diff --git a/js/lib/beautify.js b/js/lib/beautify.js
index a91e14ae..3cac9e06 100644
--- a/js/lib/beautify.js
+++ b/js/lib/beautify.js
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
         opt.preserve_newlines = (options.preserve_newlines === undefined) ? true : options.preserve_newlines;
         opt.break_chained_methods = (options.break_chained_methods === undefined) ? false : options.break_chained_methods;
         opt.max_preserve_newlines = (options.max_preserve_newlines === undefined) ? 0 : parseInt(options.max_preserve_newlines, 10);
+        opt.space_in_paren = (options.space_in_paren === undefined) ? false : options.space_in_paren;
         opt.jslint_happy = (options.jslint_happy === undefined) ? false : options.jslint_happy;
         opt.keep_array_indentation = (options.keep_array_indentation === undefined) ? false : options.keep_array_indentation;
         opt.space_before_conditional= (options.space_before_conditional === undefined) ? true : options.space_before_conditional;
@@ -866,7 +867,7 @@
                     }
                     set_mode(MODE.Expression);
                     print_token();
-                    if (options.space_in_paren) {
+                    if (opt.space_in_paren) {
                         output_space_before_token = true;
                     }
                     return;
@@ -923,7 +924,7 @@
                 }
             }
             print_token();
-            if (options.space_in_paren) {
+            if (opt.space_in_paren) {
                     output_space_before_token = true;
             }
             if (token_text === '[') {
@@ -943,7 +944,7 @@
                 print_newline();
             }
             restore_mode();
-            if (options.space_in_paren) {
+            if (opt.space_in_paren) {
                     output_space_before_token = true;
             }
             print_token();
diff --git a/js/test/beautify-tests.js b/js/test/beautify-tests.js
index bc3511d6..f8ba529f 100755
--- a/js/test/beautify-tests.js
+++ b/js/test/beautify-tests.js
@@ -906,9 +906,9 @@ function run_beautifier_tests(test_obj, Urlencoded, js_beautify)
             'a = 1;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nb = 2;');
 
         // Test the option to have spaces within parens
-        test_fragment('if(p) foo(a,b)', 'if (p) foo(a, b)');
+        bt('if(p) foo(a,b)', 'if (p) foo(a, b)');
         opts.space_in_paren = true
-        test_fragment('if(p) foo(a,b)', 'if ( p ) foo( a, b )');
+        bt('if(p) foo(a,b)', 'if ( p ) foo( a, b )');
         opts.space_in_paren = false;
 
         Urlencoded.run_tests(sanitytest);
diff --git a/python/jsbeautifier/tests/testjsbeautifier.py b/python/jsbeautifier/tests/testjsbeautifier.py
index 98f60db7..519fb2d4 100644
--- a/python/jsbeautifier/tests/testjsbeautifier.py
+++ b/python/jsbeautifier/tests/testjsbeautifier.py
@@ -841,9 +841,9 @@ class TestJSBeautifier(unittest.TestCase):
             'a = 1;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nb = 2;');
 
         # Test the option to have spaces within parens
-        test_fragment('if(p) foo(a,b)', 'if (p) foo(a, b)');
+        bt('if(p) foo(a,b)', 'if (p) foo(a, b)');
         self.options.space_in_paren = True
-        test_fragment('if(p) foo(a,b)', 'if ( p ) foo( a, b )');
+        bt('if(p) foo(a,b)', 'if ( p ) foo( a, b )');
         self.options.space_in_paren = False