diff --git a/impls/jq/step3_env.jq b/impls/jq/step3_env.jq
index 49ae998e..64c13e68 100644
--- a/impls/jq/step3_env.jq
+++ b/impls/jq/step3_env.jq
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def EVAL(env):
             end;
     (select(.kind == "list") |
         if .value | length == 0 then 
-            .
+            . | addEnv(env)
         else
             (
                 (
@@ -215,4 +215,4 @@ def repl(env):
             } | ., xrepl;
     {stop: false, env: env} | xrepl | if .value then (.value | _display) else empty end;
 
-repl(replEnv)
\ No newline at end of file
+repl(replEnv)
diff --git a/impls/jq/step4_if_fn_do.jq b/impls/jq/step4_if_fn_do.jq
index 3fcfcfe0..bccd27e7 100644
--- a/impls/jq/step4_if_fn_do.jq
+++ b/impls/jq/step4_if_fn_do.jq
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ def EVAL(env):
             end;
     (select(.kind == "list") |
         if .value | length == 0 then 
-            .
+            . | addEnv(env)
         else
             (
                 (