diff -r b3f0aaee735a -r c9fa93ce2f1f src/API.cpp
--- a/src/API.cpp	Sun Aug 05 01:45:37 2012 -0700
+++ b/src/API.cpp	Sun Aug 05 01:56:10 2012 -0700
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@
     return module;
 }
 
-Ke::Local<Ke::Module>
-Ke::Compile(const char *path)
+ke::Module *
+InternalCompile(const char *path)
 {
     RootScope roots(ZONE());
     CompileContext cc(ZONE(), path);
@@ -138,19 +138,19 @@
         FILE *fp = fopen(path, "rb");
         if (!fp) {
             cc.reportError(SourcePosition(), Message_CantOpenFile);
-            return Ke::Local<Ke::Module>();
+            return NULL;
         }
 
         if (fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END)) {
             cc.reportError(SourcePosition(), Message_ErrorSeekingFile);
             fclose(fp);
-            return Ke::Local<Ke::Module>();;
+            return NULL;
         }
         long size = ftell(fp);
         if (size < 0) {
             cc.reportError(SourcePosition(), Message_ErrorSeekingFile);
             fclose(fp);
-            return Ke::Local<Ke::Module>();;
+            return NULL;
         }
         rewind(fp);
         length = size_t(size);
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
             cc.reportError(SourcePosition(), Message_ErrorReadingFile);
             fclose(fp);
             delete [] bytes;
-            return Ke::Local<Ke::Module>();;
+            return NULL;
         }
         fclose(fp);
     }
@@ -167,13 +167,22 @@
     ke::Local<ke::Module> module(ZONE(),  CompileFromSource(cc, path, bytes, length));
     delete [] bytes;
     if (!module)
-        return Ke::Local<Ke::Module>();
+        return NULL;
 
     ke::Local<ke::String> pathstr(ZONE(), ke::String::New(ZONE(), path, Heap::Tenure_Old));
     if (!pathstr)
-        return Ke::Local<Ke::Module>();
+        return NULL;
 
     module->setPath(pathstr);
+    return module;
+}
+
+// This is split out from InternalCompile so the RootScope doesn't conflict
+// with making a return handle.
+Ke::Local<Ke::Module>
+Ke::Compile(const char *path)
+{
+    ke::Local<ke::Module> module(ZONE(), InternalCompile(path));
     return ToLocal<ke::Module, Ke::Module>(module);
 }