--- a/api/Factories/Xml/WarFoundryXmlRaceFactory.cs	Mon Dec 07 19:40:12 2009 +0000
+++ b/api/Factories/Xml/WarFoundryXmlRaceFactory.cs	Sun Dec 13 19:49:50 2009 +0000
@@ -327,17 +327,17 @@
 		
 		private void LoadAbilitiesForUnitType(XmlElement elem, UnitType type)
 		{
-			foreach (XmlElement ability in WarFoundryXmlFactoryUtils.SelectNodes(elem, "race:unitAbilities/race:unitAbility"))
+			foreach (XmlElement abilityElem in WarFoundryXmlFactoryUtils.SelectNodes(elem, "race:unitAbilities/race:unitAbility"))
 			{
-				string id = ability.GetAttribute("abilityID");
+				string id = abilityElem.GetAttribute("abilityID");
 				Ability ability = type.Race.GetAbility(id);
 				
 				if (ability == null)
 				{
 					throw new InvalidFileException("Ability for "+type.Name+ " with ID "+id+ " did not exist in race definition");
 				}
-				
-				bool required = XmlTools.GetBoolValueFromAttribute(ability, "required");
+
+				bool required = XmlTools.GetBoolValueFromAttribute(abilityElem, "required");
 				type.AddAbility(ability, required);
 			}
 		}