diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 2e1b5e3d3..b0251a598 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "Turing"
 uuid = "fce5fe82-541a-59a6-adf8-730c64b5f9a0"
-version = "0.28"
+version = "0.28.1"
 
 
 [deps]
diff --git a/src/inference/AdvancedSMC.jl b/src/inference/AdvancedSMC.jl
index ff80553db..22c5b6140 100644
--- a/src/inference/AdvancedSMC.jl
+++ b/src/inference/AdvancedSMC.jl
@@ -331,15 +331,16 @@ function DynamicPPL.assume(
     vn::VarName,
     __vi__::AbstractVarInfo
 )
-    local vi
-    trace = AdvancedPS.current_trace()
-    trng = trace.rng
+    local vi, trng
     try 
+        trace = AdvancedPS.current_trace()
+        trng = trace.rng
         vi = trace.model.f.varinfo
     catch e
         # NOTE: this heuristic allows Libtask evaluating a model outside a `Trace`. 
         if e == KeyError(:__trace) || current_task().storage isa Nothing
             vi = __vi__
+            trng = rng
         else
             rethrow(e)
         end