diff --git a/src/mod/languages/mod_lua/mod_lua.cpp b/src/mod/languages/mod_lua/mod_lua.cpp
index be68a43eb4..bb835b09e0 100644
--- a/src/mod/languages/mod_lua/mod_lua.cpp
+++ b/src/mod/languages/mod_lua/mod_lua.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static switch_xml_t lua_fetch(const char *section,
 		}
 
 		lua_getglobal(L, "XML_STRING");
-		str = lua_tostring(L, 1);
+		str = lua_tostring(L, -1);
 		
 		if (str) {
 			if (zstr(str)) {