diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.cpp
index f29aa79b9a..7591f68b20 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.cpp
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ namespace MWLua
     class EngineEvents::Visitor
     {
     public:
-        explicit Visitor(GlobalScripts* globalScripts)
+        explicit Visitor(GlobalScripts& globalScripts)
             : mGlobalScripts(globalScripts)
         {
         }
 
-        void operator()(const OnNewGame&) const { mGlobalScripts->newGameStarted(); }
+        void operator()(const OnNewGame&) const { mGlobalScripts.newGameStarted(); }
 
         void operator()(const OnActive& event) const
         {
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ namespace MWLua
             if (ptr.isEmpty())
                 return;
             if (ptr.getCellRef().getRefId() == "player")
-                mGlobalScripts->playerAdded(GObject(ptr));
+                mGlobalScripts.playerAdded(GObject(ptr));
             else
             {
-                mGlobalScripts->objectActive(GObject(ptr));
+                mGlobalScripts.objectActive(GObject(ptr));
                 const MWWorld::Class& objClass = ptr.getClass();
                 if (objClass.isActor())
-                    mGlobalScripts->actorActive(GObject(ptr));
+                    mGlobalScripts.actorActive(GObject(ptr));
                 if (objClass.isItem(ptr))
-                    mGlobalScripts->itemActive(GObject(ptr));
+                    mGlobalScripts.itemActive(GObject(ptr));
             }
             if (auto* scripts = getLocalScripts(ptr))
                 scripts->setActive(true);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace MWLua
 
         LocalScripts* getLocalScripts(const ESM::RefNum& id) const { return getLocalScripts(getPtr(id)); }
 
-        GlobalScripts* mGlobalScripts;
+        GlobalScripts& mGlobalScripts;
         bool mLuaDebug = Settings::Manager::getBool("lua debug", "Lua");
         MWWorld::WorldModel* mWorldModel = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorldModel();
     };
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.hpp
index f6d21b509a..93b3c16164 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace MWLua
     class EngineEvents
     {
     public:
-        explicit EngineEvents(GlobalScripts* globalScripts)
+        explicit EngineEvents(GlobalScripts& globalScripts)
             : mGlobalScripts(globalScripts)
         {
         }
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace MWLua
     private:
         class Visitor;
 
-        GlobalScripts* mGlobalScripts;
+        GlobalScripts& mGlobalScripts;
         std::vector<Event> mQueue;
     };
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luaevents.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luaevents.cpp
index 2013bfe6b0..37828d4b13 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luaevents.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luaevents.cpp
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ namespace MWLua
 
     void LuaEvents::callEventHandlers()
     {
-        for (Global& e : mGlobalEventBatch)
-            mGlobalScripts->receiveEvent(e.mEventName, e.mEventData);
+        for (const Global& e : mGlobalEventBatch)
+            mGlobalScripts.receiveEvent(e.mEventName, e.mEventData);
         mGlobalEventBatch.clear();
-        for (Local& e : mLocalEventBatch)
+        for (const Local& e : mLocalEventBatch)
         {
             MWWorld::Ptr ptr = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorldModel()->getPtr(e.mDest);
             LocalScripts* scripts = ptr.isEmpty() ? nullptr : ptr.getRefData().getLuaScripts();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luaevents.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luaevents.hpp
index 9cc9d5b399..5eeae46538 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luaevents.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luaevents.hpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace MWLua
     class LuaEvents
     {
     public:
-        explicit LuaEvents(GlobalScripts* globalScripts)
+        explicit LuaEvents(GlobalScripts& globalScripts)
             : mGlobalScripts(globalScripts)
         {
         }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         void save(ESM::ESMWriter& esm) const;
 
     private:
-        GlobalScripts* mGlobalScripts;
+        GlobalScripts& mGlobalScripts;
         std::vector<Global> mNewGlobalEventBatch;
         std::vector<Local> mNewLocalEventBatch;
         std::vector<Global> mGlobalEventBatch;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
index 717dfe4af9..a6955ff307 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ namespace MWLua
 
         MWWorld::Ptr mPlayer;
 
-        LuaEvents mLuaEvents{ &mGlobalScripts };
-        EngineEvents mEngineEvents{ &mGlobalScripts };
+        LuaEvents mLuaEvents{ mGlobalScripts };
+        EngineEvents mEngineEvents{ mGlobalScripts };
         std::vector<MWBase::LuaManager::InputEvent> mInputEvents;
 
         std::unique_ptr<LuaUtil::UserdataSerializer> mGlobalSerializer;