diff --git a/@HierarchicalGrid/HierarchicalGrid.m b/@HierarchicalGrid/HierarchicalGrid.m
index 02410021552d7730b287a7bc58a9bad856acf970..14f1f42118dd0045a4c8a548b704fc85f75197f4 100644
--- a/@HierarchicalGrid/HierarchicalGrid.m
+++ b/@HierarchicalGrid/HierarchicalGrid.m
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ classdef HierarchicalGrid < handle
         
         function cell = get_child_cell(object, parent, cell_index)
             if isempty(parent)
-                grid = object.grid
+                mgrid = object.grid;
             else
-                grid = parent.grid
+                mgrid = parent.grid;
             end
             
-            cell = grid{cell_index}
+            cell = mgrid{cell_index};
         end
         
         function cell = recurse_top_cell(object, the_cell)
diff --git a/@LetStatmentsDraw/LetStatmentsDraw.m b/@LetStatmentsDraw/LetStatmentsDraw.m
index be1adcf9cae901a50c535bba7c7ab3e8f2056516..7339b60ecb97fc6838d78d94547022589141fcac 100644
--- a/@LetStatmentsDraw/LetStatmentsDraw.m
+++ b/@LetStatmentsDraw/LetStatmentsDraw.m
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ classdef LetStatmentsDraw < GUIBase
                 set(c, 'Position', [0, y-((i)*object.gui_params.edit_height), object.gui_params.edit_width, object.gui_params.edit_height]);
                 set(c, 'Callback', @(src, event)object.my_data.set_statement_name(i, get(src, 'String')));
                 
-                c = object.my_controls{i}.a
+                c = object.my_controls{i}.a;
                 set(c, 'Parent', object.phandle);
                 set(c, 'String', a);
                 set(c, 'Position', [object.gui_params.edit_width+20, y-((i)*object.gui_params.edit_height), object.gui_params.edit_width*2, object.gui_params.edit_height]);
diff --git a/@VerticalHierarchicalGridDraw/draw_onto.m b/@VerticalHierarchicalGridDraw/draw_onto.m
index 78885f60fe60ef57d4325724e198e2d4f5185b3f..821c6ae3e9abb31bc63510051964b50944e76146 100644
--- a/@VerticalHierarchicalGridDraw/draw_onto.m
+++ b/@VerticalHierarchicalGridDraw/draw_onto.m
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ function [height, grid_controls, cell_controls] = draw_onto( object, parent_hand
             grid_controls{i}.subgrid = {};
             grid_controls{i}.pb_extend = -1;
             grid_controls{i}.cell_controls = struct();
-            grid_controls{i}.cell_controls.pb_new = -1
-            grid_controls{i}.cell_controls.pb_delete = -1
+            grid_controls{i}.cell_controls.pb_new = -1;
+            grid_controls{i}.cell_controls.pb_delete = -1;
         end
 
         [new_height, grid_controls{i}.subgrid, grid_controls{i}.cell_controls] = draw_onto( object, parent_handle, grid{i}, grid{i}.grid, grid_controls{i}.subgrid, grid_controls{i}.cell_controls, depth+1, start_height+height, x, y);