diff --git a/src/core/js/edit_mode.js b/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
index ea3e61bc5143d390e235b8114e6284729a2bfab2..379b92f1005b0b4e85d80b3926ea7cc2059feb66 100644
--- a/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
+++ b/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
@@ -2138,11 +2138,12 @@ var edit_mode = new function () {
         if (use_cache && query_cache[str]) {
             return query_cache[str];
         }
+        var result;
         if (str.toUpperCase().startsWith('COUNT')) {
             const res = await connection.get(`Entity/?query=${str}`);
-            const result = $(res).find('Query').attr('results')
+            result = $(res).find('Query').attr('results')
         } else {
-            const result = query(str);
+            result = query(str);
         }
         if (use_cache) {
             query_cache[str] = result;