diff --git a/src/react-fetch.js b/src/react-fetch.js
index 048ffd1..84674e7 100644
--- a/src/react-fetch.js
+++ b/src/react-fetch.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import React from 'react/addons'
-import fetch from 'isomorphic-fetch'
+
+//this is to hack around a bug, see:
+//https://github.com/matthew-andrews/isomorphic-fetch/pull/20
+//import fetch from 'isomorphic-fetch'
+import fetch_ from 'isomorphic-fetch';
+var fetch = fetch_.bind(undefined);
 
 export default class Fetch extends React.Component{