diff --git a/stepmania/src/Command.cpp b/stepmania/src/Command.cpp
index 5ce62c01ed..048cc30d87 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Command.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Command.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ Command::Arg Command::GetArg( unsigned index ) const
 
 Command::Arg::operator CString ()
 {
-	return s;
+	CString sValue = s;
+	LUA->RunAtExpression( sValue );
+	return sValue;
 }
 
 Command::Arg::operator float ()
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp b/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp
index e5f3294059..fa352a2079 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp
@@ -302,6 +302,20 @@ bool LuaManager::RunExpressionS( const CString &str, CString &sOut )
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool LuaManager::RunAtExpression( CString &sStr )
+{
+	if( sStr.size() == 0 || sStr[0] != '@' )
+		return false;
+
+	/* Erase "@". */
+	sStr.erase( 0, 1 );
+
+	CString sOut;
+	RunExpressionS( sStr, sOut );
+	sStr = sOut;
+	return true;
+}
+
 void LuaManager::Fail( const CString &err )
 {
 	lua_pushstring( L, err );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.h b/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.h
index c7ed4f78de..ae02701698 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ public:
 	float RunExpressionF( const CString &str );
 	bool RunExpressionS( const CString &str, CString &sOut );
 
+	/* If sStr begins with @, evaluate the rest as an expression and store the result over sStr. */
+	bool RunAtExpression( CString &sStr );
+
 	void Fail( const CString &err );
 
 	void SetGlobal( const CString &sName, int val ) { PushStack(val); SetGlobal( sName ); }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
index 40e611f7e4..74299395e3 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ void ThemeManager::UpdateLuaGlobals()
 	/* Run all script files in Lua for all themes.  Start from the deepest fallback
 	 * theme and work outwards. */
 	deque<Theme>::const_iterator iter = g_vThemes.end();
-	--iter;
 	do
 	{
+		--iter;
 		const CString &sThemeDir = GetThemeDirFromName( iter->sThemeName );
 		CStringArray asElementPaths;
 		GetDirListing( sThemeDir + "Scripts/*.lua", asElementPaths, false, true );
@@ -669,16 +669,8 @@ void ThemeManager::EvaluateString( CString &sText )
 {
 	/* If the string begins with an @, treat it as a raw Lua expression, and don't do any
 	 * other filtering.  (XXX: maybe we should still do font aliases) */
-	if( sText.size() >= 1 && sText[0] == '@' )
-	{
-		/* Erase "@". */
-		sText.erase( 0, 1 );
-
-		CString sOut;
-		LUA->RunExpressionS( sText, sOut );
-		sText = sOut;
+	if( LUA->RunAtExpression( sText ) )
 		return;
-	}
 
 	// "::" means newline since you can't use line breaks in an ini file.
 	// XXX: this makes it impossible to put a colon at the end of a line, eg: "Color:\nRed"