diff --git a/components/lua/luastate.hpp b/components/lua/luastate.hpp
index 509b5e16e1..8430586d89 100644
--- a/components/lua/luastate.hpp
+++ b/components/lua/luastate.hpp
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ namespace LuaUtil
         static void disableProfiler() { sProfilerEnabled = false; }
         static bool isProfilerEnabled() { return sProfilerEnabled; }
 
-    private:
         static sol::protected_function_result throwIfError(sol::protected_function_result&&);
+
+    private:
         template <typename... Args>
         friend sol::protected_function_result call(const sol::protected_function& fn, Args&&... args);
         template <typename... Args>
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/content.cpp b/components/lua_ui/content.cpp
index dd169a9291..101cfc75d1 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/content.cpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/content.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ namespace LuaUi
 {
     sol::protected_function loadContentConstructor(LuaUtil::LuaState* state)
     {
-        sol::function loader = state->loadInternalLib("content");
+        sol::protected_function loader = state->loadInternalLib("content");
         sol::set_environment(state->newInternalLibEnvironment(), loader);
-        sol::table metatable = loader().get<sol::table>();
+        sol::table metatable = LuaUtil::LuaState::throwIfError(loader()).get<sol::table>();
         if (metatable["new"].get_type() != sol::type::function)
             throw std::logic_error("Expected function");
         return metatable["new"].get<sol::protected_function>();