diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/objectivec_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/objectivec_highlight_rules.js
index e703c8ad..adc95e39 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/objectivec_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/objectivec_highlight_rules.js
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@ var ObjectiveCHighlightRules = function() {
                          "222|" +
                          "x[a-zA-Z0-9]+)";
 
-    var specialVariables = [
-        {
+    var specialVariables = [{
             "regex": "\\b_cmd\\b",
             "token": "variable.other.selector.objc"
-        },
-        {
+        }, {
             "regex": "\\b(?:self|super)\\b",
             "token": "variable.language.objc"
         }
@@ -31,8 +29,7 @@ var ObjectiveCHighlightRules = function() {
     var cObj = new CHighlightRules();
     var cRules = cObj.getRules();
 
-    this.$rules = 
-        {
+    this.$rules = {
     "start": [ 
         {
             token : "comment",
@@ -312,24 +309,17 @@ var ObjectiveCHighlightRules = function() {
 
     // copy in C-Rules directly
     for (var r in cRules) {
-        if (r == "start") {
-            for (var key in cRules[r]) {
-                this.$rules.start.push(cRules[r][key])
-            }
-        }
-        else {
+        if (this.$rules[r]) {
+            if (this.$rules[r].push)
+                this.$rules[r].push.apply(this.$rules[r], cRules[r]);
+        } else {
             this.$rules[r] = cRules[r];
         }
     }
-
-    var startRules = this.$rules.start;
-    for (var s in startRules) {
-        this.$rules.bracketed_content.push(startRules[s]);
-    }
-    for (var s in specialVariables) {
-        this.$rules.bracketed_content.push(specialVariables[s]);
-    }
-
+    
+    this.$rules.bracketed_content = this.$rules.bracketed_content.concat(
+        this.$rules.start, specialVariables
+    );
 
     this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-",
         [ DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule("start") ]);