diff --git a/lib/output.js b/lib/output.js
index 9198719d..8919a392 100644
--- a/lib/output.js
+++ b/lib/output.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ function OutputStream(options) {
               case "\u2029": return "\\u2029";
               case "\ufeff": return "\\ufeff";
               case "\0":
-                  return /[0-7]/.test(get_full_char(str, i+1)) ? "\\x00" : "\\0";
+                  return /[0-9]/.test(get_full_char(str, i+1)) ? "\\x00" : "\\0";
             }
             return s;
         });
diff --git a/lib/scope.js b/lib/scope.js
index 47ea7122..0c861a7d 100644
--- a/lib/scope.js
+++ b/lib/scope.js
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ AST_Toplevel.DEFMETHOD("figure_out_scope", function(options){
                     ref.reference(options);
                 });
                 node.thedef = def;
+                node.reference(options);
                 return true;
             }
         }));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2e35d753..8f14aa2e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2/tree/harmony",
   "author": "Mihai Bazon <mihai.bazon@gmail.com> (http://lisperator.net/)",
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
-  "version": "3.0.27",
+  "version": "3.0.28",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.8.0"
   },
diff --git a/test/compress/ascii.js b/test/compress/ascii.js
index 9662d413..3c7cc5cf 100644
--- a/test/compress/ascii.js
+++ b/test/compress/ascii.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ascii_only_true: {
                    "\x20\x21\x22\x23 ... \x7d\x7e\x7f\x80\x81 ... \xfe\xff\u0fff\uffff";
         }
     }
-    expect_exact: 'function f(){return"\\x000\\x001\\x007\\08\\0"+"\\0\\x01\\x02\\x03\\x04\\x05\\x06\\x07\\b\\t\\n\\v\\f\\r\\x0e\\x0f"+"\\x10\\x11\\x12\\x13\\x14\\x15\\x16\\x17\\x18\\x19\\x1a\\x1b\\x1c\\x1d\\x1e\\x1f"+\' !"# ... }~\\x7f\\x80\\x81 ... \\xfe\\xff\\u0fff\\uffff\'}'
+    expect_exact: 'function f(){return"\\x000\\x001\\x007\\x008\\0"+"\\0\\x01\\x02\\x03\\x04\\x05\\x06\\x07\\b\\t\\n\\v\\f\\r\\x0e\\x0f"+"\\x10\\x11\\x12\\x13\\x14\\x15\\x16\\x17\\x18\\x19\\x1a\\x1b\\x1c\\x1d\\x1e\\x1f"+\' !"# ... }~\\x7f\\x80\\x81 ... \\xfe\\xff\\u0fff\\uffff\'}'
 }
 
 ascii_only_false: {
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ ascii_only_false: {
                    "\x20\x21\x22\x23 ... \x7d\x7e\x7f\x80\x81 ... \xfe\xff\u0fff\uffff";
         }
     }
-    expect_exact: 'function f(){return"\\x000\\x001\\x007\\08\\0"+"\\0\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\\b\\t\\n\\v\\f\\r\x0e\x0f"+"\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f"+\' !"# ... }~\x7f\x80\x81 ... \xfe\xff\u0fff\uffff\'}'
+    expect_exact: 'function f(){return"\\x000\\x001\\x007\\x008\\0"+"\\0\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\\b\\t\\n\\v\\f\\r\x0e\x0f"+"\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f"+\' !"# ... }~\x7f\x80\x81 ... \xfe\xff\u0fff\uffff\'}'
 }
diff --git a/test/compress/concat-strings.js b/test/compress/concat-strings.js
index 867951ff..c7c07ca2 100644
--- a/test/compress/concat-strings.js
+++ b/test/compress/concat-strings.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ concat_1: {
         var c = 1 + x() + 2 + "boo";
         var d = 1 + x() + 2 + 3 + "boo";
         var e = 1 + x() + 2 + "X3boo";
-        var f = "\x00360\08\0";
+        var f = "\x00360\x008\0";
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/compress/screw-ie8.js b/test/compress/screw-ie8.js
index 5d6f1e2c..66559b0b 100644
--- a/test/compress/screw-ie8.js
+++ b/test/compress/screw-ie8.js
@@ -325,3 +325,69 @@ issue_2120_2: {
     }
     expect_stdout: "PASS"
 }
+
+issue_2254_1: {
+    mangle = {
+        ie8: false,
+    }
+    input: {
+        "eeeeee";
+        try {
+            console.log(f("PASS"));
+        } catch (e) {}
+        function f(s) {
+            try {
+                throw "FAIL";
+            } catch (e) {
+                return s;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    expect: {
+        "eeeeee";
+        try {
+            console.log(f("PASS"));
+        } catch (e) {}
+        function f(e) {
+            try {
+                throw "FAIL";
+            } catch (t) {
+                return e;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "PASS"
+}
+
+issue_2254_2: {
+    mangle = {
+        ie8: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        "eeeeee";
+        try {
+            console.log(f("PASS"));
+        } catch (e) {}
+        function f(s) {
+            try {
+                throw "FAIL";
+            } catch (e) {
+                return s;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    expect: {
+        "eeeeee";
+        try {
+            console.log(f("PASS"));
+        } catch (e) {}
+        function f(t) {
+            try {
+                throw "FAIL";
+            } catch (e) {
+                return t;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "PASS"
+}
diff --git a/test/mocha/string-literal.js b/test/mocha/string-literal.js
index d2eb6a80..f595f29a 100644
--- a/test/mocha/string-literal.js
+++ b/test/mocha/string-literal.js
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ describe("String literals", function() {
         var tests = [
             ['"\\76";', ';">";'],
             ['"\\0"', '"\\0";'],
-            ['"\\08"', '"\\08";'],
-            ['"\\008"', '"\\08";'],
-            ['"\\0008"', '"\\08";'],
+            ['"\\08"', '"\\x008";'],
+            ['"\\008"', '"\\x008";'],
+            ['"\\0008"', '"\\x008";'],
             ['"use strict" === "use strict";\n"\\76";', '"use strict"==="use strict";">";'],
             ['"use\\\n strict";\n"\\07";', ';"use strict";"\07";']
         ];
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ describe("String literals", function() {
     });
 
     it("Should not throw error when digit is 8 or 9", function() {
-        assert.equal(UglifyJS.parse('"use strict";"\\08"').print_to_string(), '"use strict";"\\08";');
-        assert.equal(UglifyJS.parse('"use strict";"\\09"').print_to_string(), '"use strict";"\\09";');
+        assert.equal(UglifyJS.parse('"use strict";"\\08"').print_to_string(), '"use strict";"\\x008";');
+        assert.equal(UglifyJS.parse('"use strict";"\\09"').print_to_string(), '"use strict";"\\x009";');
     });
 
     it("Should not unescape unpaired surrogates", function() {