diff --git a/lib/jquery.easyWizard.js b/lib/jquery.easyWizard.js
index 7e9d87c..baa5fd6 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.easyWizard.js
+++ b/lib/jquery.easyWizard.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0
  * ======================================================== */
 (function( $ ) {
-    var arrSettings = [];
+    var index = 0,
+      arrSettings = [];
     var easyWizardMethods = {
         init : function(options) {
             var settings = $.extend( {
@@ -40,7 +41,11 @@
                 }
             }, options);
 
-            arrSettings[this.index()] = settings;
+            if(typeof this.data('index') === 'undefined'){
+                this.data('index', index);
+                index++;
+            }
+            arrSettings[this.data('index')] = settings;
 
             return this.each(function() {
                 thisSettings = settings;
@@ -127,7 +132,7 @@
             });
         },
         prevStep : function( ) {
-            thisSettings = arrSettings[this.index()];
+            thisSettings = arrSettings[this.data('index')];
             $activeStep = this.find('.'+ thisSettings.stepClassName +'.active');
             if($activeStep.prev('.'+thisSettings.stepClassName).length) {               
                 prevStep = parseInt($activeStep.attr('data-step')) - 1;
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@
             }
         },
         nextStep : function( ) {
-            thisSettings = arrSettings[this.index()];           
+            thisSettings = arrSettings[this.data('index')];
             $activeStep = this.find('.'+ thisSettings.stepClassName +'.active');
             if($activeStep.next('.'+thisSettings.stepClassName).length) {
                 nextStep = parseInt($activeStep.attr('data-step')) + 1;
@@ -143,7 +148,7 @@
             }
         },
         goToStep : function(step) {
-            thisSettings = arrSettings[this.index()];
+            thisSettings = arrSettings[this.data('index')];
             $activeStep = this.find('.'+ thisSettings.stepClassName +'.active');
             $nextStep = this.find('.'+thisSettings.stepClassName+'[data-step="'+step+'"]');
             currentStep = $activeStep.attr('data-step');