diff --git a/src/llua.c b/src/llua.c
index b23f471d..e8f43253 100644
--- a/src/llua.c
+++ b/src/llua.c
@@ -428,9 +428,11 @@ void llua_setup_window_table(int text_start_x, int text_start_y, int text_width,
 {
 	lua_newtable(lua_L);
 	
+/* TODO fix this: (segfaults)
 	llua_set_userdata("drawable", "Drawable", (void*)&window.drawable);
 	llua_set_userdata("visual", "Visual", window.visual);
 	llua_set_userdata("display", "Display", display);
+*/
 
 	llua_set_long("width", window.width);
 	llua_set_long("height", window.height);
@@ -448,6 +450,7 @@ void llua_setup_window_table(int text_start_x, int text_start_y, int text_width,
 
 void llua_update_window_table(int text_start_x, int text_start_y, int text_width, int text_height)
 {
+	llua_init();	//needed because sometimes lua isn't initialised resulting in segfaults
 	lua_getglobal(lua_L, "conky_window");
 	if (lua_isnil(lua_L, -1)) {
 		/* window table isn't populated yet */