diff --git a/_play b/_play
index 89b903d..5a411f6 100644
--- a/_play
+++ b/_play
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+local context curcontext="$curcontext" state line
+typeset -A opt_args
+
 _play() {
-  local context curcontext="$curcontext" state line ret=1
-  typeset -A opt_args
+  local ret=1
 
   _arguments -C \
     '1: :_play_cmds' \