diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/coffee.js b/lib/ace/mode/coffee.js
index 18799082..4a6d2201 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/coffee.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/coffee.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function Mode() {
     var highlighter = new Rules();
     this.$tokenizer = new Tokenizer(highlighter.getRules());
     this.$outdent = new Outdent();
-    this.$keywordList = new Rules(rules.$keywordList);
+    this.$keywordList = highlighter.$keywordList;
     this.foldingRules = new FoldMode();
 }