diff --git a/colors.js b/colors.js
index cfe3a35..9dcfc44 100644
--- a/colors.js
+++ b/colors.js
@@ -24,13 +24,21 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
 // prototypes the string object to have additional method calls that add terminal colors
+
+var addProperty = function (color, func) {
+  exports[color] = function(str) {
+    return func.apply(str);
+  };
+  String.prototype.__defineGetter__(color, func);
+}
+
 var isHeadless = (typeof module !== 'undefined');
 ['bold', 'underline', 'italic', 'inverse', 'grey', 'yellow', 'red', 'green', 'blue', 'white', 'cyan', 'magenta'].forEach(function (style) {
 
   // __defineGetter__ at the least works in more browsers
   // http://robertnyman.com/javascript/javascript-getters-setters.html
   // Object.defineProperty only works in Chrome
-  String.prototype.__defineGetter__(style, function () {
+  addProperty(style, function () {
     return isHeadless ?
              stylize(this, style) : // for those running in node (headless environments)
              this.replace(/( )/, '$1'); // and for those running in browsers:
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ var isHeadless = (typeof module !== 'undefined');
 
 // prototypes string with method "rainbow"
 // rainbow will apply a the color spectrum to a string, changing colors every letter
-String.prototype.__defineGetter__('rainbow', function () {
+addProperty('rainbow', function () {
   if (!isHeadless) {
     return this.replace(/( )/, '$1');
   }
@@ -82,7 +90,7 @@ function stylize(str, style) {
 };
 
 // don't summon zalgo
-String.prototype.__defineGetter__('zalgo', function () {
+addProperty('zalgo', function () {
   return zalgo(this);
 });
 
diff --git a/example.js b/example.js
index 13b9fae..3003581 100644
--- a/example.js
+++ b/example.js
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@ var colors = require('./colors');
 sys.puts('Rainbows are fun!'.rainbow);
 sys.puts('So '.italic + 'are'.underline + ' styles! '.bold + 'inverse'.inverse); // styles not widely supported
 sys.puts('Chains are also cool.'.bold.italic.underline.red); // styles not widely supported
-// sys.puts('zalgo time!'.zalgo);
\ No newline at end of file
+//sys.puts('zalgo time!'.zalgo);
+
+
+sys.puts(colors.rainbow('Rainbows are fun!'));
+sys.puts(colors.italic('So ') + colors.underline('are') + colors.bold(' styles! ') + colors.inverse('inverse')); // styles not widely supported
+sys.puts(colors.bold(colors.italic(colors.underline(colors.red('Chains are also cool.'))))); // styles not widely supported
+//sys.puts(colors.zalgo('zalgo time!'));