diff --git a/lib/cursor.js b/lib/cursor.js
index 8fad40c..bd4df63 100644
--- a/lib/cursor.js
+++ b/lib/cursor.js
@@ -84,16 +84,17 @@ Cursor.prototype._exec = function(callback) {
   if (this._sort) {
     keys = Object.keys(this._sort);
     
-    // Going backwards so that the first sort is the last that gets applied
+    // Sorting
     var criteria = [];
     for (i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
       key = keys[i];
       criteria.push({ key: key, direction: self._sort[key] });
     }
     res.sort(function(a, b) {
-      for (var i = 0; i < criteria.length; i++) {
-        var criterion = criteria[i];
-        var compare = criterion.direction * model.compareThings(model.getDotValue(a, criterion.key), model.getDotValue(b, criterion.key));
+      var criterion, compare, i;
+      for (i = 0; i < criteria.length; i++) {
+        criterion = criteria[i];
+        compare = criterion.direction * model.compareThings(model.getDotValue(a, criterion.key), model.getDotValue(b, criterion.key));
         if (compare !== 0) {
           return compare;
         }
diff --git a/test/cursor.test.js b/test/cursor.test.js
index d464cb0..fcf026d 100644
--- a/test/cursor.test.js
+++ b/test/cursor.test.js
@@ -606,16 +606,19 @@ describe('Cursor', function () {
       ], done);    });
 
     it('Similar data, multiple consecutive sorts', function(done) {
+      var i, j, id
+        , companies = [ 'acme', 'milkman', 'zoinks' ]
+        , entities = []
+        ;
+    
       async.waterfall([
         function (cb) {
           d.remove({}, { multi: true }, function (err) {
             if (err) { return cb(err); }
-
-            var entities = [];
-            var companies = [ 'acme', 'milkman', 'zoinks' ];
-            var id = 1;
-            for (var i = 0; i < companies.length; i++) {
-              for (var j = 5; j <= 100; j += 5) {
+            
+            id = 1;
+            for (i = 0; i < companies.length; i++) {
+              for (j = 5; j <= 100; j += 5) {
                 entities.push({
                   company: companies[i],
                   cost: j,
@@ -632,7 +635,6 @@ describe('Cursor', function () {
             }, function(err) {
               return cb();
             });
-
           });
         }
       , function (cb) {