diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ebbe29e..f20e6a4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "embed-nu"
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.3.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/Trivernis/embed-nu"
diff --git a/src/context/mod.rs b/src/context/mod.rs
index 7d4d1d2..d22cb54 100644
--- a/src/context/mod.rs
+++ b/src/context/mod.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ impl Context {
         self.eval_block(&block, input)
     }
 
+    /// Returns a variable defined in the stack
+    pub fn get_var<S: AsRef<str>>(&mut self, name: S) -> Option<nu_protocol::Value> {
+        let name = name.as_ref();
+        let dollar_name = format!("${name}");
+        let var_id = self
+            .engine_state
+            .active_overlays(&vec![])
+            .iter()
+            .find_map(|o| {
+                o.vars
+                    .get(dollar_name.as_bytes())
+                    .or(o.vars.get(name.as_bytes()))
+            })?;
+        self.stack.get_var(*var_id, Span::new(0, 0)).ok()
+    }
+
     /// Returns if the given function exists in the context
     pub fn has_fn<S: AsRef<str>>(&mut self, name: S) -> bool {
         self.engine_state
diff --git a/tests/test_eval.rs b/tests/test_eval.rs
index a3faa2a..fbf6b01 100644
--- a/tests/test_eval.rs
+++ b/tests/test_eval.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ fn it_evals_strings() {
     ctx.print_pipeline(pipeline).unwrap()
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn it_returns_variables() {
+    let mut ctx = get_context();
+    ctx.eval_raw(r#"let hello = 'world'"#, PipelineData::empty())
+        .unwrap();
+    let val = ctx.get_var("hello").expect("No variable returned");
+    assert_eq!(val.as_string().unwrap(), String::from("world"))
+}
+
 #[derive(RustyValue)]
 struct TestArg {
     foo: String,