diff --git a/lib/ace/tokenizer.js b/lib/ace/tokenizer.js
index edcd817a..769fe84b 100644
--- a/lib/ace/tokenizer.js
+++ b/lib/ace/tokenizer.js
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
 
 define(function(require, exports, module) {
 
-var Tokenizer = function(rules) {
+var Tokenizer = function(rules, flag) {
+    flag = flag ? "g" + flag : "g";
     this.rules = rules;
 
     this.regExps = {};
     this.matchMappings = {};
-    var flag = flag ? "g" + flag : "g";
     for ( var key in this.rules) {
         var rule = this.rules[key];
         var state = rule;