diff --git a/include/TLuaEngine.h b/include/TLuaEngine.h
index 96479dd..b11a928 100644
--- a/include/TLuaEngine.h
+++ b/include/TLuaEngine.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <queue>
 #include <random>
 #include <set>
+#include <sol/forward.hpp>
 #include <sol/protected_function_result.hpp>
 #include <toml.hpp>
 #include <unordered_map>
@@ -86,8 +87,14 @@ struct TLuaResult {
     };
 
     void SetErrorMessageFromResult(sol::protected_function_result& Res) {
-        auto error = Res.get<std::optional<std::string>>();
-        ErrorMessage = error ? *error : "(unknown error; error object is not a string value)";
+        if (Res.valid()) {
+            beammp_lua_errorf("Error was not an error");
+        }
+        if (Res.get_type() == sol::type::string) {
+            ErrorMessage = Res.get<sol::error>().what();
+        } else {
+            ErrorMessage = "(unknown error; error object is not inspectable)"; 
+        }
     }
 
     void MarkAsReady();
diff --git a/src/TLuaEngine.cpp b/src/TLuaEngine.cpp
index 7481dd1..d5e89cf 100644
--- a/src/TLuaEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/TLuaEngine.cpp
@@ -550,8 +550,13 @@ sol::table TLuaEngine::StateThreadData::Lua_TriggerLocalEvent(const std::string&
                 Result.set(i, FnRet);
                 ++i;
             } else {
-                auto ErrStr = FnRet.get<std::optional<std::string>>();
-                beammp_lua_error(std::string("TriggerLocalEvent: ") + (ErrStr ? *ErrStr : "(unknown error; error object is not a string)"));
+                std::string ErrStr;
+                if (FnRet.get_type() == sol::type::string) {
+                    ErrStr = FnRet.get<sol::error>().what();
+                } else {
+                    ErrStr = "(unknown error; error object is not inspectable)";
+                }
+                beammp_lua_errorf("TriggerLocalEvent: {}", ErrStr);
             }
         }
     }