && parameters.length > 1) ? exports.sprintf.apply(null, parameters) : String(parameters[0]);
         
     if (_CPLogRegistrations[aLevel])
         for (var i = 0; i < _CPLogRegistrations[aLevel].length; i++)
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ var _CPFormatLogMessage = function(aString, aLevel, aTitle)
     var now = new Date();
     aLevel = ( aLevel == null ? '' : ' [' + aLevel + ']' );
 
-    if (typeof sprintf == "function")
-        return sprintf("%4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%03d %s%s: %s",
+    if (typeof exports.sprintf == "function")
+        return exports.sprintf("%4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%03d %s%s: %s",
             now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate(),
             now.getHours(), now.getMinutes(), now.getSeconds(), now.getMilliseconds(),
             aTitle, aLevel, aString);
diff --git a/Objective-J/CommonJS/lib/objective-j/loader.js b/Objective-J/CommonJS/lib/objective-j/loader.js
index 7b7c38583..8d162d420 100644
--- a/Objective-J/CommonJS/lib/objective-j/loader.js
+++ b/Objective-J/CommonJS/lib/objective-j/loader.js
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-var objj = null;
 
 function ObjectiveJLoader() {
     var loader = {};
     var factories = {};
     
     loader.reload = function(topId, path) {
-        if (!objj) objj = require("objective-j");
+        if (!global.ObjectiveJ) 
+            global.ObjectiveJ = require("objective-j");
         
         //print("loading objective-j: " + topId + " (" + path + ")");
-        factories[topId] = objj.make_narwhal_factory(path);
+        factories[topId] = ObjectiveJ.make_narwhal_factory(path);
         factories[topId].path = path;
     }
     
diff --git a/Objective-J/Debug.js b/Objective-J/Debug.js
index 1e154b109..27af496b9 100644
--- a/Objective-J/Debug.js
+++ b/Objective-J/Debug.js
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 
 function objj_debug_object_format(aReceiver)
 {
-    return (aReceiver && aReceiver.isa) ? sprintf("<%s %#08x>", GETMETA(aReceiver).name, aReceiver._UID) : String(aReceiver);
+    return (aReceiver && aReceiver.isa) ? exports.sprintf("<%s %#08x>", GETMETA(aReceiver).name, aReceiver._UID) : String(aReceiver);
 }
 
 function objj_debug_message_format(aReceiver, aSelector)
 {
-    return sprintf("[%s %s]", objj_debug_object_format(aReceiver), aSelector);
+    return exports.sprintf("[%s %s]", objj_debug_object_format(aReceiver), aSelector);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Objective-J/sprintf.js b/Objective-J/sprintf.js
index 41071cbf3..d5df1b2a5 100644
--- a/Objective-J/sprintf.js
+++ b/Objective-J/sprintf.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 var formatRegex = new RegExp("([^%]+|%[\\+\\-\\ \\#0]*[0-9\\*]*(.[0-9\\*]+)?[hlL]?[cbBdieEfgGosuxXpn%@])", "g");
 var tagRegex = new RegExp("(%)([\\+\\-\\ \\#0]*)([0-9\\*]*)((.[0-9\\*]+)?)([hlL]?)([cbBdieEfgGosuxXpn%@])");
 
-GLOBAL(sprintf) = function(format)
+exports.sprintf = function(format)
 {
     var format = arguments[0],
         tokens = format.match(formatRegex),
diff --git a/Tests/Objective-J/sprintfTest.j b/Tests/Objective-J/sprintfTest.j
index 24c1696a3..b51bb7cd0 100644
--- a/Tests/Objective-J/sprintfTest.j
+++ b/Tests/Objective-J/sprintfTest.j
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 // TODO: add many many more of these...
 var sprintfTestCases = [
     [["[%@]", "hello world"], "[hello world]"],
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var sprintfTestCases = [
 {
     for (var i = 0; i < sprintfTestCases.length; i++)
     {
-        [self assert:sprintf.apply(null, sprintfTestCases[i][0]) equals:sprintfTestCases[i][1]];
+        [self assert:ObjectiveJ.sprintf.apply(null, sprintfTestCases[i][0]) equals:sprintfTestCases[i][1]];
     }
 }