diff --git a/src/dynare_gui.m b/src/dynare_gui.m
index 622da14dfedcea80e3977a06f151ed529b745af8..8c40b359617718dbbb87281c68bb17721362bf95 100644
--- a/src/dynare_gui.m
+++ b/src/dynare_gui.m
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ if (exist('M_', 'var') && isstruct(M_)) || (exist('oo_', 'var') && isstruct(oo_)
         'It seems like you have already run dynare. Do you want to use the output in the workspace?', ...
         'DynareGUI', 'Yes', 'No', 'Yes');
     if strcmp(answer, 'No')
-        evalin('global', 'clear M_ options_ oo_ estim_params_ bayestopt_ dataset_ dataset_info estimation_info ys0_ ex0_');
+        evalin('base', 'clear M_ options_ oo_ estim_params_ bayestopt_ dataset_ dataset_info estimation_info ys0_ ex0_');
     else
         if ~(exist([M_.fname filesep 'model' filesep 'json' filesep 'modfile-original.json'], 'file') == 2 ...
                 && exist([M_.fname filesep 'model' filesep 'json' filesep 'modfile.json'], 'file') == 2)