diff --git a/coyote.yml b/coyote.yml
index a3526dc..479cb93 100644
--- a/coyote.yml
+++ b/coyote.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 - name: coyote
   title: Sample YML
 
+- name: coyote
+  # global vars
+  vars:
+    TEST: echo
+
 - name: test
+  # local vars (have precedence)
+  vars:
+    TEST: ls
   entries:
     - name: ls command
       command: |
-        ls
+        %TEST%
         -lR
         .
     - name: echo command
       command: echo hello
     - name: error unless you are root
-      command: ls /root
+      command: "%TEST% /root"
 
 
 - name: moar tests
@@ -34,8 +42,8 @@
 
 - name: test env vars
   entries:
-    - name: echo a var
-      command: bash -c 'echo "$TEST"'
+    - name: "%TEST% a var"
+      command: bash -c '%TEST% "$TEST"'
       env: [ TEST="hello world" ]
 
 - name: test text search
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 640e726..48dda48 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2016-2017 Landoop LTD
+// Copyright 2016-2018 Landoop LTD
 //
 // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ var (
 )
 
 var (
-	logger      *log.Logger
-	uniqStrings = make(map[string]string)
-	uniqRegexp  = regexp.MustCompile("%UNIQUE_[0-9A-Za-z_-]+%")
-	t           *template.Template
+	logger            *log.Logger
+	uniqStrings       = make(map[string]string)
+	uniqRegexp        = regexp.MustCompile("%UNIQUE_[0-9A-Za-z_-]+%")
+	t                 *template.Template
+	acceptableVarName = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$")
+	globalVars        = make(map[string]string)
 )
 
 type configFilesArrayFlag []string
@@ -123,6 +125,23 @@ func main() {
 		logger.Fatalf("Error reading configuration file: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// Search for Coyote Groups which Contain Global Configuration
+	for _, v := range entriesGroups {
+		// Reserved name coyote is used to set the title and global vars
+		if v.Name == "coyote" {
+			if v.Title != "" {
+				*title = v.Title
+			}
+			if len(v.Vars) != 0 {
+				var err error
+				globalVars, err = checkVarNames(v.Vars)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatalln(err)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// For groups in configuration
 	for _, v := range entriesGroups {
 		var results []Result
@@ -138,10 +157,16 @@ func main() {
 
 		// Reserved name coyote is used to set the title (and maybe other global vars in the future).
 		if v.Name == "coyote" {
-			*title = v.Title
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// Check for Local Variables
+		localVars, err := checkVarNames(v.Vars)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalln(err)
+		}
+		// Replace any variables in title
+		v.Title = replaceVars(v.Title, localVars, globalVars)
 		// Skip test if asked
 		if strings.ToLower(v.Skip) == "true" {
 			logger.Printf("Skipping processing group: [ %s ]\n", v.Name)
@@ -166,8 +191,12 @@ func main() {
 			}
 
 			// If unique strings are asked, replace the placeholders
+			// Also replace local and global vars
 			v.Command = replaceUnique(v.Command)
+			v.Command = replaceVars(v.Command, localVars, globalVars)
 			v.Stdin = replaceUnique(v.Stdin)
+			v.Stdin = replaceVars(v.Stdin, localVars, globalVars)
+			v.Name = replaceVars(v.Name, localVars, globalVars)
 			var replaceInArrays = [][]string{
 				v.EnvVars,
 				v.StderrExpect,
@@ -177,7 +206,7 @@ func main() {
 			}
 			for _, v2 := range replaceInArrays {
 				for k3, v3 := range v2 {
-					v2[k3] = replaceUnique(v3)
+					v2[k3] = replaceVars(replaceUnique(v3), localVars, globalVars)
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -477,3 +506,37 @@ func assignMultiUseUniques(matches []string) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// checkVarNames verifies that variable names are withing acceptable criteria
+// and returns a new map where keys are enclosed within ampersands
+// so we can check for %VARNAME% entries.
+func checkVarNames(vars map[string]string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	r := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, v := range vars {
+		test := acceptableVarName.MatchString(k)
+		if test != true {
+			return r, errors.New("Variable name '" + k + "' contains illegal characters. Only alphanumerics and underscore are permitted for var names.")
+		}
+		test = uniqRegexp.MatchString("%" + k + "%")
+		if test == true {
+			return r, errors.New("Variable name '" + k + "' matches UNIQUE keyword for autogenerated values.")
+		}
+		if strings.Compare(k, "UNIQUE") == 0 {
+			return r, errors.New("Variable name 'UNIQUE' is reserved.")
+		}
+		r["%"+k+"%"] = v
+	}
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+// replaceVars searches and replaces local and global variables in a string
+// localVars have precedence over globalVars
+func replaceVars(text string, localVars map[string]string, globalVars map[string]string) string {
+	for k, v := range localVars {
+		text = strings.Replace(text, k, v, -1)
+	}
+	for k, v := range globalVars {
+		text = strings.Replace(text, k, v, -1)
+	}
+	return text
+}
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index b6db283..0e04278 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2016-2017 Landoop LTD
+// Copyright 2016-2018 Landoop LTD
 //
 // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ type Entry struct {
 }
 
 type EntryGroup struct {
-	Name    string  `yaml:"name"`
-	Entries []Entry `yaml:"entries"`
-	Title   string  `yaml:"title,omitempty"`
-	Skip    string  `yaml:"skip"`
-	NoSkip  string  `yaml:"noskip,omitempty"`
-	Type    string  `yaml:"type,omitempty"`
+	Name    string            `yaml:"name"`
+	Entries []Entry           `yaml:"entries"`
+	Title   string            `yaml:"title,omitempty"`
+	Skip    string            `yaml:"skip"`
+	NoSkip  string            `yaml:"noskip,omitempty"`
+	Type    string            `yaml:"type,omitempty"`
+	Vars    map[string]string `yaml:"vars,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Result struct {
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index d040b29..bc260d7 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package main
 // auto generated by github.com/andmarios/go-versiongen
 
 const (
-	vgVersion   = "v1.2"
-	vgHash      = "bfa4cdb7609a3520381af4eda45a0366ea36c70a"
-	vgClean     = true
+	vgVersion   = "v1.3+"
+	vgHash      = "4f1a1ea76788abd1232d0fac204a85ef32cce204"
+	vgClean     = false
 )