diff --git a/core/dicomUtils.js b/core/dicomUtils.js
index e5b0dd694..09a599896 100644
--- a/core/dicomUtils.js
+++ b/core/dicomUtils.js
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ X.dicomUtils.initColorTableFromLUT = function (img, colorTable, lut) {
         offset = Math.pow(2, img.pixelPaddingValue != null ? img.bits : (rs == 1.0 && ri == 0.0 && img.pixelPaddingValue == null) ? img.bits : img.bitsStored) / 2;
     }
 
+    var r, g, b;
+
     // console.time('CALCULATE PIXELS');
     switch (img.photometricInterpretation) {
         case X.dicomUtils.PhotometricInterpretation.MONOCHROME1:
diff --git a/io/parser.js b/io/parser.js
index 27b42b97d..906a598b5 100644
--- a/io/parser.js
+++ b/io/parser.js
@@ -902,19 +902,20 @@ X.parser.reslice2 = function(_sliceOrigin, _sliceXYSpacing, _sliceNormal, _color
         // map to 0 if necessary
         var pixval = _IJKVolume[_k][_j][_i];
 
+        var pixelValue_r, pixelValue_g, pixelValue_b, pixelValue_a;
         if (colorTable) {
 
           // color table!
           var lookupValue = colorTable.get(pixval);
           // check for out of range and use the last label value in this case
-          var pixelValue_r = pixelValue_g = pixelValue_b  = lookupValue[1] || 0;
-          var pixelValue_a = lookupValue[4];
+          pixelValue_r = pixelValue_g = pixelValue_b  = lookupValue[1] || 0;
+          pixelValue_a = lookupValue[4];
 
         }
         else {
           // normalization should not happen here, only in the shaders/canvas??
-          var pixelValue_r = pixelValue_g = pixelValue_b = 255 * ((pixval - object._min )/ (object._max - object._min));
-          var pixelValue_a = 255;
+          pixelValue_r = pixelValue_g = pixelValue_b = 255 * ((pixval - object._min )/ (object._max - object._min));
+          pixelValue_a = 255;
         }
 
         textureForCurrentSlice[textureStartIndex] = pixelValue_r;
diff --git a/utils/_core/_builder.py b/utils/_core/_builder.py
index af364fd7b..abc232e4a 100644
--- a/utils/_core/_builder.py
+++ b/utils/_core/_builder.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def run( self, options=None ):
     arguments.extend( ['--root', config.SOFTWARE_PATH] )
 
     # set the output mode to compiled
-    arguments.extend( ['-o', 'script'] )
+    arguments.extend( ['-o', 'compiled'] )
 
     # configure the compiler path
     arguments.extend( ['-c', config.CLOSURECOMPILER_PATH] )