diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java
index b69a5267..23e66830 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java
@@ -3205,10 +3205,17 @@ public class CarpetExpression
                         throw new InternalExpressionException("Incorrect dimension string: "+dimString);
                 }
             }
-            ((CarpetContext) c).s = innerSource;
-            Value retval = lv.get(1).evalValue(c);
-            ((CarpetContext) c).s = outerSource;
-            return (cc, tt) -> retval;
+            try
+            {
+                ((CarpetContext) c).s = innerSource;
+                Value retval = lv.get(1).evalValue(c);
+                return (cc, tt) -> retval;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                ((CarpetContext) c).s = outerSource;
+            }
+
         });
 
         this.expr.addLazyFunction("plop", 4, (c, t, lv) ->{