diff --git a/commands/core/drupal/batch.inc b/commands/core/drupal/batch.inc
index 2823dd6..a443ce9 100644
--- a/commands/core/drupal/batch.inc
+++ b/commands/core/drupal/batch.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
  *   Drupal 7 engine for the Batch API
  */
 
+
+class BatchArrayObject extends ArrayObject {
+  public function offsetSet($name, $value) {
+    if ($name == 'message') {
+      drush_log($value, 'ok');
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Main loop for the Drush batch API.
  *
@@ -134,12 +143,11 @@ function _drush_batch_worker() {
       list($function, $args) = $item->data;
 
       // Build the 'context' array and execute the function call.
-      $batch_context = array(
-        'sandbox'  => &$current_set['sandbox'],
-        'results'  => &$current_set['results'],
-        'finished' => &$finished,
-        'message'  => &$task_message,
-      );
+      $batch_context = new BatchArrayObject();
+      $batch_context['sandbox']  = $current_set['sandbox'];
+      $batch_context['results']  = $current_set['results'];
+      $batch_context['finished'] = $finished;
+      $batch_context['message']  = $task_message;
       call_user_func_array($function, array_merge($args, array(&$batch_context)));
 
       if ($finished == 1) {