diff --git a/pkg/plugins/pyjinja2/pyjinja2.go b/pkg/plugins/pyjinja2/pyjinja2.go
index fe823f2..673f1a1 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/pyjinja2/pyjinja2.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/pyjinja2/pyjinja2.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func (p *Jinja2) Run(store storage.KVStore, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// get mappings from provided profiles
 	var ps = make(map[string]any)
 	for profileID, profile := range profiles.(makeshift.ProfileMap) {
 		ps[profileID] = map[string]any{
@@ -84,8 +85,9 @@ func (p *Jinja2) Run(store storage.KVStore, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	j2, err := jinja2.NewJinja2("pyjinja", 1,
-		jinja2.WithGlobal("makeshift", map[string]any{
+	// get mappings supplied by this plugin
+	mappings.Data = map[string]any{
+		"makeshift": map[string]any{
 			"profiles": ps,
 			"plugin": map[string]any{
 				"name":        p.Name(),
@@ -93,7 +95,11 @@ func (p *Jinja2) Run(store storage.KVStore, args []string) error {
 				"description": p.Description(),
 				"metadata":    p.Metadata(),
 			},
-		}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	j2, err := jinja2.NewJinja2("makeshift", 1,
+		jinja2.WithGlobals(mappings.Data),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("(pyjinja2) failed to create new Jinja 2 instance: %v", err)