diff --git a/tl b/tl
index 95a824d2b..093ac9cfa 100755
--- a/tl
+++ b/tl
@@ -1339,7 +1339,8 @@ do
       tlconfig["quiet"] = true
       tlconfig["gen_compat"] = "off"
 
-      local env = setup_env(tlconfig, args["file"][1])
+      local filename = args["file"][1]
+      local env = setup_env(tlconfig, filename)
       env.keep_going = true
 
       local tr, trenv
@@ -1367,6 +1368,7 @@ do
             x = tonumber(x) or 1
             json_out_table(io.stdout, tl.symbols_in_scope(tr, y, x))
          else
+            tr.symbols = tr.symbols_by_file[filename]
             json_out_table(io.stdout, tr)
          end
 
diff --git a/tl.lua b/tl.lua
index 3863e8679..31d7d7804 100644
--- a/tl.lua
+++ b/tl.lua
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ local tl = {PrettyPrintOptions = {}, TypeCheckOptions = {}, Env = {}, Symbol = {
 
 
 
+
+
+
 
 
 
@@ -10621,7 +10624,7 @@ function tl.get_types(result, trenv)
          tr = {
             by_pos = {},
             types = {},
-            symbols = mark_array({}),
+            symbols_by_file = {},
             globals = {},
          },
       }
@@ -10773,6 +10776,9 @@ function tl.get_types(result, trenv)
       end
    end
 
+   local symbols = mark_array({})
+   tr.symbols_by_file[filename] = symbols
+
 
    do
       local stack = {}
@@ -10791,11 +10797,11 @@ function tl.get_types(result, trenv)
             else
                local other = stack[level]
                level = level - 1
-               tr.symbols[other][4] = i
+               symbols[other][4] = i
                id = other - 1
             end
             local sym = mark_array({ s.y, s.x, s.name, id })
-            table.insert(tr.symbols, sym)
+            table.insert(symbols, sym)
          end
       end
    end
@@ -10808,6 +10814,8 @@ function tl.get_types(result, trenv)
       end
    end
 
+   tr.symbols = tr.symbols_by_file[filename]
+
    return tr, trenv
 end
 
diff --git a/tl.tl b/tl.tl
index 0abe1689b..1eb4901c5 100644
--- a/tl.tl
+++ b/tl.tl
@@ -116,9 +116,12 @@ local record tl
    end
 
    record TypeReport
+      type Symbol = {integer, integer, string, integer}
+
       by_pos: {string: {integer: {integer: integer}}}
       types: {integer: TypeInfo}
-      symbols: {{integer, integer, string, integer}}
+      symbols: {Symbol}
+      symbols_by_file: {string: {Symbol}}
       globals: {string: integer}
    end
 
@@ -10621,7 +10624,7 @@ function tl.get_types(result: Result, trenv: TypeReportEnv): TypeReport, TypeRep
          tr = {
             by_pos = {},
             types = {},
-            symbols = mark_array {},
+            symbols_by_file = {},
             globals = {},
          },
       }
@@ -10773,6 +10776,9 @@ function tl.get_types(result: Result, trenv: TypeReportEnv): TypeReport, TypeRep
       end
    end
 
+   local symbols: {TypeReport.Symbol} = mark_array {}
+   tr.symbols_by_file[filename] = symbols
+
    -- resolve scope cross references, skipping unneeded scope blocks
    do
       local stack = {}
@@ -10791,11 +10797,11 @@ function tl.get_types(result: Result, trenv: TypeReportEnv): TypeReport, TypeRep
             else
                local other = stack[level]
                level = level - 1
-               tr.symbols[other][4] = i -- overwrite id from @{
+               symbols[other][4] = i -- overwrite id from @{
                id = other - 1
             end
             local sym = mark_array({ s.y, s.x, s.name, id })
-            table.insert(tr.symbols, sym)
+            table.insert(symbols, sym)
          end
       end
    end
@@ -10808,6 +10814,8 @@ function tl.get_types(result: Result, trenv: TypeReportEnv): TypeReport, TypeRep
       end
    end
 
+   tr.symbols = tr.symbols_by_file[filename]
+
    return tr, trenv
 end