diff --git a/bin/cdist-code-run b/bin/cdist-code-run
index 5fdcce4e..3d7499bf 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-code-run
+++ b/bin/cdist-code-run
@@ -32,19 +32,19 @@ if [ ! -d "$(__cdist_object_dir "$__cdist_object_self")" ]; then
    __cdist_exit_err "Object undefined"
 fi  
 
-code="$(__cdist_object_code "$__cdist_object_self" "${__cdist_code_type}")"
+__cdist_code="$(__cdist_object_code "$__cdist_object_self" "${__cdist_code_type}")"
 
 __cdist_echo info "Checking code-${__cdist_code_type}"
 
-if [ -e "$code" ]; then
-   if [ -f "$code" ]; then
-      if [ -x "$code" ]; then
+if [ -e "$__cdist_code" ]; then
+   if [ -f "$__cdist_code" ]; then
+      if [ -x "$__cdist_code" ]; then
          __cdist_echo info "Executing code-${__cdist_code_type}"
-         __cdist_exec_fail_on_error "$code"
+         __cdist_exec_fail_on_error "$__cdist_code"
       else
-         __cdist_exit_err "$code exists, but is not executable."
+         __cdist_exit_err "$__cdist_code exists, but is not executable."
       fi
    else
-      __cdist_exit_err "$code exists, but is not a file."
+      __cdist_exit_err "$__cdist_code exists, but is not a file."
    fi
 fi