diff --git a/examples/modify_response_body.py b/examples/modify_response_body.py
index 255d43f02..111c95844 100644
--- a/examples/modify_response_body.py
+++ b/examples/modify_response_body.py
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ from libmproxy.protocol.http import decoded
 def start(ctx, argv):
     if len(argv) != 3:
         sys.exit('Usage: -s "modify-response-body.py old new"')
-    global old, new  # In larger scripts, a centralized options object (as returned by argparse) is encouraged
-    old, new = argv[1:]
+    ctx.old, ctx.new = argv[1], argv[2]
 
 
 def response(ctx, flow):
     with decoded(flow.response):  # automatically decode gzipped responses.
-        flow.response.content = flow.response.content.replace(old, new)
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+        flow.response.content = flow.response.content.replace(ctx.old, ctx.new)
\ No newline at end of file