diff --git a/stepmania/src/Song.cpp b/stepmania/src/Song.cpp
index a6cc2ef8ba..3ffd23d6c5 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Song.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Song.cpp
@@ -1383,8 +1383,8 @@ public:
 		return 1;
 	}
 	static int GetSongDir( T* p, lua_State *L )		{ lua_pushstring(L, p->GetSongDir() ); return 1; }
-	static int GetBannerPath( T* p, lua_State *L )		{ if( !p->HasBanner() ) lua_pushnil(L); else lua_pushstring(L, p->GetBannerPath()); return 1; }
-	static int GetBackgroundPath( T* p, lua_State *L )	{ if( !p->HasBackground() ) lua_pushnil(L); else lua_pushstring(L, p->GetBackgroundPath()); return 1; }
+	static int GetBannerPath( T* p, lua_State *L )		{ RString s = p->GetBannerPath(); if( s.empty() ) return 0; LuaHelpers::Push(L, s); return 1; }
+	static int GetBackgroundPath( T* p, lua_State *L )	{ RString s = p->GetBackgroundPath(); if( s.empty() ) return 0; lua_pushstring(L, s); return 1; }
 	static int IsTutorial( T* p, lua_State *L )		{ lua_pushboolean(L, p->IsTutorial()); return 1; }
 	static int GetGroupName( T* p, lua_State *L )		{ lua_pushstring(L, p->m_sGroupName); return 1; }
 	static int MusicLengthSeconds( T* p, lua_State *L )	{ lua_pushnumber(L, p->m_fMusicLengthSeconds); return 1; }