diff --git a/Tag.h b/Tag.h
index ab695a9..5213887 100644
--- a/Tag.h
+++ b/Tag.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ namespace jet {
     public:
       Tag(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &parentOut, Global &global, Tag *parent, coreutils::ZString splitTagName = "");
       virtual ~Tag();
+
+      std::map<coreutils::ZString, coreutils::MString> variables;
       coreutils::ZString name;
       coreutils::ZString container;
       coreutils::ZString container2;
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@ namespace jet {
     protected:
       bool hasContainer;
       bool hasContainer2;
-      std::map<coreutils::ZString, coreutils::MString> variables;
       bool variableDefined(coreutils::ZString variable);
       void parseContainer(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::ZString container2 = NULL);
       void processContainer(coreutils::ZString &container, coreutils::ZString container2 = NULL);
diff --git a/__set.cpp b/__set.cpp
index ef814b6..7a1b143 100644
--- a/__set.cpp
+++ b/__set.cpp
@@ -24,25 +24,25 @@ namespace jet {
 	 if(!variableDefined("scope") || (variables["scope"] == "global")) 
 	   global.variables[variables["name"]] = Operand(variables["expr"]).string;
 	 else if(variables["scope"] == "local")
-	   variables[variables["name"]] = Operand(variables["expr"]).string;
+	   parent->variables[variables["name"]] = Operand(variables["expr"]).string;
       } else if(hasContainer) {
 	 processContainer(container);
 	 if(evaluate) {
 	    if(!variableDefined("scope") || (variables["scope"] == "global")) 
 	      global.variables[variables["name"]] = out;	       
 	    else if(variables["scope"] == "local")
-	      variables[variables["name"]] = out;	    
+	      parent->variables[variables["name"]] = out;	    
 	 } else {
 	    if(!variableDefined("scope") || (variables["scope"] == "global")) 
 	      global.variables[variables["name"]] = container;	       
 	    else if(variables["scope"] == "local")
-	      variables[variables["name"]] = container;	    
+	      parent->variables[variables["name"]] = container;	    
 	 }	    
       } else {	 
 	 if(!variableDefined("scope") || (variables["scope"] == "global")) 
 	   global.variables[variables["name"]] = variables["value"];	       
 	 else if(variables["scope"] == "local")
-	   variables[variables["name"]] = variables["value"];	    
+	   parent->variables[variables["name"]] = variables["value"];	    
       }
       
    }      
diff --git a/tests/testscope.jet b/tests/testscope.jet
index 2a7125a..c3064c8 100755
--- a/tests/testscope.jet
+++ b/tests/testscope.jet
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!./jet-2.0
+#!../jet-2.0
 <jet cgi="true" name1="localname" filterblanklines="true" trimlines="true">
  <set name="testvar" value="do you see this" scope="local" />
  #[testvar]