diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 199c1d14fe..0bc9bfd106 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ message(STATUS "Configuring OpenMW...")
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR 51)
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE 0)
-set(OPENMW_LUA_API_REVISION 99)
+set(OPENMW_LUA_API_REVISION 100)
 set(OPENMW_POSTPROCESSING_API_REVISION 3)
 
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH "")
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/nearbybindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/nearbybindings.cpp
index b31a934a54..2436dd887e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/nearbybindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/nearbybindings.cpp
@@ -26,18 +26,27 @@ namespace
     {
         std::vector<T> ignore;
 
-        if (const auto& ignoreObj = options.get<sol::optional<MWLua::LObject>>("ignore"))
+        if (const auto& ignoreObj = options.get<sol::optional<sol::object>>("ignore"))
         {
-            ignore.push_back(ignoreObj->ptr());
-        }
-        else if (const auto& ignoreTable = options.get<sol::optional<sol::table>>("ignore"))
-        {
-            ignoreTable->for_each([&](const auto& _, const sol::object& value) {
-                if (value.is<MWLua::LObject>())
+            if (ignoreObj->is<MWLua::LObject>())
+                ignore.push_back(ignoreObj->as<MWLua::LObject>().ptr());
+            else if (ignoreObj->is<MWLua::LObjectList>())
+            {
+                for (const MWLua::ObjectId& id : *ignoreObj->as<MWLua::LObjectList>().mIds)
                 {
-                    ignore.push_back(value.as<MWLua::LObject>().ptr());
+                    ignore.push_back(MWLua::LObject(id).ptr());
                 }
-            });
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // ignoreObj->as throws if the type doesn't match, but an unchecked value.as crashes...
+                ignoreObj->as<sol::lua_table>().for_each([&](sol::object _, sol::object value) {
+                    if (value.is<MWLua::LObject>())
+                        ignore.push_back(value.as<MWLua::LObject>().ptr());
+                    else
+                        throw std::runtime_error("Table value is not a GameObject");
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         return ignore;