diff --git a/src/tags/render.js b/src/tags/render.js
index 9a8ca95..42d8c0b 100644
--- a/src/tags/render.js
+++ b/src/tags/render.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module.exports = function (fractal, config) {
                     throw new Error(`Could not render component '${handle}' - component not found.`);
                 }
 
-                let innerContext = entity.isComponent ? entity.variants().default().getContext() : entity.getContext();
+                let innerContext = _.cloneDeep(entity.isComponent ? entity.variants().default().getContext() : entity.getContext());
 
                 if (token.contextStack !== undefined) {
                     innerContext = utils.defaultsDeep(Twig.expression.parse.apply(this, [token.contextStack, context]), innerContext);