diff --git a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
index cde2ad22a..122a999c2 100644
--- a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
@@ -1026,12 +1026,13 @@ bool CMoviePlayerGui::luaGetUrl(const std::string &script, const std::string &fi
 
 	std::string result_code = "";
 	std::string result_string = "";
+	std::string lua_script = script;
 
 	std::vector<std::string> args;
 	args.push_back(file);
 #ifdef ENABLE_LUA
 	CLuaInstance *lua = new CLuaInstance();
-	lua->runScript(script.c_str(), &args, &result_code, &result_string);
+	lua->runScript(lua_script.c_str(), &args, &result_code, &result_string);
 	delete lua;
 #endif
 	if ((result_code != "0") || result_string.empty()) {