diff --git a/init.jl b/init.jl
index 552c436..5159244 100644
--- a/init.jl
+++ b/init.jl
@@ -231,12 +231,13 @@ const Mimes = Dict(:org => "text/org",
                    
 function OrgBabelFormat(output_type::Symbol,
                         output_file,                      
-                        dir, vars,
+                        dir, vars_file,
                         src_file,
                         silently::Bool,
                         pure::Bool,
                         kwargs)
     content = read(src_file, String)
+    vars = read(vars_file, String)
     # Fake a prompt with the current input
     try
         printstyled(IOContext(stdout, :color => true),
diff --git a/ob-julia.el b/ob-julia.el
index 4e1230c..9532001 100644
--- a/ob-julia.el
+++ b/ob-julia.el
@@ -224,20 +224,24 @@ values are Array taken from `VALUES', and assign it to `NAME'"
 	   ",")))
 
 (defun org-babel-julia-assign-to-named-tuple (name column-names values)
-  "Create a NamedTuple"
-  (format "%s = [%s]" name
-	  (mapconcat
-	   (lambda (i)
-	     (concat
-	      "(" (mapconcat
-		   (lambda (j)
-		     (format "%s=%S"
-			     (nth j column-names)
-			     (nth j (nth i values))))
-		   (number-sequence 0 (1- (length column-names)))
-		   ",")
-	      ")"))
-	   (number-sequence 0 (1- (length values))) ", ")))
+  "Create a NamedTuple using (; zip([], [])...)"
+  (let ((res (format "%s = [%s]" name
+		     (mapconcat
+		      (lambda (i)
+			(concat
+			 "(; zip(["
+			 (mapconcat
+			  (lambda (col) (format "Symbol(\"%s\")" col))
+			  column-names ", ")
+			 "],["
+			 (mapconcat
+			  (lambda (cell) (format "\"%s\"" cell))
+			  (nth i values)
+			  ",")
+			 "])...)"))
+		      (number-sequence 0 (1- (length values))) ", "))))
+    (message res)
+    res))
 
 (defun org-babel-variable-assignments:julia (params)
   "Return list of julia statements assigning the block's variables."
@@ -273,7 +277,8 @@ values are Array taken from `VALUES', and assign it to `NAME'"
 OUTFILE and FILE can either be a string or nil.
 If FILE is defined, output is _save()_d to a file with that name.
 else OUTFILE is used, and data is _write()_ to it."
-  (let* ((vars (org-babel-variable-assignments:julia params))
+  (let* ((vars (mapconcat 'concat (org-babel-variable-assignments:julia params) ";"))
+	 (varsfile (make-temp-file "ob-julia-vars-" nil ".jl" vars))
 	 (dir (or (cdr (assoc :dir params)) default-directory))
 	 (using-param (cdr (assoc :using params)))
 	 (using (if using-param (split-string using-param) nil))
@@ -298,7 +303,7 @@ else OUTFILE is used, and data is _write()_ to it."
       "OrgBabelFormat(%s,%S,%S,%S,%S,%s,%s,%S);"
       output-type outfile
       dir
-      (mapconcat 'concat vars ";") srcfile
+      varsfile srcfile
       (if org-babel-julia-silent-repl
 	  "true" "false")
       (if (ob-julia-check-trueness params :let)