diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 980a725..f0dd1fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ addition to the functions provided in the MCP version of ScriptCraft,
 there are a couple of useful Java objects exposed via javascript in
 the Bukkit ScriptCraft plugin...
 
- * `plugin` - the ScriptCraft Plugin itself. This is a useful starting point for accessing other Bukkit objects. The `plugin` object is of type [org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin][api] and all of its properties and methods are accessible. For example... `js plugin.getServer().getMotd()` returns the server's message of the day.
+ * `__plugin` - the ScriptCraft Plugin itself. This is a useful starting point for accessing other Bukkit objects. The `__plugin` object is of type [org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin][api] and all of its properties and methods are accessible. For example... `js __plugin.server.motd` returns the server's message of the day (javascript is more concise than the equivalent java code: __plugin.getServer().getMotd() ).
  * `self` - The player/command-block or server console operator who invoked the js command. Again, this is a good jumping off point for diving into the Bukkit API.
  * `bukkit` - The top-level Bukkit object. See the [Bukkit API docs][bukapi] for reference.
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/walterhiggins/scriptcraft/ScriptCraftPlugin.java b/src/main/java/net/walterhiggins/scriptcraft/ScriptCraftPlugin.java
index 46245f0..5185be4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/walterhiggins/scriptcraft/ScriptCraftPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/walterhiggins/scriptcraft/ScriptCraftPlugin.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class ScriptCraftPlugin extends JavaPlugin
                 File boot = new File(JS_PLUGINS_DIR + "/core/_scriptcraft.js");
                 this.engine = factory.getEngineByName("JavaScript");
                 this.engine.put("__engine",engine);
-                this.engine.put("plugin",this);
+                this.engine.put("__plugin",this);
                 this.engine.put("__script",boot.getCanonicalPath().replaceAll("\\\\","/"));
                 this.engine.eval(new FileReader(boot));  
             }catch(Exception e){
diff --git a/src/main/javascript/core/_scriptcraft.js b/src/main/javascript/core/_scriptcraft.js
index 16afa51..cc4273e 100644
--- a/src/main/javascript/core/_scriptcraft.js
+++ b/src/main/javascript/core/_scriptcraft.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ var verbose = verbose || false;
   wph 20130124 - make self, plugin and bukkit public - these are far more useful now that tab-complete works.
 */
 var bukkit = org.bukkit.Bukkit;
-var __plugin = plugin;
 //
 // private implementation
 //