diff --git a/zuper b/zuper
index a7db017..8644c4d 100755
--- a/zuper
+++ b/zuper
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ vars+=(last_act last_func last_notice)
 
 function _msg() {
     local msg="$2"
+	local i
     command -v gettext 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null && msg="$(gettext -s "$2")"
     for i in {3..${#}}; do
         msg=${(S)msg//::$(($i - 2))*::/$*[$i]}