diff --git a/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh b/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh
index 5eff79f..b4c84a3 100644
--- a/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh
+++ b/usr/local/share/bastille/destroy.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ usage() {
 }
 
 destroy_jail() {
+    local OPTIONS
     bastille_jail_base="${bastille_jailsdir}/${TARGET}"            ## dir
     bastille_jail_log="${bastille_logsdir}/${TARGET}_console.log"  ## file
 
@@ -60,9 +61,9 @@ destroy_jail() {
         if [ "${bastille_zfs_enable}" = "YES" ]; then
             if [ -n "${bastille_zfs_zpool}" ]; then
                 if [ -n "${TARGET}" ]; then
-                    local OPTIONS="-r"
+                    OPTIONS="-r"
                     if [ "${FORCE}" = "1" ]; then
-                        local OPTIONS="-rf"
+                        OPTIONS="-rf"
                     fi
                     ## remove jail zfs dataset recursively
                     zfs destroy "${OPTIONS}" "${bastille_zfs_zpool}/${bastille_zfs_prefix}/jails/${TARGET}"