diff --git a/src/Core.js b/src/Core.js
index 35be7f2..a10efda 100644
--- a/src/Core.js
+++ b/src/Core.js
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ var html2canvas = {};
 
 html2canvas.logging = false;
 
-html2canvas.log = function (a) {    
+function h2clog(a) {
     if (html2canvas.logging && window.console && window.console.log) {
         window.console.log(a);
     }
-};    
+}
+
+html2canvas.log = h2clog; // for compatibility with the jquery plugin
 
 html2canvas.Util = {};
 
@@ -140,8 +142,8 @@ html2canvas.Util.Children = function(el) {
     try {
       children = $(el).contents();
     } catch (ex) {
-      html2canvas.log("html2canvas.Util.Children failed with exception: " + ex.message);
+      h2clog("html2canvas.Util.Children failed with exception: " + ex.message);
       children = [];
     }
     return children;
-}
+};
diff --git a/src/Generate.js b/src/Generate.js
index 3cc0168..6717296 100644
--- a/src/Generate.js
+++ b/src/Generate.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ html2canvas.Generate.Gradient = function(src, bounds) {
             lingrad.addColorStop(increment * i, steps[i]);
         }
         catch(e) {
-            html2canvas.log(['failed to add color stop: ', e, '; tried to add: ', steps[i], '; stop: ', i, '; in: ', src]);
+            h2clog(['failed to add color stop: ', e, '; tried to add: ', steps[i], '; stop: ', i, '; in: ', src]);
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/src/Parse.js b/src/Parse.js
index c47c35c..15c2c9c 100644
--- a/src/Parse.js
+++ b/src/Parse.js
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ html2canvas.Parse = function (element, images, opts) {
 					
                 }	
             }else{
-                html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Error loading background:" + background_image);
+                h2clog("html2canvas: Error loading background:" + background_image);
             //console.log(images);
             }
 					
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ html2canvas.Parse = function (element, images, opts) {
 
 
         stack = {
-            ctx: html2canvas.canvasContext( docDim.width || w , docDim.height || h ),
+            ctx: h2cRenderContext( docDim.width || w , docDim.height || h ),
             zIndex: zindex,
             opacity: opacity * parentStack.opacity,
             cssPosition: cssPosition
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ html2canvas.Parse = function (element, images, opts) {
                         );
            
                 }else{
-                    html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Error loading <img>:" + imgSrc);
+                    h2clog("html2canvas: Error loading <img>:" + imgSrc);
                 }
                 break;
             case "INPUT":
diff --git a/src/Preload.js b/src/Preload.js
index 3b54cb6..13d0283 100644
--- a/src/Preload.js
+++ b/src/Preload.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ html2canvas.Preload = function(element, opts){
     }
     
     function start(){
-        html2canvas.log("html2canvas: start: images: " + images.numLoaded + " / " + images.numTotal + " (failed: " + images.numFailed + ")");
+        h2clog("html2canvas: start: images: " + images.numLoaded + " / " + images.numTotal + " (failed: " + images.numFailed + ")");
         if (!images.firstRun && images.numLoaded >= images.numTotal){
         
             /*
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ html2canvas.Preload = function(element, opts){
                 options.complete(images);
             }
 
-            html2canvas.log("Finished loading images: # " + images.numTotal + " (failed: " + images.numFailed + ")");
+            h2clog("Finished loading images: # " + images.numTotal + " (failed: " + images.numFailed + ")");
         }
     }
     
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ html2canvas.Preload = function(element, opts){
             elNodeType = el.nodeType;
         } catch (ex) {
             elNodeType = false;
-            html2canvas.log("html2canvas: failed to access some element's nodeType - Exception: " + ex.message);
+            h2clog("html2canvas: failed to access some element's nodeType - Exception: " + ex.message);
         }
 
         if (elNodeType === 1 || elNodeType === undefined){
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ html2canvas.Preload = function(element, opts){
             var img, src;
             if (!images.cleanupDone) {
                 if (cause && typeof cause === "string") {
-                    html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Cleanup because: " + cause);
+                    h2clog("html2canvas: Cleanup because: " + cause);
                 } else {
-                    html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Cleanup after timeout: " + options.timeout + " ms.");
+                    h2clog("html2canvas: Cleanup after timeout: " + options.timeout + " ms.");
                 }
 
                 for (src in images) {
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ html2canvas.Preload = function(element, opts){
                             }
                             images.numLoaded++;
                             images.numFailed++;
-                            html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Cleaned up failed img: '" + src + "' Steps: " + images.numLoaded + " / " + images.numTotal);
+                            h2clog("html2canvas: Cleaned up failed img: '" + src + "' Steps: " + images.numLoaded + " / " + images.numTotal);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -307,19 +307,19 @@ html2canvas.Preload = function(element, opts){
     if (options.timeout > 0) {
         timeoutTimer = window.setTimeout(methods.cleanupDOM, options.timeout);
     }
-    html2canvas.log('html2canvas: Preload starts: finding background-images');
+    h2clog('html2canvas: Preload starts: finding background-images');
     images.firstRun = true;
 
     getImages( element );
     
-    html2canvas.log('html2canvas: Preload: Finding images');
+    h2clog('html2canvas: Preload: Finding images');
     // load <img> images
     for (i = 0; i < imgLen; i+=1){
         methods.loadImage( domImages[i].getAttribute( "src" ) );
     }
     
     images.firstRun = false;
-    html2canvas.log('html2canvas: Preload: Done.');
+    h2clog('html2canvas: Preload: Done.');
     if ( images.numTotal === images.numLoaded ) {
         start();
     }  
diff --git a/src/Queue.js b/src/Queue.js
index 1c9eb2a..3113467 100644
--- a/src/Queue.js
+++ b/src/Queue.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   Released under MIT License
 */
-html2canvas.canvasContext = function (width, height) {
+function h2cRenderContext(width, height) {
     var storage = [];
     return {
         storage: storage,
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ html2canvas.canvasContext = function (width, height) {
             });
         }
     };
-};
+}
diff --git a/src/Renderer.js b/src/Renderer.js
index 074bf2b..046d723 100644
--- a/src/Renderer.js
+++ b/src/Renderer.js
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ html2canvas.Renderer = function(parseQueue, opts){
        
    
         }
-        html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Renderer: Canvas renderer done - returning canvas obj");
+        h2clog("html2canvas: Renderer: Canvas renderer done - returning canvas obj");
         
         // this.canvasRenderStorage(queue,this.ctx);
         queueLen = options.elements.length;
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ html2canvas.Renderer = function(parseQueue, opts){
         
         
         
-        html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Renderer: SVG Renderer done - returning SVG DOM obj");
+        h2clog("html2canvas: Renderer: SVG Renderer done - returning SVG DOM obj");
         
         return svg;
 
@@ -405,11 +405,11 @@ html2canvas.Renderer = function(parseQueue, opts){
         case "canvas":
             canvas = doc.createElement('canvas');
             if (canvas.getContext){
-                html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Renderer: using canvas renderer");
+                h2clog("html2canvas: Renderer: using canvas renderer");
                 return canvasRenderer(parseQueue);
             } else {
                 usingFlashcanvas = true;
-                html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Renderer: canvas not available, using flashcanvas");
+                h2clog("html2canvas: Renderer: canvas not available, using flashcanvas");
                 var script = doc.createElement("script");
                 script.src = options.flashcanvas;
                 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ html2canvas.Renderer = function(parseQueue, opts){
                             window.setTimeout( intervalFunc, 250 );
 
                         } else {
-                            html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Renderer: Can't track when flashcanvas is loaded");
+                            h2clog("html2canvas: Renderer: Can't track when flashcanvas is loaded");
 
                         }
                                 
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ html2canvas.Renderer = function(parseQueue, opts){
                 })(script, function(){
                     
                     if (typeof FlashCanvas !== "undefined") {
-                        html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Renderer: Flashcanvas initialized");
+                        h2clog("html2canvas: Renderer: Flashcanvas initialized");
                         FlashCanvas.initElement( canvas );
                         canvasRenderer(parseQueue);
                     }
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ html2canvas.Renderer = function(parseQueue, opts){
             break;
         case "svg":
             if (doc.createElementNS){
-                html2canvas.log("html2canvas: Renderer: using SVG renderer");
+                h2clog("html2canvas: Renderer: using SVG renderer");
                 return svgRenderer(parseQueue);             
             }
             break;