diff --git a/examples/extend.js b/examples/extend.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..488b8c2dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/extend.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+var redis = require("redis"),
+    client = redis.createClient();
+
+// Extend the RedisClient prototype to add a custom method
+// This one converts the results from "INFO" into a JavaScript Object
+
+redis.RedisClient.prototype.parse_info = function (callback) {
+    this.info(function (err, res) {
+        var lines = res.toString().split("\r\n").sort();
+        var obj = {};
+        lines.forEach(function (line) {
+            var parts = line.split(':');
+            if (parts[1]) {
+                obj[parts[0]] = parts[1];
+            }
+        });
+        callback(obj)
+    });
+};
+
+client.parse_info(function (info) {
+    console.dir(info);
+    client.quit();
+});
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cee834db24..541035be95 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var net = require("net"),
     sys = require("sys"),
     events = require("events"),
     default_port = 6379,
-    default_host = "127.0.0.1";
+    default_host = "127.0.0.1",
+    commands;
 
 exports.debug_mode = false;
     
@@ -425,6 +426,7 @@ function RedisClient(stream) {
     events.EventEmitter.call(this);
 }
 sys.inherits(RedisClient, events.EventEmitter);
+exports.RedisClient = RedisClient;
 
 RedisClient.prototype.connection_gone = function (why) {
     var self = this;
@@ -663,7 +665,7 @@ RedisClient.prototype.end = function () {
 };
 
 // http://code.google.com/p/redis/wiki/CommandReference
-exports.commands = [
+commands = [
     // Connection handling
     "QUIT", "AUTH",
     // Commands operating on all value types
@@ -693,7 +695,7 @@ exports.commands = [
     "PING",
 ];
 
-exports.commands.forEach(function (command) {
+commands.forEach(function (command) {
     RedisClient.prototype[command] = function () {
         var args = to_array(arguments);
         args.unshift(command); // put command at the beginning
@@ -710,7 +712,7 @@ function Multi(client, args) {
     }
 }
 
-exports.commands.forEach(function (command) {
+commands.forEach(function (command) {
     Multi.prototype[command.toLowerCase()] = function () {
         var args = to_array(arguments);
         args.unshift(command);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 798f5f9869..0ce62ca58e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {   "name" : "redis",
-    "version" : "0.3.3",
+    "version" : "0.3.4",
     "description" : "Redis client library",
     "author": "Matt Ranney <mjr@ranney.com>",
     "contributors": [