diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/net/mod.rs b/src/lune/builtins/net/mod.rs
index 552fd55..c06d0f1 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/net/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/net/mod.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn create(lua: &'static Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
     let client = NetClientBuilder::new()
         .headers(&[("User-Agent", create_user_agent_header())])?
         .build()?;
-    lua.set_named_registry_value("net.client", client)?;
+    lua.set_app_data(client);
     // Create the global table for net
     TableBuilder::new(lua)?
         .with_function("jsonEncode", net_json_encode)?
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ where
     'lua: 'static, // FIXME: Get rid of static lifetime bound here
 {
     // Create and send the request
-    let client: LuaUserDataRef<NetClient> = lua.named_registry_value("net.client")?;
+    let client = lua
+        .app_data_ref::<NetClient>()
+        .expect("Missing net client in lua app data");
     let mut request = client.request(config.method, &config.url);
     for (query, value) in config.query {
         request = request.query(&[(query.to_str()?, value.to_str()?)]);