diff --git a/Global.cpp b/Global.cpp
index 05fbc56..49e6847 100644
--- a/Global.cpp
+++ b/Global.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace jet {
 
-   Global::Global() {
+   Global::Global(char **envp) : envp(envp) {
       
    }
 
diff --git a/Global.h b/Global.h
index 9a055e3..58a4ffe 100644
--- a/Global.h
+++ b/Global.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace  jet {
    class Global {
 
     public:
-      Global();
+      Global(char **envp);
       virtual ~Global();
 
       void dump();
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ namespace  jet {
       std::map<coreutils::MString, __mysql *> sessions;
       std::map<coreutils::MString, coreutils::MString> headers;
       std::map<coreutils::MString, coreutils::MString> tags;
-      coreutils::MString lastConverted; 
+      coreutils::MString lastConverted;
+      char **envp;
       
    };
 
diff --git a/__call.cpp b/__call.cpp
index f3e8b5d..5772756 100644
--- a/__call.cpp
+++ b/__call.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace jet {
 	 dup2(fdo[1], 1);
 	 if(variableDefined("input")) {
 	    resolveKeyword("input");
-	    coreutils::ZString input(variables[variables["input"]]);
+	    coreutils::ZString input(variables["input"]);
 	    pipe(fdi);
 	    if(fork() == 0) {
 	       close(fdi[0]);
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ namespace jet {
 	       close(fdi[1]);
 	       exit(0);
 	    }
-	    close(fdi[0]);
+	    close(fdi[1]);
 	    dup2(fdi[0], 0);
 	 }
-	 rc = execve(variables["pgm"].c_str(), argv, NULL);
+	 rc = execvpe(variables["pgm"].c_str(), argv, global.envp);
 	 close(fdo[1]);
-	 exit(rc);
+	 exit(errno);
       }
       close(fdo[1]);
       if(variableDefined("name")) {
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ namespace jet {
       } else 
 	out.read(fdo[0]);               
       waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
-      if(variableDefined("status"))
-	resolveKeyword("status");
-	global.variables[variables["status"]] = (status >> 8 & 255);
+      if(variableDefined("error")) {	   
+	 resolveKeyword("error");
+	 global.variables[variables["error"]] = (status >> 8 & 255);
+      }      
    }
    
 }
diff --git a/jet-2.0.cpp b/jet-2.0.cpp
index 2b14ce5..0ea6de0 100644
--- a/jet-2.0.cpp
+++ b/jet-2.0.cpp
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 #include "Exception.h"
 #include "__jet.h"
 
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
    coreutils::File script(argv[1]);
    script.read();
    coreutils::ZString data = script.asZString();
    data.goeol();
 
-   jet::Global global;
+   jet::Global global(envp);
    
    try {	
       coreutils::MString out;
diff --git a/tests/testcall.jet b/tests/testcall.jet
index c993031..be1f8bb 100755
--- a/tests/testcall.jet
+++ b/tests/testcall.jet
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!../jet-2.0
 <jet name1="localname" filterblanklines="true" trimlines="true">
 <set name="abc" value="abcdefg" />
-<call pgm="/usr/bin/cat" status="stat" input="$[abc]" name="test1" />
+<call pgm="cat" error="error" input="$[abc]xyz" name="test1" />
 test1=$[test1]
 name1=#[localname]
-status=$[stat]
+error=$[error]
 </jet>