diff --git a/ablescript/src/interpret.rs b/ablescript/src/interpret.rs
index d0885d0..f666a55 100644
--- a/ablescript/src/interpret.rs
+++ b/ablescript/src/interpret.rs
@@ -276,9 +276,16 @@ impl ExecEnv {
             Stmt::HopBack => {
                 return Ok(HaltStatus::Hopback(stmt.span.clone()));
             }
-            Stmt::Melo(ident) => {
-                *self.get_var_mut(ident)? = Variable::Melo;
-            }
+            Stmt::Melo(ident) => match self.get_var_mut(ident)? {
+                var @ Variable::Ref(_) => *var = Variable::Melo,
+                Variable::Melo => {
+                    for s in &mut self.stack {
+                        if s.variables.remove(&ident.item).is_some() {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            },
             Stmt::Rlyeh => {
                 // Maybe print a creepy error message or something
                 // here at some point. ~~Alex
@@ -366,7 +373,8 @@ impl ExecEnv {
             .iter()
             .map(|arg| {
                 if let Expr::Variable(name) = &arg.item {
-                    self.get_var_rc_mut(&Spanned::new(name.to_owned(), arg.span.clone())).cloned()
+                    self.get_var_rc_mut(&Spanned::new(name.to_owned(), arg.span.clone()))
+                        .cloned()
                 } else {
                     self.eval_expr(arg).map(ValueRef::new)
                 }
@@ -536,8 +544,7 @@ impl ExecEnv {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Get a mutable reference to a variable. Throw an error if the
-    /// variable is inaccessible or banned.
+    /// Get a mutable reference to a variable.
     fn get_var_mut(&mut self, name: &Spanned<String>) -> Result<&mut Variable, Error> {
         // This function has a lot of duplicated code with `get_var`,
         // which I feel like is a bad sign...