diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp
index 7a697e2233..2670efe72d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void ActorCommands::Register()
 	Lua *L = LUA->Get();
 
 	CString sError;
-	if( !LUA->RunScript( m_sLuaFunction, "in", sError, 1 ) )
+	if( !LuaHelpers::RunScript( L, m_sLuaFunction, "in", sError, 1 ) )
 	{
 		FAIL_M( ssprintf("Compiling \"%s\": %s", m_sLuaFunction.c_str(), sError.c_str()) );
 	}
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp
index 50c0fe06dd..d0331faefc 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ bool LuaManager::RunScriptFile( const CString &sFile )
 	}
 
 	CString sError;
-	if( !RunScript( sScript, sFile, sError, 0 ) )
+	if( !LuaHelpers::RunScript( L, sScript, sFile, sError, 0 ) )
 	{
 		sError = ssprintf( "Lua runtime error: %s", sError.c_str() );
 		Dialog::OK( sError, "LUA_ERROR" );
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ bool LuaManager::RunScriptFile( const CString &sFile )
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool LuaManager::RunScript( const CString &sScript, const CString &sName, CString &sError, int iReturnValues )
+bool LuaHelpers::RunScript( Lua *L, const CString &sScript, const CString &sName, CString &sError, int iReturnValues )
 {
 	// load string
 	{
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ bool LuaManager::RunScript( const CString &sScript, const CString &sName, CStrin
 bool LuaManager::RunScript( const CString &sExpression, const CString &sName, int iReturnValues )
 {
 	CString sError;
-	if( !RunScript( sExpression, sName.size()? sName:CString("in"), sError, iReturnValues ) )
+	if( !LuaHelpers::RunScript( L, sExpression, sName.size()? sName:CString("in"), sError, iReturnValues ) )
 	{
 		sError = ssprintf( "Lua runtime error parsing \"%s\": %s", sName.size()? sName.c_str():sExpression.c_str(), sError.c_str() );
 		Dialog::OK( sError, "LUA_ERROR" );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaManager.h b/stepmania/src/LuaManager.h
index 5840ddc443..7458e848a3 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaManager.h
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ public:
 	/* Reset the environment, freeing any globals left over by previously executed scripts. */
 	void ResetState();
 
-	/* Run a script with the given name.  Return values are left on the Lua stack.
-	 * Returns false on error, with sError set*/
-	bool RunScript( const CString &sScript, const CString &sName, CString &sError, int iReturnValues = 0 );
-
 	/* Convenience: run a script with one return value, displaying an error on failure.
 	 * The return value is left on the Lua stack. */
 	bool RunScript( const CString &sExpression, const CString &sName = "", int iReturnValues = 0 );
@@ -97,6 +93,10 @@ private:
 
 namespace LuaHelpers
 {
+	/* Run a script with the given name.  Return values are left on the Lua stack.
+	 * Returns false on error, with sError set. */
+	bool RunScript( Lua *L, const CString &sScript, const CString &sName, CString &sError, int iReturnValues = 0 );
+
 	/* Create a Lua array (a table with indices starting at 1) of the given vector,
 	 * and push it on the stack. */
 	void CreateTableFromArrayB( Lua *L, const vector<bool> &aIn );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaReference.cpp b/stepmania/src/LuaReference.cpp
index 63c7632034..a2c66ca13e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaReference.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaReference.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void LuaData::LoadFromString( const CString &s )
 
 	/* Restore the serialized data by evaluating it. */
 	CString sError;
-	if( !LUA->RunScript( s, "serialization", sError, 1 ) )
+	if( !LuaHelpers::RunScript( L, s, "serialization", sError, 1 ) )
 	{
 		/* Serialize() should never return an invalid script.  Drop the failed
 		 * script into the log (it may be too big to pass to FAIL_M) and fail. */