diff --git a/.local/bin/urlhandler b/.local/bin/urlhandler
index 4f40d80..1d41083 100755
--- a/.local/bin/urlhandler
+++ b/.local/bin/urlhandler
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ zmodload zsh/zutil
 local -a o_help=()
 zparseopts -D -K -- h=o_help
 if [[ ${#o_help} -ne 0 || ! -v 1 ]]; then
-    ret=$(( ${#o_help} ^ 1 ))
+    local ret=$(( ${#o_help} ^ 1 ))
     print -u $(( 1 + ${ret} )) "usage: ${0} [-h] <URL> …"
     return ${ret}
 fi