diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp
index dfd0e6d9df..d41d9cc4f0 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp
@@ -744,16 +744,15 @@ namespace MWGui
         auto flags = std::regex_constants::icase;
         std::regex filterRegex(filter, flags);
 
-        auto scriptSettings = LuaUi::scriptSettingsPages();
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < scriptSettings.size(); ++i)
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < LuaUi::scriptSettingsPageCount(); ++i)
         {
-            LuaUi::ScriptSettingsPage page = scriptSettings[i];
+            LuaUi::ScriptSettingsPage page = LuaUi::scriptSettingsPageAt(i);
             if (std::regex_match(page.mName, filterRegex) || std::regex_match(page.mDescription, filterRegex))
                 mScriptList->addItem(page.mName, i);
         }
 
         // Hide script settings tab when the game world isn't loaded and scripts couldn't add their settings
-        bool disabled = scriptSettings.empty();
+        bool disabled = LuaUi::scriptSettingsPageCount() == 0;
         mScriptDisabled->setVisible(disabled);
         mScriptFilter->setVisible(!disabled);
         mScriptList->setVisible(!disabled);
@@ -793,7 +792,7 @@ namespace MWGui
             return;
         }
         size_t page = *mScriptList->getItemDataAt<size_t>(index);
-        mScriptDescription->setCaption(LuaUi::scriptSettingsPages()[page].mDescription);
+        mScriptDescription->setCaption(LuaUi::scriptSettingsPageAt(page).mDescription);
         mScriptDescription->setVisible(true);
         mScriptView->setVisible(false);
     }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/uibindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/uibindings.cpp
index 7b11e1770c..bd19dde114 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/uibindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/uibindings.cpp
@@ -241,16 +241,7 @@ namespace MWLua
 
         api["registerSettingsPage"] = [](sol::table options)
         {
-            LuaUi::ScriptSettingsPage page;
-            page.mName = options.get_or("name", std::string());
-            if (page.mName.empty())
-                throw std::logic_error("No name provided for the settings page");
-            page.mDescription = options.get_or("description", std::string());
-            auto element = options.get_or<std::shared_ptr<LuaUi::Element>>("element", nullptr);
-            if (!element)
-                throw std::logic_error("No UI element provided for the settings page");
-            page.mElement = element.get();
-            LuaUi::registerSettingsPage(page);
+            LuaUi::registerSettingsPage(options);
         };
 
         return LuaUtil::makeReadOnly(api);
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/scriptsettings.cpp b/components/lua_ui/scriptsettings.cpp
index 1a016381cd..2695b9f25d 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/scriptsettings.cpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/scriptsettings.cpp
@@ -8,17 +8,35 @@ namespace LuaUi
 {
     namespace
     {
-        std::vector<ScriptSettingsPage> allPages;
+        std::vector<sol::table> allPages;
+        ScriptSettingsPage parse(const sol::table& options)
+        {
+            auto name = options.get_or("name", std::string());
+            auto description = options.get_or("description", std::string());
+            auto element = options.get_or<std::shared_ptr<LuaUi::Element>>("element", nullptr);
+            if (name.empty())
+                Log(Debug::Warning) << "A script settings page has an empty name";
+            if (!element.get())
+                Log(Debug::Warning) << "A script settings page has no UI element assigned";
+            return {
+                name, description, element.get()
+            };
+        }
     }
 
-    const std::vector<ScriptSettingsPage>& scriptSettingsPages()
+    size_t scriptSettingsPageCount()
     {
-        return allPages;
+        return allPages.size();
     }
 
-    void registerSettingsPage(const ScriptSettingsPage& page)
+    ScriptSettingsPage scriptSettingsPageAt(size_t index)
     {
-        allPages.push_back(page);
+        return parse(allPages[index]);
+    }
+
+    void registerSettingsPage(const sol::table& options)
+    {
+        allPages.push_back(options);
     }
 
     void clearSettings()
@@ -29,6 +47,10 @@ namespace LuaUi
     void attachToWidget(size_t index, MyGUI::Widget* widget)
     {
         if (index < allPages.size())
-            allPages[index].mElement->attachToWidget(widget);
+        {
+            ScriptSettingsPage page = parse(allPages[index]);
+            if (page.mElement)
+                page.mElement->attachToWidget(widget);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/lua_ui/scriptsettings.hpp b/components/lua_ui/scriptsettings.hpp
index 28525bb1da..3b51aff901 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/scriptsettings.hpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/scriptsettings.hpp
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ namespace LuaUi
         std::string mDescription;
         Element* mElement; // TODO: figure out if this can lead to use after free
     };
-    const std::vector<ScriptSettingsPage>& scriptSettingsPages();
-    void registerSettingsPage(const ScriptSettingsPage& page);
+    size_t scriptSettingsPageCount();
+    ScriptSettingsPage scriptSettingsPageAt(size_t index);
+    void registerSettingsPage(const sol::table& options);
     void clearSettings();
     void attachToWidget(size_t index, MyGUI::Widget* widget = nullptr);
 }