diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a3e9527..ee2f36a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "io_backend/io_backend.h"
 #include "parser/parser.h"
 #include "utils/args/args.h"
+#include "utils/vars/vars.h"
 
 // === Error codes
 
@@ -28,6 +29,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
     // args_print(&options);
 
+    // Initialize variables hash map
+    struct hash_map *vars = vars_init();
+    if (vars == NULL)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Failed to initialize variables hash map\n");
+        return ERR_MALLOC;
+    }
+
     // Create the IO-Backend context struct
     struct iob_context *io_context = malloc(sizeof(struct iob_context));
     if (io_context == NULL)