diff --git a/include/LuaAPI.h b/include/LuaAPI.h
index 74286fd..4871a0b 100644
--- a/include/LuaAPI.h
+++ b/include/LuaAPI.h
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ namespace MP {
 
     std::string GetOSName();
     std::tuple<int, int, int> GetServerVersion();
-    bool TriggerClientEvent(int PlayerID, const std::string& EventName, const std::string& Data);
+    bool TriggerClientEvent(int PlayerID, const std::string& EventName, const sol::object& Data);
+    bool TriggerClientEventJson(int PlayerID, const std::string& EventName, const sol::table& Data);
     inline size_t GetPlayerCount() { return Engine->Server().ClientCount(); }
     void DropPlayer(int ID, std::optional<std::string> MaybeReason);
     void SendChatMessage(int ID, const std::string& Message);
diff --git a/src/LuaAPI.cpp b/src/LuaAPI.cpp
index faa0739..33488aa 100644
--- a/src/LuaAPI.cpp
+++ b/src/LuaAPI.cpp
@@ -102,18 +102,18 @@ void LuaAPI::Print(sol::variadic_args Args) {
     luaprint(ToPrint);
 }
 
-bool LuaAPI::MP::TriggerClientEvent(int PlayerID, const std::string& EventName, const std::string& Data) {
+static inline bool InternalTriggerClientEvent(int PlayerID, const std::string& EventName, const std::string& Data) {
     std::string Packet = "E:" + EventName + ":" + Data;
     if (PlayerID == -1)
-        Engine->Network().SendToAll(nullptr, Packet, true, true);
+        LuaAPI::MP::Engine->Network().SendToAll(nullptr, Packet, true, true);
     else {
-        auto MaybeClient = GetClient(Engine->Server(), PlayerID);
+        auto MaybeClient = GetClient(LuaAPI::MP::Engine->Server(), PlayerID);
         if (!MaybeClient || MaybeClient.value().expired()) {
             beammp_lua_error("TriggerClientEvent invalid Player ID");
             return false;
         }
         auto c = MaybeClient.value().lock();
-        if (!Engine->Network().Respond(*c, Packet, true)) {
+        if (!LuaAPI::MP::Engine->Network().Respond(*c, Packet, true)) {
             beammp_lua_error("Respond failed");
             return false;
         }
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ bool LuaAPI::MP::TriggerClientEvent(int PlayerID, const std::string& EventName,
     return true;
 }
 
+bool LuaAPI::MP::TriggerClientEvent(int PlayerID, const std::string& EventName, const sol::object& DataObj) {
+    std::string Data = DataObj.as<std::string>();
+    return InternalTriggerClientEvent(PlayerID, EventName, Data);
+}
+
 void LuaAPI::MP::DropPlayer(int ID, std::optional<std::string> MaybeReason) {
     auto MaybeClient = GetClient(Engine->Server(), ID);
     if (!MaybeClient || MaybeClient.value().expired()) {
@@ -492,3 +497,7 @@ std::string LuaAPI::MP::JsonUnflatten(const std::string& json) {
     }
     return nlohmann::json::parse(json).unflatten().dump(-1);
 }
+
+bool LuaAPI::MP::TriggerClientEventJson(int PlayerID, const std::string& EventName, const sol::table& Data) {
+    return InternalTriggerClientEvent(PlayerID, EventName, JsonEncode(Data));
+}
diff --git a/src/TConsole.cpp b/src/TConsole.cpp
index 1682a3a..42e9bc4 100644
--- a/src/TConsole.cpp
+++ b/src/TConsole.cpp
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ TConsole::TConsole() {
                         std::this_thread::yield(); // TODO: Add a timeout
                     }
                     if (Future->Error) {
-                        beammp_lua_error(Future->ErrorMessage);
+                        beammp_lua_error("error in " + mStateId + ": " + Future->ErrorMessage);
                     }
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/src/TLuaEngine.cpp b/src/TLuaEngine.cpp
index f17a34f..274a032 100644
--- a/src/TLuaEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/TLuaEngine.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ sol::table TLuaEngine::StateThreadData::Lua_TriggerLocalEvent(const std::string&
                 Result.add(FnRet);
             } else {
                 sol::error Err = FnRet;
-                beammp_lua_error(Err.what());
+                beammp_lua_error(std::string("TriggerLocalEvent: ") + Err.what());
             }
         }
     }
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ TLuaEngine::StateThreadData::StateThreadData(const std::string& Name, std::atomi
         return Lua_TriggerLocalEvent(EventName, EventArgs);
     });
     MPTable.set_function("TriggerClientEvent", &LuaAPI::MP::TriggerClientEvent);
+    MPTable.set_function("TriggerClientEventJson", &LuaAPI::MP::TriggerClientEventJson);
     MPTable.set_function("GetPlayerCount", &LuaAPI::MP::GetPlayerCount);
     MPTable.set_function("IsPlayerConnected", &LuaAPI::MP::IsPlayerConnected);
     MPTable.set_function("GetPlayerIDByName", [&](const std::string& Name) -> int {