diff --git a/common/space_lua.ts b/common/space_lua.ts
index 7be72101..4e48eda0 100644
--- a/common/space_lua.ts
+++ b/common/space_lua.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export class SpaceLuaEnvironment {
     try {
       this.env = buildLuaEnv(system, scriptEnv);
       const tl = new LuaEnv();
+      tl.setLocal("_GLOBAL", this.env);
       for (const script of allScripts) {
         try {
           console.log("Now evaluating", script.ref);
diff --git a/common/space_lua/stdlib.ts b/common/space_lua/stdlib.ts
index 54727990..f2fdac60 100644
--- a/common/space_lua/stdlib.ts
+++ b/common/space_lua/stdlib.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import type {
 import { templateApi } from "$common/space_lua/stdlib/template.ts";
 
 const printFunction = new LuaBuiltinFunction(async (_sf, ...args) => {
-  console.log("[Lua]", ...(await Promise.all(args)));
+  console.log("[Lua]", ...(await Promise.all(args.map(luaToString))));
 });
 
 const assertFunction = new LuaBuiltinFunction(