diff --git a/jquery.eventsource.js b/jquery.eventsource.js
index 848d51f..3ac576f 100644
--- a/jquery.eventsource.js
+++ b/jquery.eventsource.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 	pluginFns	 = {
 
-		public: {
+		"public": {
 			close: function( label ) {
 
 				var tmp = {};
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@
 		var streamType, opts;
 
 		// Plugin sub function
-		if ( options && !jQuery.isPlainObject( options ) && pluginFns.public[ options ] ) {
+		if ( options && !jQuery.isPlainObject( options ) && pluginFns.["public"][ options ] ) {
 			// If no label was passed, send message to all streams
-			return pluginFns.public[ options ](
+			return pluginFns["public"][ options ](
 								arguments[1] ?
 									arguments[1] :
 									"*"