diff --git a/ts2panda/src/statement/tryStatement.ts b/ts2panda/src/statement/tryStatement.ts
index 23399828d653878c2aee6f4246ff11d0bdc74165..2ae2fa97d592c49d4b0f9ab99a1f3f152e177bd3 100644
--- a/ts2panda/src/statement/tryStatement.ts
+++ b/ts2panda/src/statement/tryStatement.ts
@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ export class TryBuilder extends TryBuilderBase {
             this.compiler.pushScope(catchClause);
             compileCatchClauseVariableDeclaration(this.compiler, catchClause.variableDeclaration);
             let catchBlock = catchClause.block;
+            this.compiler.pushScope(catchBlock);
             catchBlock.statements.forEach((stmt) => this.compiler.compileStatement(stmt));
             this.compiler.popScope();
+            this.compiler.popScope();
         } else {
             // finallyBlock rethrow exception when it catch the exception
             let exceptionVreg = this.pandaGen.getTemp();