diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luainit.w b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luainit.w
index cbad0f0871ac46c4e926a9cdd12dea099079a3c4..075143391baa20edc4c5073f500c0338d8890aa5 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luainit.w
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luainit.w
@@ -965,7 +965,6 @@ void lua_initialize(int ac, char **av)
     }
     
     /* make sure that the locale is 'sane' (for lua) */
-
     putenv(LC_CTYPE_C);
     putenv(LC_COLLATE_C);
     putenv(LC_NUMERIC_C);
diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luastuff.w b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luastuff.w
index 914730375fe89e9f6504482819dafb5c99b75664..6dc70d54ca2e248ac20671d1ef63f432af3d57c6 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luastuff.w
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luastuff.w
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void luafunctioncall(int slot)
 
 @ @c
 static const luaL_Reg lualibs[] = {
-    {"", luaopen_base},
+    {"_G", luaopen_base},
     {"package", luaopen_package},
     {"coroutine", luaopen_coroutine},
     {"table", luaopen_table},