diff --git a/src/global.ts b/src/global.ts
index d0cbfce..0c305da 100755
--- a/src/global.ts
+++ b/src/global.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export default class Global extends Thread {
                 this.lua.luaopen_string(this.address)
                 break
             case LuaLibraries.UTF8:
-                this.lua.luaopen_string(this.address)
+                this.lua.luaopen_utf8(this.address)
                 break
             case LuaLibraries.Math:
                 this.lua.luaopen_math(this.address)