diff --git a/pwiki2.js b/pwiki2.js
index aaee874..957a9a5 100755
--- a/pwiki2.js
+++ b/pwiki2.js
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 // 		this will simply be ignored, i.e. passed trough the parser 
 // 		without change...
 
-var parser =
-module.parser = {
+var BaseParser =
+module.BaseParser = {
 	// patterns...
 	//
 
@@ -870,6 +870,11 @@ module.parser = {
 			.join('') },
 }
 
+var parser =
+module.parser = {
+	__proto__: BaseParser,
+}
+
 
 // XXX PATH_VARS need to handle path variables...
 // XXX macros and filters should be features for simpler plugin handlng (???)