diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/clojure.js b/lib/ace/mode/clojure.js
index cbbaace5..df67dc06 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/clojure.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/clojure.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var Range = require("../range").Range;
 var Mode = function() {
     var highlighter = new ClojureHighlightRules();
     this.$tokenizer = new Tokenizer(highlighter.getRules());
-    this.$keywordList = new Rules(rules.$keywordList);
+    this.$keywordList = highlighter.$keywordList;
     this.$outdent = new MatchingParensOutdent();
 };
 oop.inherits(Mode, TextMode);