diff --git a/src/frontend/compiler.nim b/src/frontend/compiler.nim
index e929e83..a81916a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/compiler.nim
+++ b/src/frontend/compiler.nim
@@ -377,17 +377,17 @@ proc getStackPos(self: Compiler, name: IdentExpr, depth: int = self.scopeDepth):
     ## Returns the predicted call stack position of a given name, relative
     ## to the current frame
     var found = false
-    result = 2
-    for variable in self.names:
+    result = self.names.len()
+    for variable in reversed(self.names):
         if variable.isFunDecl:
             continue
-        inc(result)
+        dec(result)
         if name.name.lexeme == variable.name.name.lexeme:
             if variable.isPrivate and variable.owner != self.currentModule:
                 continue
             else:
                 found = true
-                dec(result)
+                inc(result)
                 break
     if not found:
         return -1
diff --git a/src/main.nim b/src/main.nim
index e23a6a5..39f3a23 100644
--- a/src/main.nim
+++ b/src/main.nim
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ proc runFile(f: string, interactive: bool = false, fromString: bool = false) =
         serialized: Serialized
         tokenizer = newLexer()
         parser = newParser()
-        compiler = newCompiler()
+        compiler = newCompiler(replMode=true)
         debugger {.used.} = newDebugger()
         serializer = newSerializer()
         vm = newPeonVM()
diff --git a/tests/scopes.pn b/tests/scopes.pn
index af3a92b..1a66e00 100644
--- a/tests/scopes.pn
+++ b/tests/scopes.pn
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ var x = 5;
     }
     x;
 }
-x;
+x;
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