diff --git a/lib/proto/handle-response.js b/lib/proto/handle-response.js
index 44903fe..ab94197 100644
--- a/lib/proto/handle-response.js
+++ b/lib/proto/handle-response.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var newUid = require("../uniqueid.js")
 var trigger = require("../events/trigger.js")
 
 module.exports = function(responseText, request, href, options) {
-  options = options || clone(this.options);
+  options = clone(options  || this.options)
   options.request = request
 
   // Fail if unable to load HTML via AJAX