diff --git a/packages/snap-toolbox/src/getContext/getContext.test.ts b/packages/snap-toolbox/src/getContext/getContext.test.ts
index 2cdb794ad..6c76d01ff 100644
--- a/packages/snap-toolbox/src/getContext/getContext.test.ts
+++ b/packages/snap-toolbox/src/getContext/getContext.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 import { getContext } from './getContext';
 
 describe('getContext', () => {
-	beforeEach(() => (document.body.innerHTML = ''));
+	beforeAll(() => {
+		// used to test global variable assignment in evaluation
+		const globalScriptTag = document.createElement('script');
+		globalScriptTag.innerHTML = 'const globalVar = "constant";';
+
+		document.head.append(globalScriptTag);
+	});
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		document.body.innerHTML = '';
+	});
 
 	it('expects an array of strings as the first parameter', () => {
 		const scriptTag = document.createElement('script');
@@ -261,4 +271,18 @@ describe('getContext', () => {
 			getContext(['error'], scriptTag);
 		}).toThrow();
 	});
+
+	it('does not throw an error when variables exist already, but are not in evaluation list', () => {
+		const scriptTag = document.createElement('script');
+		scriptTag.setAttribute('type', 'searchspring/recommend');
+		scriptTag.setAttribute('id', 'searchspring-recommend');
+		scriptTag.innerHTML = `
+			siteId = 'abc123';
+			globalVar = 'snap';
+		`;
+
+		expect(() => {
+			getContext(['error'], scriptTag);
+		}).not.toThrow();
+	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/snap-toolbox/src/getContext/getContext.ts b/packages/snap-toolbox/src/getContext/getContext.ts
index 8a32517a0..f55304f90 100644
--- a/packages/snap-toolbox/src/getContext/getContext.ts
+++ b/packages/snap-toolbox/src/getContext/getContext.ts
@@ -46,12 +46,23 @@ export function getContext(evaluate: string[] = [], script?: HTMLScriptElement |
 	});
 
 	const scriptVariables: ContextVariables = {};
+	const scriptInnerHTML = scriptElem.innerHTML;
+
+	// attempt to grab inner HTML variables
+	const scriptInnerVars = scriptInnerHTML.match(/([a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z_$0-9]*)\s?=/g)?.map((match) => match.replace(/[\s=]/g, ''));
+
+	const combinedVars = evaluate.concat(scriptInnerVars || []);
+
+	// de-dupe vars
+	const evaluateVars = combinedVars.filter((item, index) => {
+		return combinedVars.indexOf(item) === index;
+	});
 
 	// evaluate text and put into variables
 	evaluate?.forEach((name) => {
 		const fn = new Function(`
-			var ${evaluate.join(', ')};
-			${scriptElem.innerHTML}
+			var ${evaluateVars.join(', ')};
+			${scriptInnerHTML}
 			return ${name};
 		`);