diff --git a/src/client/shared/import.ts b/src/client/shared/import.ts
index 75c4483..2794d7d 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/import.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/import.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { encodeUrl } from "../shared";
+import { importfn } from "./wrap";
 
 export default function (client, self) {
-	self.$sImport = function (base) {
+	self[importfn] = function (base) {
 		return function (url) {
 			const resolved = new URL(url, base).href;
 
diff --git a/src/client/shared/wrap.ts b/src/client/shared/wrap.ts
index e6bb63e..533a0fc 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/wrap.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/wrap.ts
@@ -14,40 +14,65 @@ export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof globalThis) {
 	// the main magic of the proxy. all attempts to access any "banned objects" will be redirected here, and instead served a proxy object
 	// this contrasts from how other proxies will leave the root object alone and instead attempt to catch every member access
 	// this presents some issues (see element.ts), but makes us a good bit faster at runtime!
+	Object.defineProperty(self, wrapfn, {
+		value: function (identifier: any) {
+			if (iswindow && identifier instanceof self.Window) {
+				return client.windowProxy;
+			} else if (iswindow && identifier instanceof self.parent.self.Window) {
+				if (ScramjetClient.SCRAMJET in self.parent.self) {
+					// ... then we're in a subframe, and the parent frame is also in a proxy context, so we should return its proxy
+					return self.parent.self[ScramjetClient.SCRAMJET].windowProxy;
+				} else {
+					// ... then we should pretend we aren't nested and return the current window
+					return client.windowProxy;
+				}
+			} else if (iswindow && identifier instanceof self.top.self.Window) {
+				// instead of returning top, we need to return the uppermost parent that's inside a scramjet context
+				let current = self.self;
 
-	self[wrapfn] = function (identifier: any) {
-		if (
-			iswindow &&
-			(identifier instanceof self.Window ||
-				identifier instanceof self.top.window.Window ||
-				identifier instanceof self.parent.window.Window)
-		) {
-			// this will break iframe postmessage!
-			return client.windowProxy;
-		} else if (
-			(iswindow && identifier instanceof Location) ||
-			(isworker && identifier instanceof WorkerLocation)
-		) {
-			return client.locationProxy;
-		} else if (iswindow && identifier instanceof Document) {
-			return client.documentProxy;
-		} else if (isworker && identifier instanceof WorkerGlobalScope) {
-			return client.windowProxy;
-		}
+				for (;;) {
+					const test = current.parent.self;
+					if (test === current) break; // there is no parent, actual or emulated.
 
-		return identifier;
-	};
+					// ... then `test` represents a window outside of the proxy context, and therefore `current` is the topmost window in the proxy context
+					if (!(ScramjetClient.SCRAMJET in test)) break;
+
+					// test is also insde a proxy, so we should continue up the chain
+					current = test;
+				}
+
+				return current[ScramjetClient.SCRAMJET].windowProxy;
+			} else if (
+				(iswindow && identifier instanceof self.Location) ||
+				(isworker && identifier instanceof self.WorkerLocation)
+			) {
+				return client.locationProxy;
+			} else if (iswindow && identifier instanceof self.Document) {
+				return client.documentProxy;
+			} else if (isworker && identifier instanceof self.WorkerGlobalScope) {
+				return client.windowProxy;
+			}
+
+			return identifier;
+		},
+		writable: false,
+		configurable: false,
+	});
 
 	// location = "..." can't be rewritten as wrapfn(location) = ..., so instead it will actually be rewritten as
 	// ((t)=>$scramjet$tryset(location,"+=",t)||location+=t)(...);
 	// it has to be a discrete function because there's always the possibility that "location" is a local variable
 	// we have to use an IIFE to avoid duplicating side-effects in the getter
-	self[trysetfn] = function (lhs: any, op: string, rhs: any) {
-		if (lhs instanceof Location) {
-			// @ts-ignore
-			locationProxy.href = rhs;
+	Object.defineProperty(self, trysetfn, {
+		value: function (lhs: any, op: string, rhs: any) {
+			if (lhs instanceof Location) {
+				// @ts-ignore
+				locationProxy.href = rhs;
 
-			return true;
-		}
-	};
+				return true;
+			}
+		},
+		writable: false,
+		configurable: false,
+	});
 }
diff --git a/src/client/window.ts b/src/client/window.ts
index 1ada212..ab93f97 100644
--- a/src/client/window.ts
+++ b/src/client/window.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { encodeUrl } from "../shared/rewriters/url";
 import { ScramjetClient } from "./client";
+import { wrapfn } from "./shared/wrap";
 
 export function createWindowProxy(
 	client: ScramjetClient,
@@ -12,11 +13,9 @@ export function createWindowProxy(
 				return client.locationProxy;
 			} else if (
 				propIsString &&
-				["window", "top", "self", "globalThis"].includes(prop)
+				["window", "top", "self", "globalThis", "parent"].includes(prop)
 			) {
-				return client.windowProxy;
-			} else if (propIsString && prop == "parent") {
-				return self.parent;
+				return self[wrapfn](self[prop]);
 			} else if (propIsString && prop === "$scramjet") {
 				return;
 			}
diff --git a/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts b/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts
index 4247b48..4db866e 100644
--- a/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts
+++ b/src/shared/rewriters/js.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
 	rewrite_js_from_arraybuffer,
 } from "../../../rewriter/out/rewriter.js";
 import "../../../static/wasm.js";
-import { importfn, wrapfn } from "../../client/shared/wrap";
 
 initSync(
 	new WebAssembly.Module(
@@ -32,8 +31,8 @@ export function rewriteJs(js: string | ArrayBuffer, origin?: URL) {
 				origin.toString(),
 				self.$scramjet.config.prefix,
 				self.$scramjet.config.codec.encode as any,
-				wrapfn,
-				importfn
+				"$scramjet$wrap",
+				"$scramjet$import"
 			)
 		);
 	} else {
@@ -42,8 +41,8 @@ export function rewriteJs(js: string | ArrayBuffer, origin?: URL) {
 			origin.toString(),
 			self.$scramjet.config.prefix,
 			self.$scramjet.config.codec.encode as any,
-			wrapfn,
-			importfn
+			"$scramjet$wrap",
+			"$scramjet$import"
 		);
 	}
 	const after = performance.now();