1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/luaotfload-init.lua b/src/luaotfload-init.lua
index 5fafceb..8b13fe6 100644
--- a/src/luaotfload-init.lua
+++ b/src/luaotfload-init.lua
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ do
       load_chardef ()
     end
 
-    return characters [k]
+    return rawget (characters, k)
   end
 
   setmetatableindex (characters, charindex)