diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
index 7e0fd6b..c063ca8 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::is_ref), "is_var_reference");
         m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::is_pointer), "is_var_pointer");
         m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::is_return_value), "is_var_return_value");
+        m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::reset_return_value), "reset_var_return_value");
         m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::is_type), "is_type");
         m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::get_attr), "get_var_attr");
         m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::copy_attrs), "copy_var_attrs");
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
index 186ccba..8b55981 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
                     "def push_back(" + type + " container, x)\n"
                     "{ \n"
                     "  if (x.is_var_return_value()) {\n"
+                    "    x.reset_var_return_value() \n"
                     "    container.push_back_ref(x) \n"
                     "  } else { \n"
                     "    container.push_back_ref(clone(x)); \n"
@@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
                       "def push_front(" + type + " container, x)\n"
                       "{ \n"
                       "  if (x.is_var_return_value()) {\n"
+                      "    x.reset_var_return_value() \n"
                       "    container.push_front_ref(x) \n"
                       "  } else { \n"
                       "    container.push_front_ref(clone(x)); \n"