diff --git a/lib/manifest.js b/lib/manifest.js
index 7231c60..91affc7 100644
--- a/lib/manifest.js
+++ b/lib/manifest.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function convertFromBase(manifestInfo, callback) {
   }
 
   //pull out the values that we need, then set them to our locals
-  var manifest = originalManifest;
+  var manifest = {};
   manifest.scopeArray = [];
   //add the scope in
   var tempArray = [];
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ function convertFromBase(manifestInfo, callback) {
    // console.log(manifest.icons[0])
       manifest.rawManifest  = manifest.rawManifest.replace(/{GUID}/g, guid)
                                     .replace(/{providerName}/g, "Microsoft")
-                                    .replace(/{sourceLocation}/g, manifest.start_url)
-                                    .replace(/{defaultLocale}/g, manifest.lang || 'EN-US')
-                                    .replace(/{displayName}/g, manifest.short_name ||  manifest.name)
-                                    .replace(/{description}/g, manifest.name || 'no description provided')
+                                    .replace(/{sourceLocation}/g, originalManifest.start_url)
+                                    .replace(/{defaultLocale}/g, originalManifest.lang || 'EN-US')
+                                    .replace(/{displayName}/g, originalManifest.short_name ||  originalManifest.name)
+                                    .replace(/{description}/g, originalManifest.name || 'no description provided')
                                     .replace(/{iconURL}/g,manifest.icons&&manifest.icons[32]?'<IconUrl DefaultValue="'+manifest.icons[32]+'" />': '<IconUrl DefaultValue="defaultIcon32x32.png" />') //only one image can be used