diff --git a/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh b/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh
index 7f0f3de..dec467a 100755
--- a/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh
+++ b/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter_highlight_string()
 {
   setopt localoptions noksharrays
   local i j k style varflag
+  local AA
   # Starting quote is at 1, so start parsing at offset 2 in the string.
   for (( i = 2 ; i < end_pos - start_pos ; i += 1 )) ; do
     (( j = i + start_pos - 1 ))
diff --git a/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh b/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
index 721d257..a80512c 100644
--- a/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
+++ b/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ _zsh_highlight()
   # Store the previous command return code to restore it whatever happens.
   local ret=$?
 
-  setopt localoptions nowarncreateglobal
+  setopt localoptions warncreateglobal
 
   # Do not highlight if there are more than 300 chars in the buffer. It's most
   # likely a pasted command or a huge list of files in that case..
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ _zsh_highlight()
 
 
   } always {
-    _ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_PRIOR_BUFFER=$BUFFER
-    _ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_PRIOR_CURSOR=$CURSOR
+    typeset -g _ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_PRIOR_BUFFER=$BUFFER
+    typeset -gi _ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_PRIOR_CURSOR=$CURSOR
   }
 }