diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 5054169..dbea7be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fix a failing test in base.html in Safari 2.  [Tobie Langel]
+
 * Fix Element#positionedOffset and Element#getOffsetParent for static elements on IE.  [Thomas Fuchs]
 
 * Make sure event handlers and their wrappers are removed from the cache by Event.stopObserving.  [sam, Severin Heiniger]
diff --git a/src/base.js b/src/base.js
index b2fb118..1ee383c 100644
--- a/src/base.js
+++ b/src/base.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ var Class = {
     if (Object.isFunction(parent)) {
       Class.extending = true;
       method.prototype = new parent();
-      method.prototype.constructor = method;
 
       parent.subclasses.push(method);
 
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ var Class = {
     }
 
     if (methods) Class.extend(method, methods);
+    method.prototype.constructor = method;
 
     return method;    
   },