diff --git a/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm b/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
index 5d72263..8126b31 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
@@ -1481,6 +1481,14 @@ namespace eval punk {
                 }
                 set cmdline_result [uplevel 1 [concat $rhs $segment_members_filled]]
                 set d [_multi_bind_result $returnvarspec [punk::K $cmdline_result [unset cmdline_result]]]
+
+                #multi_bind_result needs to return a funcl for rhs of:
+                #lindex [list [set syncvar [main pipeline.. ]]    [rhs binding funcl...]   1 ]
+                #which uses syncvar
+                #
+                #The lhs of 'list' runs first so now syncvar can be the root level of the rhs function list and bind the necessary vars.
+                #NOTE: unintuitively, we are returning the value of rhs to the main pipleline! (leftmost binding)  this is because the leftmost binding determines what goes back to the pipeline result
+
                 set r [_handle_bind_result $d]
                 set segment_result $r
             }
@@ -1829,7 +1837,9 @@ namespace eval punk {
 
     }
 
-    proc pipeswitch {pipescript} {
+    proc pipeswitch {pipescript args} {
+        set prefix "set args \[list $args\]\n"
+        set pipescript $prefix$pipescript
         uplevel 1 [list if 1 $pipescript]
     }
     proc ansi+ {args} {
@@ -2185,7 +2195,7 @@ namespace eval punk {
         lappend chunklist [list result $result]
         set ::punk::last_run_display $chunklist
         if {$::repl::running} {
-            repl::term::term::set_console_title $result
+            repl::term::set_console_title $result
         }
         return $result
     }