diff --git a/catppuccin.tmux b/catppuccin.tmux
index e8e9438..e49449d 100755
--- a/catppuccin.tmux
+++ b/catppuccin.tmux
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ main() {
 
       # '$key' stores the key.
       # '$val' stores the value.
-      eval "$key"="$"${val}
+      eval "local $key"="$val"
   done < "${PLUGIN_DIR}/catppuccin-${theme}.tmuxtheme"
 
   # status