diff --git a/parse.leg b/parse.leg
index 64ad231..61edf17 100644
--- a/parse.leg
+++ b/parse.leg
@@ -612,6 +612,10 @@ YYSTYPE yylval;
 
 #define YY_CTX_LOCAL 1
 
+struct _yycontext;
+
+struct _yycontext *yyctx = 0;
+
 #define YYPARSEFROM yymeta_parsefrom
 #define YYPARSE     yymeta_parse
 #define YYRELEASE   yymeta_release
@@ -2021,7 +2025,7 @@ oop evalArgs(oop scope, oop asts)
 
 oop AST= NULL;
 
-void readEvalPrint(yycontext *yy, oop scope, char *fileName)
+void readEvalPrint(oop scope, char *fileName)
 {
     inputStackPush(fileName);
     input_t *top= inputStack;
@@ -2030,7 +2034,7 @@ void readEvalPrint(yycontext *yy, oop scope, char *fileName)
     int jbt= sigsetjmp(jbs->jb, 0);
 
     if (0 == jbt) {
-        while (YYPARSE(yy)) {
+        while (YYPARSE(yyctx)) {
             if (opt_v > 1) printf("%s:%i: ", get(inputStack->name, String, value), inputStack->lineNumber);
             if (!yylval) {
                 fclose(inputStack->file);
@@ -2063,16 +2067,13 @@ void readEvalPrint(yycontext *yy, oop scope, char *fileName)
 
 oop prim_import(oop scope, oop params)
 {
-    yycontext yy, *yyctx = &yy;
-    memset(yyctx, 0, sizeof(yy));
-
     if (map_hasIntegerKey(params, 0)) {
         char *file= get(get(params, Map, elements)[0].value, String, value);
         if (yyctx->__pos < yyctx->__limit) {
             yyctx->__limit--;
             ungetc(yyctx->__buf[yyctx->__limit], inputStack->file);
         }
-        readEvalPrint(yyctx, scope, file);
+        readEvalPrint(scope, file);
     }
     return null;
 }
@@ -2321,8 +2322,10 @@ oop prim_microseconds(oop scope, oop params)
     return makeInteger(ru.ru_utime.tv_sec * 1000*1000 + ru.ru_utime.tv_usec);
 }
 
-void meta_init(void)
+void meta_init(yycontext *yy)
 {
+    yyctx = yy;
+
 # if (USE_GC)
     GC_INIT();
 # endif
@@ -2375,9 +2378,10 @@ void meta_init(void)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    meta_init();
-
     yycontext yy;
+    memset(&yy, 0, sizeof(yy));
+
+    meta_init(&yy);
 
     int repled = 0;
     while (argc-- > 1) {
@@ -2385,19 +2389,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         if      (!strcmp(*argv, "-g"))  ++opt_g;
         else if (!strcmp(*argv, "-v"))  ++opt_v;
         else if (!strcmp(*argv, "-")) {
-            memset(&yy, 0, sizeof(yy));
-            readEvalPrint(&yy, globals, NULL);
+            readEvalPrint(globals, NULL);
             repled= 1;
         }
         else {
-            memset(&yy, 0, sizeof(yy));
-            readEvalPrint(&yy, globals, *argv);
+            readEvalPrint(globals, *argv);
             repled= 1;
         }
     }
     if (!repled) {
-        memset(&yy, 0, sizeof(yy));
-        readEvalPrint(&yy, globals, NULL);
+        readEvalPrint(globals, NULL);
     }
 
     if (opt_g) {