diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/util/script/interpreter/ScriptDocument.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/util/script/interpreter/ScriptDocument.java
index 10863298a..490743a97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/util/script/interpreter/ScriptDocument.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/util/script/interpreter/ScriptDocument.java
@@ -764,10 +764,13 @@ public class ScriptDocument {
             if (isExcluded(m.start()))
                 continue;
 
-            String typeName = m.group(1);
+            String typeNameRaw = m.group(1);
             String fieldName = m.group(2);
             int position = m.start(2);
 
+            // Strip modifiers (public, private, protected, static, final, etc.) from type name
+            String typeName = stripModifiers(typeNameRaw);
+
             // Check if inside a method - if so, it's a local, not global
             boolean insideMethod = false;
             for (MethodInfo method : methods) {
@@ -785,6 +788,27 @@ public class ScriptDocument {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Strip Java modifiers from a type name string.
+     * e.g., "public static String" -> "String"
+     */
+    private String stripModifiers(String typeName) {
+        if (typeName == null) return null;
+        
+        String[] parts = typeName.trim().split("\\s+");
+        // Filter out known modifiers
+        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+        for (String part : parts) {
+            if (!TypeResolver.isModifier(part)) {
+                if (result.length() > 0) result.append(" ");
+                result.append(part);
+            }
+        }
+        return result.toString();
+    }
+
+
+
     private TypeInfo resolveType(String typeName) {
         return resolveTypeAndTrackUsage(typeName);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/util/script/interpreter/TypeResolver.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/util/script/interpreter/TypeResolver.java
index 80bbea054..fb1c2d068 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/util/script/interpreter/TypeResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/util/script/interpreter/TypeResolver.java
@@ -379,6 +379,16 @@ public class TypeResolver {
                 typeName.equals("short") || typeName.equals("int") || typeName.equals("long") ||
                 typeName.equals("float") || typeName.equals("double") || typeName.equals("void");
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if a word is a Java modifier keyword.
+     */
+    public static boolean isModifier(String word) {
+        return word.equals("public") || word.equals("private") || word.equals("protected") ||
+                word.equals("static") || word.equals("final") || word.equals("abstract") ||
+                word.equals("synchronized") || word.equals("volatile") || word.equals("transient") ||
+                word.equals("native") || word.equals("strictfp");
+    }
     
     /**
      * Represents a type occurrence within generic content.