diff --git a/Upsilon/Binder/Binder.cs b/Upsilon/Binder/Binder.cs
index 2797b8b..d5c1290 100644
--- a/Upsilon/Binder/Binder.cs
+++ b/Upsilon/Binder/Binder.cs
@@ -384,6 +384,20 @@ namespace Upsilon.Binder
                 else if (indexerVariable.TypeContainer == Type.Table)
                 {
                     var tableVariable = (TableVariableSymbol)indexerVariable;
+                    if (indexExpression.Index is BoundLiteralExpression literal)
+                    {
+                        if (literal.Value.Type == Type.Number || literal.Value.Type == Type.String)
+                        {
+                            var toString = literal.Value.ToString();
+                            if (!tableVariable.Variables.TryGetValue(toString, out var variable) || variable.Local)
+                            {
+                                diagnostics?.LogError($"No variable '{toString}' found in table.", expression.Span);
+                                return new VariableSymbol("", Type.Nil, true);
+                            }
+                            return new VariableSymbol("", variable.TypeContainer, true);
+                        }
+
+                    }
                     if (tableVariable.TypeContainer is CompositeTypeContainer compositeTypeContainer)
                     {
                         return new VariableSymbol("", compositeTypeContainer.Types[1], true);
@@ -755,7 +769,7 @@ namespace Upsilon.Binder
                         var table       = (BoundTableExpression)expression;
                         var realIndex   = (BoundLiteralExpression) index;
                         var variableDic = table.Expressions;
-                        if (variableDic.TryGetValue(realIndex.Value.ToString(), out var variable))
+                        if (variableDic.TryGetValue(realIndex.Value.ToString(), out var variable) && !variable.Local)
                         {
                             return new BoundIndexExpression(expression, index, variable.TypeContainer, e.Span);
                         }
@@ -775,7 +789,7 @@ namespace Upsilon.Binder
                             return new BoundIndexExpression(expression, index, Type.Unknown, e.Span);
                         }
                         var variableDic = tableSymbol.Variables;
-                        if (variableDic.TryGetValue(realIndex.Value.ToString(), out var variable))
+                        if (variableDic.TryGetValue(realIndex.Value.ToString(), out var variable) && !variable.Local)
                         {
                             return new BoundIndexExpression(expression, index, variable.TypeContainer, e.Span);
                         }
@@ -809,7 +823,7 @@ namespace Upsilon.Binder
                     if (expression.Kind == BoundKind.BoundTableExpression)
                     {
                         var table     = (BoundTableExpression)expression;
-                        if (table.Expressions.TryGetValue(index, out var variable))
+                        if (table.Expressions.TryGetValue(index, out var variable) && !variable.Local)
                         {
                             return new BoundFullStopIndexExpression(expression, index, variable.TypeContainer, e.Span);
                         }
@@ -820,7 +834,7 @@ namespace Upsilon.Binder
                         var table    = (BoundVariableExpression)expression;
                         var realTable = table.Variable;
                         var variableDic = ((TableVariableSymbol) realTable.VariableSymbol).Variables;
-                        if (variableDic.TryGetValue(index, out var variable))
+                        if (variableDic.TryGetValue(index, out var variable) && !variable.Local)
                         {
                             return new BoundFullStopIndexExpression(expression, index, variable.TypeContainer, e.Span);
                         }