diff --git a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
index 1914cd201..1cd11d7b5 100644
--- a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
+++ b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ mathParser.functions.signed = function (a) {
 	return `${a}`;
 };
 
+// Make sure we normalize variable names consistantly.
+const normalizeVarNames = (label)=>{
+	return label.trim()
+		.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+};
+
 //Processes the markdown within an HTML block if it's just a class-wrapper
 renderer.html = function (html) {
 	if(_.startsWith(_.trim(html), '<div') && _.endsWith(_.trim(html), '</div>')){
@@ -533,7 +539,7 @@ const replaceVar = function(input, hoist=false, allowUnresolved=false) {
 	const match = regex.exec(input);
 
 	const prefix = match[1];
-	const label  = match[2];
+	const label  = normalizeVarNames(match[2]); // Ensure the label name is normalized as it should be in the var stack.
 
 	//v=====--------------------< HANDLE MATH >-------------------=====v//
 	const mathRegex = /[a-z]+\(|[+\-*/^(),]/g;
@@ -688,7 +694,7 @@ function MarkedVariables() {
 							});
 					}
 					if(match[3]) { // Block Definition
-						const label   = match[4] ? match[4].trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ')    : null; // Trim edge spaces and shorten blocks of whitespace to 1 space
+						const label   = match[4] ? normalizeVarNames(match[4]) : null; // Trim edge spaces and shorten blocks of whitespace to 1 space
 						const content = match[5] ? match[5].trim().replace(/[ \t]+/g, ' ') : null; // Trim edge spaces and shorten blocks of whitespace to 1 space
 
 						varsQueue.push(
@@ -698,7 +704,7 @@ function MarkedVariables() {
 							});
 					}
 					if(match[6]) { // Block Call
-						const label = match[7] ? match[7].trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ') : null; // Trim edge spaces and shorten blocks of whitespace to 1 space
+						const label = match[7] ? normalizeVarNames(match[7]) : null; // Trim edge spaces and shorten blocks of whitespace to 1 space
 
 						varsQueue.push(
 							{ type    : 'varCallBlock',
@@ -707,7 +713,7 @@ function MarkedVariables() {
 							});
 					}
 					if(match[8]) { // Inline Definition
-						const label = match[10] ? match[10].trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ') : null; // Trim edge spaces and shorten blocks of whitespace to 1 space
+						const label = match[10] ? normalizeVarNames(match[10]) : null; // Trim edge spaces and shorten blocks of whitespace to 1 space
 						let content = match[11] || null;
 
 						// In case of nested (), find the correct matching end )
@@ -735,11 +741,11 @@ function MarkedVariables() {
 						varsQueue.push(
 							{ type    : 'varCallInline',
 								varName : label,
-								content : match[9].replace(/\s+/g, ' ').replace(/\[\s+/, '[').replace(/\s+\]/, ']')
+								content : match[9]
 							});
 					}
 					if(match[12]) { // Inline Call
-						const label = match[13] ? match[13].trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ') : null; // Trim edge spaces and shorten blocks of whitespace to 1 space
+						const label = match[13] ? normalizeVarNames(match[13]) : null; // Trim edge spaces and shorten blocks of whitespace to 1 space
 
 						varsQueue.push(
 							{ type    : 'varCallInline',