diff --git a/live-view/live-view.js b/live-view/live-view.js
index 944ec8c56b..e0613f1306 100644
--- a/live-view/live-view.js
+++ b/live-view/live-view.js
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ async function handleLiveViewRequest(requestPath) {
     const liveFileDir = [fileUser, fileRepo, fileContents];
     
     let respContent;
+    let respObj;
     
     
     
@@ -855,8 +856,6 @@ async function handleLiveViewRequest(requestPath) {
       
     } else {
 
-      let respObj;
-
       // get repo obj from local storage
       const repoObj = modifiedRepos[fileUser + '/' + fileRepo.split(':')[0]];
 
diff --git a/worker/client-channel.js b/worker/client-channel.js
index d4997a99a2..318a1e2bfd 100644
--- a/worker/client-channel.js
+++ b/worker/client-channel.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 // update worker name when updating worker
-const WORKER_NAME = 'codeit-worker-v504';
+const WORKER_NAME = 'codeit-worker-v505';
 
 
 // internal paths