diff --git a/source/interpreter.c b/source/interpreter.c
index 0bb49c4..2c12e38 100644
--- a/source/interpreter.c
+++ b/source/interpreter.c
@@ -460,22 +460,23 @@ void initInterpreter(Interpreter* interpreter) {
 
 void freeInterpreter(Interpreter* interpreter) {
 	//BUGFIX: handle scopes of functions, which refer to the parent scope (leaking memory)
-	for (int i = 0; i < interpreter->scope->variables.capacity; i++) {
-		//handle keys, just in case
-		if (IS_FUNCTION(interpreter->scope->variables.entries[i].key)) {
-			popScope(AS_FUNCTION(interpreter->scope->variables.entries[i].key).scope);
-			AS_FUNCTION(interpreter->scope->variables.entries[i].key).scope = NULL;
+	while(inner.scope != NULL) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < inner.scope->variables.capacity; i++) {
+			//handle keys, just in case
+			if (IS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].key)) {
+				popScope(AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].key).scope);
+				AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].key).scope = NULL;
+			}
+
+			if (IS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].value)) {
+				popScope(AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].value).scope);
+				AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].value).scope = NULL;
+			}
 		}
 
-		if (IS_FUNCTION(interpreter->scope->variables.entries[i].value)) {
-			popScope(AS_FUNCTION(interpreter->scope->variables.entries[i].value).scope);
-			AS_FUNCTION(interpreter->scope->variables.entries[i].value).scope = NULL;
-		}
+		inner.scope = popScope(inner.scope);
 	}
 
-	popScope(interpreter->scope);
-	interpreter->scope = NULL;
-
 	freeLiteralArray(&interpreter->literalCache);
 	freeLiteralArray(&interpreter->stack);
 }
@@ -1516,23 +1517,26 @@ static bool execFnCall(Interpreter* interpreter) {
 
 	//free
 	//BUGFIX: handle scopes of functions, which refer to the parent scope (leaking memory)
-	for (int i = 0; i < inner.scope->variables.capacity; i++) {
-		//handle keys, just in case
-		if (IS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].key)) {
-			popScope(AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].key).scope);
-			AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].key).scope = NULL;
+	while(inner.scope != AS_FUNCTION(func).scope) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < inner.scope->variables.capacity; i++) {
+			//handle keys, just in case
+			if (IS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].key)) {
+				popScope(AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].key).scope);
+				AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].key).scope = NULL;
+			}
+
+			if (IS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].value)) {
+				popScope(AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].value).scope);
+				AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].value).scope = NULL;
+			}
 		}
 
-		if (IS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].value)) {
-			popScope(AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].value).scope);
-			AS_FUNCTION(inner.scope->variables.entries[i].value).scope = NULL;
-		}
+		inner.scope = popScope(inner.scope);
 	}
 	freeLiteralArray(&returns);
 	freeLiteralArray(&arguments);
 	freeLiteralArray(&inner.stack);
 	freeLiteralArray(&inner.literalCache);
-	popScope(inner.scope);
 	freeLiteral(func);
 
 	//actual bytecode persists until next call