diff --git a/text-balancer.js b/text-balancer.js
index e674641..2cd42fb 100644
--- a/text-balancer.js
+++ b/text-balancer.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var textBalancer = function (selectors) {
 // this populates our candidates array with dom objects
 // that need to be balanced
 var createSelectors = function(selectors) {
-    selectorArray = selectors.split(',');
+    var selectorArray = selectors.split(',');
     for (var i = 0; i < selectorArray.length; i += 1) {
         var currentSelectorElements = document.querySelectorAll(selectorArray[i].trim());
 
@@ -151,4 +151,4 @@ var textElementIsMultipleLines = function (element) {
 
 } // end headlineIsMultipleLines
 
-exports.balanceText = textBalancer;
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+exports.balanceText = textBalancer;