diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/opencomputers/lua/machine.lua b/src/main/resources/assets/opencomputers/lua/machine.lua
index 238fd4f51..d4197a02c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/opencomputers/lua/machine.lua
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/opencomputers/lua/machine.lua
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ sandbox = {
       -- which can lead to noticeable lag if the __gc function behaves badly.
       local sbmt = {} -- sandboxed metatable. only for __gc stuff, so it's
                       -- kinda ok to have a shallow copy instead... meh.
-      for k, v in pairs(mt) do
+      for k, v in next, mt do
         sbmt[k] = v
       end
       sbmt.mt = mt