diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/package.json b/packages/bruno-cli/package.json
index 5147bb98..5ccaecb9 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@usebruno/js": "0.1.0",
     "@usebruno/lang": "0.1.0",
+    "axios": "^1.3.2",
     "chalk": "^3.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^10.1.0",
     "inquirer": "^9.1.4",
diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
index 5b336291..a53befe4 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const FormData = require('form-data');
 const path = require('path');
 const axios = require('axios');
 const prepareRequest = require('./prepare-request');
-const { ScriptRuntime, TestRuntime } = require('@usebruno/js');
+const { ScriptRuntime, TestRuntime, VarsRuntime } = require('@usebruno/js');
 const {
   bruToJson
 } = require('./bru');
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (filename, collectionPath, collectionVar
 
     const response = await axios(request);
 
-    const responseScriptFile = get(bruJson, 'request.script.req');
+    const varsRuntime = new VarsRuntime();
+    varsRuntime.runResponseVars(bruJson.request.vars.res, request, response, envVars, collectionVariables);
+
+    const responseScriptFile = get(bruJson, 'request.script.res');
     if(responseScriptFile && responseScriptFile.length) {
       const scriptRuntime = new ScriptRuntime();
       const result = scriptRuntime.runResponseScript(responseScriptFile, response, envVars, collectionVariables, collectionPath);
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/index.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/index.js
index 704317de..a703682d 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ const {
   TestRuntime
 } = require('./test-runtime');
 
+const {
+  VarsRuntime
+} = require('./vars-runtime');
+
 module.exports = {
   ScriptRuntime,
-  TestRuntime
+  TestRuntime,
+  VarsRuntime
 };
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/vars-runtime.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/vars-runtime.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e39d225a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/vars-runtime.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+const Bru = require('./bru');
+const BrunoRequest = require('./bruno-request');
+const BrunoResponse = require('./bruno-response');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const jsonQuery = require('json-query');
+
+
+class VarsRuntime {
+  constructor() {
+  }
+
+  runResponseVars(vars, request, response, environment, collectionVariables, collectionPath) {
+    const bru = new Bru(environment, collectionVariables);
+    const req = new BrunoRequest(request);
+    const res = new BrunoResponse(response);
+
+    res.q = function(expr) {
+        const output = jsonQuery(expr, {data: res.body});
+
+        return output.value;
+    }
+
+    const result = {
+
+    };
+
+    const context = {
+        bru,
+        req,
+        res
+    }
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(vars, null, 2));
+
+    _.each(vars, (v) => {
+        result[v.name] = eval(v.value, context);
+    });
+
+    console.log(result);
+
+
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  VarsRuntime
+};
\ No newline at end of file