diff --git a/packages/lib/src/importer/require.rs b/packages/lib/src/importer/require.rs
index 492c4ad..a6bbe53 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/importer/require.rs
+++ b/packages/lib/src/importer/require.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use dunce::canonicalize;
-use mlua::prelude::*;
+use mlua::{prelude::*, Compiler as LuaCompiler};
 use tokio::fs;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex as AsyncMutex;
 
@@ -194,8 +194,9 @@ async fn load_file<'lua>(
                 .trim_end_matches(".lua")
                 .trim_end_matches(".luau");
             // Load the file into a thread
+            let compiled_func = LuaCompiler::default().compile(&contents);
             let loaded_func = lua
-                .load(&contents)
+                .load(compiled_func)
                 .set_name(path_relative_no_extension)
                 .into_function()?;
             let loaded_thread = lua.create_thread(loaded_func)?;
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/lib.rs b/packages/lib/src/lib.rs
index bfb3c0a..0aa9044 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl Lune {
     ) -> Result<ExitCode, LuaError> {
         // Create our special lune-flavored Lua object with extra registry values
         let lua = lua::create_lune_lua()?;
-        let script_bytecode = LuaCompiler::default().compile(script_contents);
+        let script = LuaCompiler::default().compile(script_contents);
         // Create our task scheduler and all globals
         // NOTE: Some globals require the task scheduler to exist on startup
         let sched = TaskScheduler::new(lua)?.into_static();
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl Lune {
         importer::create(lua, self.args.clone())?;
         // Create the main thread and schedule it
         let main_chunk = lua
-            .load(script_bytecode)
+            .load(script)
             .set_name(script_name.as_ref())
             .into_function()?;
         let main_thread = lua.create_thread(main_chunk)?;