diff --git a/packages/view/src/Elements/ViewComponentElement.php b/packages/view/src/Elements/ViewComponentElement.php
index 85f97735e..dd49004db 100644
--- a/packages/view/src/Elements/ViewComponentElement.php
+++ b/packages/view/src/Elements/ViewComponentElement.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public function compile(): string
             ->prepend(
                 // Open the current scope
                 sprintf(
-                    '<?php (function ($attributes, $slots, $scopedVariables %s %s) { extract($scopedVariables, EXTR_SKIP); ?>',
+                    '<?php (function ($attributes, $slots, $scopedVariables %s %s %s) { extract($scopedVariables, EXTR_SKIP); ?>',
                     $this->dataAttributes->isNotEmpty() ? ', ' . $this->dataAttributes->map(fn (string $_value, string $key) => "\${$key}")->implode(', ') : '',
                     $this->expressionAttributes->isNotEmpty() ? ', ' . $this->expressionAttributes->map(fn (string $_value, string $key) => "\${$key}")->implode(', ') : '',
                     $this->scopedVariables->isNotEmpty() ? ', ' . $this->scopedVariables->map(fn (string $name) => "\${$name}")->implode(', ') : '',
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public function compile(): string
             ->append(
                 // Close and call the current scope
                 sprintf(
-                    '<?php })(attributes: %s, slots: %s, scopedVariables: [%s] + ($scopedVariables ?? $this->currentView?->data ?? []) %s %s) ?>',
+                    '<?php })(attributes: %s, slots: %s, scopedVariables: [%s] + ($scopedVariables ?? $this->currentView?->data ?? []) %s %s %s) ?>',
                     ViewObjectExporter::export($this->viewComponentAttributes),
                     ViewObjectExporter::export($slots),
                     $this->scopedVariables->isNotEmpty()
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ public function compile(): string
                     $this->expressionAttributes->isNotEmpty()
                         ? ', ' . $this->expressionAttributes->map(fn (mixed $value, string $key) => "{$key}: " . $value)->implode(', ')
                         : '',
+                    $this->scopedVariables->isNotEmpty()
+                        ? ', ' . $this->scopedVariables->map(fn (string $name) => "{$name}: \${$name}")->implode(', ')
+                        : '',
                 ),
             );
 
diff --git a/packages/view/src/Parser/TempestViewParser.php b/packages/view/src/Parser/TempestViewParser.php
index af0452aeb..77309107b 100644
--- a/packages/view/src/Parser/TempestViewParser.php
+++ b/packages/view/src/Parser/TempestViewParser.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ final class TempestViewParser
     private array $scope = [];
 
     private ?Token $currentScope {
-        get => $this->scope[array_key_last($this->scope) ?? ''] ?? null;
+        get => array_last($this->scope);
     }
 
     public function __construct(
diff --git a/packages/view/src/Parser/TokenCollection.php b/packages/view/src/Parser/TokenCollection.php
index a571fb396..b2f63a95a 100644
--- a/packages/view/src/Parser/TokenCollection.php
+++ b/packages/view/src/Parser/TokenCollection.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public function __debugInfo(): array
 
     public function offsetExists(mixed $offset): bool
     {
-        return $this->tokens[$offset] ?? false;
+        return isset($this->tokens[$offset]);
     }
 
     public function offsetGet(mixed $offset): mixed
diff --git a/packages/view/src/Renderers/TempestViewRenderer.php b/packages/view/src/Renderers/TempestViewRenderer.php
index dcd259dac..e9665b879 100644
--- a/packages/view/src/Renderers/TempestViewRenderer.php
+++ b/packages/view/src/Renderers/TempestViewRenderer.php
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ public function escape(null|string|HtmlString|Stringable $value): string
             return (string) $value;
         }
 
-        return htmlentities((string) $value);
+        return htmlentities(
+            string: (string) $value,
+            flags: ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE,
+            encoding: 'UTF-8',
+        );
     }
 
     private function validateView(View $view): void
diff --git a/packages/view/src/Slot.php b/packages/view/src/Slot.php
index 86a5b0b8b..d0e086cd6 100644
--- a/packages/view/src/Slot.php
+++ b/packages/view/src/Slot.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public function __construct(
     }
 
     public string $content {
-        get => base64_decode($this->content, true);
+        get => base64_decode($this->content, strict: true) ?: '';
     }
 
     public ImmutableArray $exportData {