diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index f9b793f..8a2eb36 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "Infiltrator"
 uuid = "5903a43b-9cc3-4c30-8d17-598619ec4e9b"
-version = "1.8.4"
+version = "1.8.5"
 
 [deps]
 InteractiveUtils = "b77e0a4c-d291-57a0-90e8-8db25a27a240"
diff --git a/src/Infiltrator.jl b/src/Infiltrator.jl
index ef1ab3d..dbbf5a4 100644
--- a/src/Infiltrator.jl
+++ b/src/Infiltrator.jl
@@ -525,12 +525,13 @@ function init_transient_eval_module(mod, locals)
     Expr(:call, Symbol("__MODULE__")),
     Expr(:block, mod))
   )
+  haskey(modns, Symbol("@__MODULE__")) && delete!(modns, Symbol("@__MODULE__"))
   # insert local variables into current scope
   Core.eval(newmod, Expr(:block, map(x->Expr(:(=), x...), [(k, maybe_quote(v)) for (k, v) in locals])...))
   # insert variables in safehouse
   Core.eval(newmod, Expr(:block, map(x->Expr(:(=), x...), [(k, maybe_quote(v)) for (k, v) in get_store_names() if !isdefined(newmod, k)])...))
   # insert all bindings from the source module that aren't already defined in the eval module
-  Core.eval(newmod, Expr(:block, map(x->Expr(:global, Expr(:(=), x...)), [(k, maybe_quote(v)) for (k, v) in modns if !isdefined(newmod, k)])...))
+  Core.eval(newmod, Expr(:block, map(x->Expr(:(=), x...), [(k, maybe_quote(v)) for (k, v) in modns if !isdefined(newmod, k)])...))
 
   return newmod
 end