diff --git a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_render.c b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_render.c
index 7b80d8c7a0..951d34a724 100644
--- a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_render.c
+++ b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_render.c
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ static bool do_non_text_tags(struct gui_wps *gwps, struct skin_draw_info *info,
 #endif /* HAVE_LCD_BITMAP */
 #ifdef HAVE_SKIN_VARIABLES
         case SKIN_TOKEN_VAR_SET:
-            if (do_refresh)
             {
                 struct skin_var_changer *data = SKINOFFSETTOPTR(skin_buffer, token->value.data);
                 struct skin_var *var = SKINOFFSETTOPTR(skin_buffer, data->var);
diff --git a/lib/skin_parser/tag_table.c b/lib/skin_parser/tag_table.c
index bf65d0d970..1ddef71a24 100644
--- a/lib/skin_parser/tag_table.c
+++ b/lib/skin_parser/tag_table.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static const struct tag_info legal_tags[] =
     { SKIN_TOKEN_REC_HOURS,             "Rh"   , "", SKIN_REFRESH_DYNAMIC },
     
     /* Skin variables */
-    { SKIN_TOKEN_VAR_SET,               "vs",   "SSI|I", SKIN_REFRESH_STATIC },
+    { SKIN_TOKEN_VAR_SET,               "vs",   "SSI|I", SKIN_REFRESH_DYNAMIC },
     { SKIN_TOKEN_VAR_GETVAL,            "vg",   "S", SKIN_REFRESH_DYNAMIC },
     { SKIN_TOKEN_VAR_TIMEOUT,           "vl",   "S|D", SKIN_REFRESH_DYNAMIC },