diff --git a/src/browser.coffee b/src/browser.coffee
index 0c5d703d..adf72815 100644
--- a/src/browser.coffee
+++ b/src/browser.coffee
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if btoa? and JSON? and unescape? and encodeURIComponent?
     "#{js}\n//@ sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,#{btoa unescape encodeURIComponent v3SourceMap}\n//@ sourceURL=coffeescript"
 
 # Load a remote script from the current domain via XHR.
-CoffeeScript.load = (url, callback = (->), options = {}, hold = false) ->
+CoffeeScript.load = (url, callback, options = {}, hold = false) ->
   options.sourceFiles = [url]
   xhr = if window.ActiveXObject
     new window.ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP')
@@ -43,13 +43,11 @@ CoffeeScript.load = (url, callback = (->), options = {}, hold = false) ->
   xhr.onreadystatechange = ->
     if xhr.readyState is 4
       if xhr.status in [0, 200]
-        run = ->
-          CoffeeScript.run xhr.responseText, options
-          null
+        param = [xhr.responseText, options]
+        CoffeeScript.run param... unless hold
       else
         throw new Error "Could not load #{url}"
-      run() unless hold
-      callback run
+      callback param if callback
   xhr.send null
 
 # Activate CoffeeScript in the browser by having it compile and evaluate
@@ -59,31 +57,30 @@ runScripts = ->
   scripts = window.document.getElementsByTagName 'script'
   coffeetypes = ['text/coffeescript', 'text/literate-coffeescript']
   coffees = (s for s in scripts when s.type in coffeetypes)
+  index = 0
 
-  check = ->
-    for run, index in coffees
-      continue unless run
-      return unless run instanceof Function
-      coffees[index] = run()
+  execute = ->
+    param = coffees[index]
+    if param instanceof Array
+      CoffeeScript.run param...
+      index++
+      execute()
 
-  for script, index in coffees
-    do (script, index) ->
+  for script, i in coffees
+    do (script, i) ->
       options = literate: script.type is coffeetypes[1]
       if script.src
         CoffeeScript.load script.src,
-          (run) ->
-            coffees[index] = run
-            check()
+          (param) ->
+            coffees[i] = param
+            execute()
           options
           true
       else
         options.sourceFiles = ['embedded']
-        coffees[index] = ->
-          CoffeeScript.run script.innerHTML, options
-          null
+        coffees[i] = [script.innerHTML, options]
 
-  check()
-  null
+  execute()
 
 # Listen for window load, both in decent browsers and in IE.
 if window.addEventListener