diff --git a/actions.js b/actions.js
index 870b2be..3bbb79d 100755
--- a/actions.js
+++ b/actions.js
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ object.makeConstructor('ActionSet', MetaActions)
 //
 // This will pre-process an object to setup the action mechanics.
 //
-// If the 'this and prototype both contain a .config attribute then this
+// If the 'this' and prototype both contain a .config attribute then this
 // will make set <actions>.config.__proto__ = <prototype>.config 
 //
 //
@@ -1307,6 +1307,13 @@ function(){
 	var args = [].slice.call(arguments)
 	var res = {}
 
+	// special case: if MetaActions is in the args then inherit the root
+	// 		object from it...
+	if(args.indexOf(MetaActions) >= 0){
+		args.splice(args.indexOf(MetaActions), 1)
+		res.__proto__ = MetaActions
+	}
+
 	var mixin = MetaActions.inlineMixin
 
 	args.forEach(function(p){
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbda568..0b1d7e6 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ig-actions",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "description": "",
   "main": "actions.js",
   "scripts": {