diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 207697f8bf..920b53c6db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ TODO
 
  - [ ] Change `context` to `contexts`.
  - [ ] Figure out what a `Context` will be
- - [ ] Implement hack to make `global` inherit from `self`
+ - [x] Implement hack to make `global` inherit from `self`
  - [ ] Define on `self.registerModel(m: Model)` protocol
  - [ ] Describe `contexts`
  - [ ] make simple `index.html` that demos a dummy model
diff --git a/lmlayer.js b/lmlayer.js
index accd3dda02..ae514702d3 100644
--- a/lmlayer.js
+++ b/lmlayer.js
@@ -65,4 +65,14 @@ function loadModelClass() {
   return global.Model;
 }
 
+/**
+ * HACK: on Node.JS + tiny-worker, ensure code imported with importScripts()
+ * has access to the same things defined on self in this file.
+ */
+if (typeof global !== 'undefined') {
+  let globalPrototype = Object.getPrototypeOf(global);
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(self, globalPrototype);
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(global, self);
+}
+
 /*global importScripts*/
diff --git a/models/en-x-test-derek.js b/models/en-x-test-derek.js
index 359f216e92..d532b938f7 100644
--- a/models/en-x-test-derek.js
+++ b/models/en-x-test-derek.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class Model {
 }
 
 // TODO: shouldn't this be running in the same scope as the original?
-// TODO: test in a browser!
 if (typeof global !== 'undefined') {
-    global.Model = Model;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  global.Model = Model;
+}