diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 6a9519c..4e7b208 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -186,12 +186,18 @@ export class Scenarios {
       throw new Error('cannot call skip() on root scenarios');
     }
 
-    let variants = Object.assign({}, this.state.variants);
+    let variants = Object.fromEntries(
+      Object.entries(this.state.variants).map(([variantName, entry]) => [
+        variantName,
+        Object.assign({}, entry),
+      ])
+    );
+
     if (variantName) {
-      if (!this.state.variants[variantName]) {
+      if (!variants[variantName]) {
         throw new Error(
           `no variant named ${variantName} available to skip. Found variants: ${Object.keys(
-            this.state.variants
+            variants
           ).join(', ')}`
         );
       }
diff --git a/tests/test.ts b/tests/test.ts
index e95fbcd..dc0761a 100644
--- a/tests/test.ts
+++ b/tests/test.ts
@@ -72,14 +72,17 @@ ok 1 project > createHello
   });
 });
 
-const skipExpandedExample = Scenarios.fromProject(() => new Project());
-skipExpandedExample
-  .expand({
-    'child-one-of-other-root': () => {},
-    'child-two-of-other-root': () => {},
-  }).skip().map('inner', () => {}) // skip with no arguments skips all variants
+const skipTester = Scenarios.fromProject(() => new Project()).expand({
+  'variant-one': () => {},
+  'variant-two': () => {},
+})
+
+
+skipTester.skip().map('skipped', () => {}) // skip with no arguments skips all variants
   .forEachScenario(() => {});
 
+skipTester.map('not-skipped', () => {} ).forEachScenario(() => {});
+
 
 Qunit.module('cli', () => {
   Qunit.test('list', async (assert) => {
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ Qunit.module('cli', () => {
     const { stdout } = result;
     assert.deepEqual(
         stdout.split('\n'),
-      ['hello1', 'hello2']
+      ['hello1', 'hello2', 'variant-one-not-skipped', 'variant-two-not-skipped']
     );
   });
 });