diff --git a/bin/zod.template b/bin/zod.template
index ea89fb6..d2762d6 100644
--- a/bin/zod.template
+++ b/bin/zod.template
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # ZODIAC - a simple static site generator
 # Copyright (c) 2011 Chase Allen James <nx-zodiac@nu-ex.com>
 
-ZOD_LIB=ZODLIB_PATH
-ZOD_PROJECT=$1
-ZOD_TARGET=$2
+export ZOD_LIB=ZODLIB_PATH
+export ZOD_PROJECT=$1
+export ZOD_TARGET=$2
 
 _zod_error() {
   echo -e ">>> ERROR: $*" >&2
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ _zod_error() {
 [ ! -d "$ZOD_PROJECT" ] && _zod_error "project directory does not exist"
 [ ! -d "$ZOD_TARGET" ] && _zod_error "target directory does not exist"
 
-export ZOD_LIB ZOD_PROJECT ZOD_TARGET
-
 find "$ZOD_PROJECT" -type f \
               ! -name "*.layout" \
               ! -name "*.meta" \