diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/gherkin.js b/lib/ace/mode/gherkin.js
index 94dba209..78ee8a08 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/gherkin.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/gherkin.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var Tokenizer = require("../tokenizer").Tokenizer;
 var GherkinHighlightRules = require("./gherkin_highlight_rules").GherkinHighlightRules;
 
 var Mode = function() {
-    this.$tokenizer = new Tokenizer(new GherkinHighlightRules().getRules());
+    this.HighlightRules = GherkinHighlightRules;
 };
 oop.inherits(Mode, TextMode);