diff --git a/src/ts/process/index.svelte.ts b/src/ts/process/index.svelte.ts
index 8bda6569..47eda1f6 100644
--- a/src/ts/process/index.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/ts/process/index.svelte.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { get, writable } from "svelte/store";
-import { type character, type MessageGenerationInfo, type Chat, changeToPreset } from "../storage/database.svelte";
+import { type character, type MessageGenerationInfo, type Chat, changeToPreset, setCurrentChat } from "../storage/database.svelte";
 import { DBState } from '../stores.svelte';
 import { CharEmotion, selectedCharID } from "../stores.svelte";
 import { ChatTokenizer, tokenize, tokenizeNum } from "../tokenizer";
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ export async function sendChat(chatProcessIndex = -1,arg:{
     const triggerResult = await runTrigger(currentChar, 'start', {chat: currentChat})
     if(triggerResult){
         currentChat = triggerResult.chat
+        setCurrentChat(currentChat)
         ms = currentChat.message
         currentTokens += triggerResult.tokens
         if(triggerResult.stopSending){
diff --git a/src/ts/process/lua.ts b/src/ts/process/lua.ts
index 06e39642..861560c9 100644
--- a/src/ts/process/lua.ts
+++ b/src/ts/process/lua.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ interface LuaEngineState {
     engine: LuaEngine;
     mutex: Mutex;
     chat: Chat;
+    setVar: (key:string, value:string) => void,
+    getVar: (key:string) => string
 }
 
 let LuaEngines = new Map<string, LuaEngineState>()
@@ -55,12 +57,16 @@ export async function runLua(code:string, arg:{
             code,
             engine: await luaFactory.createEngine({injectObjects: true}),
             mutex: new Mutex(),
-            chat
+            chat,
+            setVar,
+            getVar
         }
         LuaEngines.set(mode, luaEngineState)
         wasEmpty = true
     } else {
         luaEngineState.chat = chat
+        luaEngineState.setVar = setVar
+        luaEngineState.getVar = getVar
     }
     return await luaEngineState.mutex.runExclusive(async () => {
         if (wasEmpty || code !== luaEngineState.code) {
@@ -72,13 +78,13 @@ export async function runLua(code:string, arg:{
                 if(!LuaSafeIds.has(id) && !LuaEditDisplayIds.has(id)){
                     return
                 }
-                setVar(key, value)
+                luaEngineState.setVar(key, value)
             })
             luaEngine.global.set('getChatVar', (id:string,key:string) => {
                 if(!LuaSafeIds.has(id) && !LuaEditDisplayIds.has(id)){
                     return
                 }
-                return getVar(key)
+                return luaEngineState.getVar(key)
             })
             luaEngine.global.set('stopChat', (id:string) => {
                 if(!LuaSafeIds.has(id)){