diff --git a/src/var.rs b/src/var.rs
index 491b5a2..84ec5f0 100644
--- a/src/var.rs
+++ b/src/var.rs
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ impl GameVars {
         } else if parts.len() > 1 {
             // we got a key with at least one "$"
             // extract anything before the last "$":
-            let scope_part: String = parts[0..parts.len() - 2].join(SCOPE_SEPARATOR);
+            let scope_part: String = parts[0..parts.len() - 1].join(SCOPE_SEPARATOR);
 
             if scope_part.is_empty() {
                 // we got a key like "$foo", just prefix the fallback scope