diff --git a/adapter/codelldb/src/debug_session/variables.rs b/adapter/codelldb/src/debug_session/variables.rs
index d4d0f005..935ae87f 100644
--- a/adapter/codelldb/src/debug_session/variables.rs
+++ b/adapter/codelldb/src/debug_session/variables.rs
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ impl super::DebugSession {
     ) -> Variable {
         let name = var.name().unwrap_or_default();
         let dtype = var.display_type_name();
+        var.set_format(self.global_format);
         let value = self.get_var_summary(&var, false);
         let handle = self.get_var_handle(container_handle, name, &var);