diff --git a/com/codemirror.js b/com/codemirror.js
index fb50a50..fba6327 100644
--- a/com/codemirror.js
+++ b/com/codemirror.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('codemirror', {
     // we don't do via shellcmd: isoterminal.exec(`echo '${str}' > ${file}`,1) 
     // as it would require all kindof ugly stringescaping
     console.log("updating "+file)
-    await this.isoterminal.worker['emulator.update_file'](file, this.isoterminal.convert.toUint8Array(str) )
+    await this.isoterminal.worker.update_file(file, this.isoterminal.convert.toUint8Array(str) )
   },
 
   events:{
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('codemirror', {
     // component events
     DOMready: function(e){
 
-      this.isoterminal.worker['emulator.read_file'](this.data.file)
+      this.isoterminal.worker.read_file(this.data.file)
       .then( this.isoterminal.convert.Uint8ArrayToString )
       .then( (str) => {
           console.log("creating editor")
diff --git a/com/isoterminal/feat/autorestore.js b/com/isoterminal/feat/autorestore.js
index 11882d2..56b8434 100644
--- a/com/isoterminal/feat/autorestore.js
+++ b/com/isoterminal/feat/autorestore.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ if( typeof emulator != 'undefined' ){
   // inside worker-thread
   importScripts("localforage.js")  // we don't instance it again here (just use its functions)
   
-  this['emulator.restore_state'] = async function(data){ 
+  this.restore_state = async function(data){ 
     return new Promise( (resolve,reject) => {
       localforage.getItem("state", async (err,stateBase64) => {
         if( stateBase64 && !err ){
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if( typeof emulator != 'undefined' ){
       })
     })
   }
-  this['emulator.save_state'] = async function(){ 
+  this.save_state = async function(){ 
     console.log("saving session")
     let state = await emulator.save_state()
     localforage.setDriver([
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if( typeof emulator != 'undefined' ){
         if( stateBase64 && !err && confirm('continue last session?') ){
           this.noboot = true // see feat/boot.js
           try{
-            await this.worker['emulator.restore_state']()
+            await this.worker.restore_state()
             // simulate / fastforward boot events
             this.postBoot( () => {
               this.send("
l\n") 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if( typeof emulator != 'undefined' ){
       })
 
       this.save = async () => {
-        await this.worker['emulator.save_state']()
+        await this.worker.save_state()
       }
 
       window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function (e) {
diff --git a/com/isoterminal/worker.js b/com/isoterminal/worker.js
index 1e076c4..05a4ed0 100644
--- a/com/isoterminal/worker.js
+++ b/com/isoterminal/worker.js
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ this.runISO = function(opts){
   /* 
    * forward events/functions so non-worker world can reach them
    */
-  this['emulator.create_file']   = async function(){ return emulator.create_file.apply(emulator, arguments[0]) }
-  this['emulator.read_file']     = async function(){ return emulator.read_file.apply(emulator, arguments[0])   }
-  this['emulator.append_file']   = async function(){ emulator.fs9p.append_file.apply(emulator.fs9p, arguments[0]) }
-  this['emulator.update_file']   = async function(){ emulator.fs9p.update_file.apply(emulator.fs9p, arguments[0]) }
+  this.create_file   = async function(){ return emulator.create_file.apply(emulator, arguments[0]) }
+  this.read_file     = async function(){ return emulator.read_file.apply(emulator, arguments[0])   }
+  this.append_file   = async function(){ emulator.fs9p.append_file.apply(emulator.fs9p, arguments[0]) }
+  this.update_file   = async function(){ emulator.fs9p.update_file.apply(emulator.fs9p, arguments[0]) }
 
   // filename will be read from 9pfs: "/mnt/"+filename
   emulator.readFromPipe = function(filename,cb){