diff --git a/liquidprompt b/liquidprompt
index 840e3fd..ccec9c5 100755
--- a/liquidprompt
+++ b/liquidprompt
@@ -741,7 +741,8 @@ _lp_git_branch_color()
     branch="$(_lp_git_branch)"
     if [[ -n "$branch" ]] ; then
 
-        local end="$NO_COL"
+        local end
+        end="$NO_COL"
         if \git status 2>/dev/null | grep -q '\(# Untracked\)'; then
             end="$LP_COLOR_CHANGES$LP_MARK_UNTRACKED$end"
         fi
@@ -766,10 +767,12 @@ _lp_git_branch_color()
             fi
         fi
 
-        local shortstat="$(LANG=C \git diff --shortstat 2>/dev/null)"
+        local shortstat
+        shortstat="$(LANG=C \git diff --shortstat 2>/dev/null)"
         if [[ -n "$shortstat" ]] ; then
+            local has_lines
             #has_lines=$(\git diff --numstat 2>/dev/null | awk 'NF==3 {plus+=$1; minus+=$2} END {printf("+%d/-%d\n", plus, minus)}')
-            local has_lines=${shortstat/*changed, /}
+            has_lines=${shortstat/*changed, /}
             has_lines=${has_lines/ inser*, /\/-}
             has_lines=${has_lines/ del*/}
             [[ "$shortstat" = *insertion* ]] && has_lines="+${has_lines/ inser*/}" || has_lines="-$has_lines"