diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8d5602f..9b713fb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 			a trailing '/' to it, since that would change it from homedir to rootdir!
 	add: example for Amazon S3 Bucket (Daniel Miranda)
 	fix: setting stdout/stderr to linebuffer mode.
+	fix: Lua5.3 compatiblity, using load() instead of loadstring()
+	     Lua5.1 support was thus dropped
 
 2017-02-16: 2.2.2
 	fix: checkgauge 'insist'
diff --git a/lsyncd.lua b/lsyncd.lua
index 0c9bd27..3c9a75a 100644
--- a/lsyncd.lua
+++ b/lsyncd.lua
@@ -5031,7 +5031,7 @@ function runner.initialize( firstTime )
 			then
 				local ft = functionWriter.translate( config[ fn ] )
 
-				config[ fn ] = assert( loadstring( 'return '..ft ) )( )
+				config[ fn ] = assert( load( 'return '..ft ) )( )
 			end
 		end
 	end