diff --git a/src/flextype/core/Entries/Directives/ExpressionsDirective.php b/src/flextype/core/Entries/Directives/ExpressionsDirective.php
index b550e39c..05ced1af 100644
--- a/src/flextype/core/Entries/Directives/ExpressionsDirective.php
+++ b/src/flextype/core/Entries/Directives/ExpressionsDirective.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ emitter()->addListener('onEntriesFetchSingleField', static function (): void {
 
     $field = entries()->registry()->get('methods.fetch.field');
 
+    $vars = [];
+        
     // Convert entry fields to vars.
     foreach (json_decode(json_encode((object) entries()->registry()->get('methods.fetch.result')), false) as $key => $value) {
         $vars[$key] = $value;
diff --git a/src/flextype/core/Parsers/Shortcodes/EvalShortcode.php b/src/flextype/core/Parsers/Shortcodes/EvalShortcode.php
index 67f35449..44337e20 100644
--- a/src/flextype/core/Parsers/Shortcodes/EvalShortcode.php
+++ b/src/flextype/core/Parsers/Shortcodes/EvalShortcode.php
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ parsers()->shortcodes()->addHandler('eval', static function (ShortcodeInterface
 });
 
 parsers()->shortcodes()->addHandler('compile', static function (ShortcodeInterface $s) {
-   return expression()->compile(parsers()->shortcodes()->parse($s->getContent()));
+   return parsers()->expressions()->compile(parsers()->shortcodes()->parse($s->getContent()));
 });