diff --git a/autorun.php b/autorun.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/autorun.php
+++ b/autorun.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/unit_tester.php';
     require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/reporter.php';
 
-    $SIMPLE_TEST_AUTORUNNER_INITIAL_CLASSES = get_declared_classes();
+    $GLOBALS['SIMPLE_TEST_AUTORUNNER_INITIAL_CLASSES'] = get_declared_classes();
 
     register_shutdown_function('SimpleTestAutoRunner');
 
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@
         }
     }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
Insure that this variable is always in the global scope