diff --git a/src/apex/plugins/apexparadigm/__init__.py b/src/apex/plugins/apexparadigm/__init__.py
index cf87b2c0ac5d818687038c9c69a5c6e7f6357a45..1de388553bc26f06697c73a14923737578bd9cf0 100644
--- a/src/apex/plugins/apexparadigm/__init__.py
+++ b/src/apex/plugins/apexparadigm/__init__.py
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ class ApexParadigmPlugin(object):
                 return
 
         selected_hop = {}
+        node = None
+        ssid = None
         for hop_index in reversed(range(0, len(frame['path']))):
             hop = frame['path'][hop_index]
             # If this is the last node before a spent node, or a spent node itself, we are done