diff --git ctools.module ctools.module
index b3e6f8f..1e607fd 100644
--- ctools.module
+++ ctools.module
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ function ctools_shutdown_handler() {
 function ctools_theme() {
   ctools_include('utility');
   $items = array();
-  _ctools_passthrough($items, 'theme');
+  ctools_passthrough('ctools', 'theme', $items);
   return $items;
 }
 
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ function ctools_theme() {
 function ctools_menu() {
   ctools_include('utility');
   $items = array();
-  _ctools_passthrough($items, 'menu');
+  ctools_passthrough('ctools', 'menu', $items);
   return $items;
 }
 
@@ -410,7 +410,8 @@ function ctools_menu() {
  */
 function ctools_cron() {
   ctools_include('utility');
-  _ctools_passthrough($items, 'cron');
+  $items = array();
+  ctools_passthrough('ctools', 'cron', $items);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git includes/utility.inc includes/utility.inc
index 1360f16..499b00a 100644
--- includes/utility.inc
+++ includes/utility.inc
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
  * To save time we pass the $items array in so we don't need to do array
  * addition. It modifies the array by reference and doesn't need to return it.
  */
-function _ctools_passthrough(&$items, $type = 'theme') {
-  $files = drupal_system_listing('.' . $type . '.inc$', drupal_get_path('module', 'ctools') . '/includes', 'name', 0);
+function ctools_passthrough($module, $type, &$items) {
+  $files = drupal_system_listing('.' . $type . '.inc$', drupal_get_path('module', $module) . '/includes', 'name', 0);
   foreach ($files as $file) {
     require_once './' . $file->filename;
     list($tool) = explode('.', $file->name, 2);
 
-    $function = 'ctools_' . str_replace ('-', '_', $tool) . '_' . $type;
+    $function = $module . '_' . str_replace ('-', '_', $tool) . '_' . $type;
     if (function_exists($function)) {
       $function($items);
     }