diff --git a/NAMING.md b/NAMING.md
index 20087b7e41..69e16b406b 100644
--- a/NAMING.md
+++ b/NAMING.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Interfaces:
 
   
 Methods and functions:
-  - Example: `bootstrap`, `ngProbe`
+  - Example: `bootstrap`, `someMethod`
   - Should be camel case with first lower case
 
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener.ts
index 56a54c3934..1f3e63078a 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {Renderer} from 'angular2/src/core/render/api';
 import {DebugElement} from './debug_element';
 
 const NG_ID_PROPERTY = 'ngid';
-const INSPECT_GLOBAL_NAME = 'ngProbe';
+const INSPECT_GLOBAL_NAME = 'ng.probe';
 
 var NG_ID_SEPARATOR = '#';
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.dart b/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.dart
index 8e7641a29e..d3518a40dc 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.dart
@@ -452,8 +452,18 @@ class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
   }
 
   // TODO(tbosch): move this into a separate environment class once we have it
-  setGlobalVar(String name, value) {
-    js.context[name] = value;
+  setGlobalVar(String path, value) {
+    var parts = path.split('.');
+    var obj = js.context;
+    while(parts.length > 1) {
+      var name = parts.removeAt(0);
+      if (obj.hasProperty(name)) {
+        obj = obj[name];
+      } else {
+        obj = obj[name] = new js.JsObject(js.context['Object']);
+      }
+    }
+    obj[parts.removeAt(0)] = value;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.ts
index 20b0129e00..9187c405eb 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {List, MapWrapper, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
-import {isBlank, isPresent, global} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
+import {isBlank, isPresent, global, setValueOnPath} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 import {setRootDomAdapter} from './dom_adapter';
 import {GenericBrowserDomAdapter} from './generic_browser_adapter';
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ export class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
   }
   getData(element, name: string): string { return this.getAttribute(element, 'data-' + name); }
   // TODO(tbosch): move this into a separate environment class once we have it
-  setGlobalVar(name: string, value: any) { global[name] = value; }
+  setGlobalVar(path: string, value: any) { setValueOnPath(global, path, value); }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/parse5_adapter.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/parse5_adapter.ts
index db4ef73f1c..375fc52934 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/parse5_adapter.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/parse5_adapter.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ var url = require('url');
 
 import {List, MapWrapper, ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 import {DomAdapter, setRootDomAdapter} from './dom_adapter';
-import {BaseException, isPresent, isBlank, global} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
+import {
+  BaseException,
+  isPresent,
+  isBlank,
+  global,
+  setValueOnPath
+} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 import {SelectorMatcher, CssSelector} from 'angular2/src/core/render/dom/compiler/selector';
 
 var _attrToPropMap = {
@@ -540,7 +546,7 @@ export class Parse5DomAdapter extends DomAdapter {
   getData(el, name: string): string { return this.getAttribute(el, 'data-' + name); }
   setData(el, name: string, value: string) { this.setAttribute(el, 'data-' + name, value); }
   // TODO(tbosch): move this into a separate environment class once we have it
-  setGlobalVar(name: string, value: any) { global[name] = value; }
+  setGlobalVar(path: string, value: any) { setValueOnPath(global, path, value); }
 }
 
 // TODO: build a proper list, this one is all the keys of a HTMLInputElement
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts
index e85c6dd79c..31c1cf3c6f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts
@@ -354,3 +354,17 @@ export class DateWrapper {
   static now(): Date { return new Date(); }
   static toJson(date: Date): string { return date.toJSON(); }
 }
+
+export function setValueOnPath(global: any, path: string, value: any) {
+  var parts = path.split('.');
+  var obj: any = global;
+  while (parts.length > 1) {
+    var name = parts.shift();
+    if (obj.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
+      obj = obj[name];
+    } else {
+      obj = obj[name] = {};
+    }
+  }
+  obj[parts.shift()] = value;
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener_spec.ts
index 2e61335c45..6260ee5889 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener_spec.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function main() {
            tcb.overrideTemplate(MyComp, '')
                .createAsync(MyComp)
                .then((rootTestComponent) => {
-                 expect(global['ngProbe'](rootTestComponent.nativeElement).componentInstance)
+                 expect(global['ng']['probe'](rootTestComponent.nativeElement).componentInstance)
                      .toBeAnInstanceOf(MyComp);
 
                  async.done();