diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index 30b957d..3592004 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ impl <'a> State <'a> {
 					_ => panic! ("K[C] must be a string"),
 				};
 				
-				let val = t.borrow ().get (Value::String (Rc::clone (key)));
+				let val = t.borrow ().get_str (key.as_str ()).clone ();
 				
 				*self.reg_mut (*a) = val;
 			},
@@ -733,13 +733,13 @@ impl <'a> State <'a> {
 				
 				let key = match k.get (b).unwrap () {
 					Value::String (s) => s.as_ref (),
-					_ => panic! ("GetTabUp only supports string keys"),
+					_ => panic! ("SetField only supports string keys"),
 				};
 				
 				let mut dst = self.reg (*a).as_table ()
 				.expect ("SetField only works on tables").borrow_mut ();
 				
-				dst.insert (Value::from (key.as_str ()), value);
+				dst.insert_str (key.as_str (), value);
 			},
 			Instruction::SetI (a, b, c, k_flag) => {
 				let value = if *k_flag {
diff --git a/src/value.rs b/src/value.rs
index b4495d2..b1f514c 100644
--- a/src/value.rs
+++ b/src/value.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ pub enum Value {
 	BogusClosure (Rc <RefCell <BogusClosure>>),
 }
 
+const NIL: Value = Value::Nil;
+
 impl fmt::Debug for Value {
 	fn fmt (&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
 		match self {
@@ -254,7 +256,14 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Table {
 
 impl Table {
 	fn get_inner (&self, key: &Value) -> Value {
-		self.hash.get (key).cloned ().unwrap_or_default ()
+		// self.hash.get (key).cloned ().unwrap_or_default ()
+		for (hay, value) in &self.hash {
+			if key == hay {
+				return value.clone ();
+			}
+		}
+			
+		Value::Nil
 	}
 	
 	pub fn get <A: Into <Value>> (&self, key: A) -> Value {
@@ -265,7 +274,24 @@ impl Table {
 		self.get_inner (&(key.into ()))
 	}
 	
+	pub fn get_str (&self, key: &str) -> &Value {
+		for (hay, value) in &self.hash {
+			if Some (key) == hay.as_str () {
+				return value;
+			}
+		}
+			
+		&NIL
+	}
+	
 	fn insert_inner (&mut self, a: Value, b: Value) {
+		for (hay, value) in &mut self.hash {
+			if &a == hay {
+				*value = b;
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		
 		self.hash.insert (a, b);
 	}
 	
@@ -286,6 +312,17 @@ impl Table {
 		self.insert_inner (k.into (), v.into ())
 	}
 	
+	pub fn insert_str (&mut self, key: &str, v: Value) {
+		for (hay, value) in &mut self.hash {
+			if Some (key) == hay.as_str () {
+				*value = v;
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+			
+		self.hash.insert (key.into (), v);
+	}
+	
 	pub fn length (&self) -> i64 {
 		for i in 1..i64::MAX {
 			if self.get (i) == Value::Nil {