diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index e2b390e5..1803f8ff 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     lockvar! g:_SYNTASTIC_START
 endif
 
-let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.7.0-228'
+let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.7.0-229'
 lockvar g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1
diff --git a/plugin/syntastic/checker.vim b/plugin/syntastic/checker.vim
index ab7e8cda..9feb9ad5 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic/checker.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic/checker.vim
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function! g:SyntasticChecker.New(args, ...) abort " {{{2
 
     if a:0
         " redirected checker
-        let newObj._exec_default = get(a:args, 'exec', a:1['_exec'])
+        let newObj._exec_default = get(a:args, 'exec', a:1['_exec_default'])
 
         let filetype = a:1['_filetype']
         let name = a:1['_name']