diff --git a/themes/base.theme.bash b/themes/base.theme.bash
index ee906dee..fffe4b7b 100644
--- a/themes/base.theme.bash
+++ b/themes/base.theme.bash
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ function scm_prompt_info {
 
 function git_status_summary {
   awk '
+  BEGIN {
+    untracked=0;
+    unstaged=0;
+    staged=0;
+  }
   {
     if (!after_first && $0 ~ /^##.+/) {
       print $0