diff --git a/lib/plugos/syscalls/datastore.ts b/lib/plugos/syscalls/datastore.ts
index 71f5a9c3..582c1f12 100644
--- a/lib/plugos/syscalls/datastore.ts
+++ b/lib/plugos/syscalls/datastore.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function dataStoreReadSyscalls(
       );
       const env = new LuaEnv(commonSystem.spaceLuaEnv.env);
       for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(scopeVariables)) {
-        env.set(key, jsToLuaValue(value));
+        env.setLocal(key, jsToLuaValue(value));
       }
       return (await dsQueryCollection.query(
         query,