diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js
index 8d9b6eba..20c5a9c1 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js	
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ module.MetaActions = {
 	// XXX is this simpler to use than the original .getHandlerList(..)
 	// XXX rename this....
 	getHandlers: function(name){
-		return this.getHandlerList(name)
+		return (this.getHandlerList || MetaActions.getHandlerList).call(this, name)
 			.map(function(a){ 
 				var res = {
 					// action doc...
@@ -1303,9 +1303,12 @@ function Actions(a, b){
 var test =
 module.test =
 function test(){
+	// NOTE: this is needed only to add action methods to TestActions...
+	var BaseActions = new ActionSet()
+
 	var TestActions = 
 	module.TestActions = 
-	Actions({
+	Actions(BaseActions, {
 		testActionGen1: ['baisc test action...',
 			'some extra info',
 			function(){
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/object.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/object.js
index c0ea5342..148a012f 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/object.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/object.js	
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ function makeConstructor(name, a, b){
 	var proto = b == null ? a : b
 	var cls_proto = b == null ? b : a
 
+	proto = Object.create(proto)
+
 	var _constructor = function Constructor(){
 		/*
 		// XXX BUG: if the constructor is called from it's instance this will