diff --git a/src/devtools/DebuggingServer.cpp b/src/devtools/DebuggingServer.cpp
index 09a2b368..b1aba638 100644
--- a/src/devtools/DebuggingServer.cpp
+++ b/src/devtools/DebuggingServer.cpp
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ bool DebuggingServer::performCommand(
         connectionEstablished = true;
         logger.info() << "client connection established";
         connection->sendResponse("success");
+        return true;
     }
     if (!connectionEstablished) {
         return false;
diff --git a/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_extensions.cpp b/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_extensions.cpp
index 27b47fae..a7de3fdd 100644
--- a/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_extensions.cpp
+++ b/src/logic/scripting/lua/lua_extensions.cpp
@@ -309,14 +309,15 @@ static int l_debug_sendvalue(lua::State* L) {
 
         lua::pushnil(L);
         while (lua::next(L, 1)) {
-            auto key = lua::tolstring(L, -2);
+            lua::pushvalue(L, -2);
 
-            int type = lua::type(L, -1);
+            auto key = lua::tolstring(L, -1);
+            int type = lua::type(L, -2);
             table[std::string(key)] = dv::object({
                 {"type", std::string(lua::type_name(L, type))},
-                {"short", get_short_value(L, -1, type)},
+                {"short", get_short_value(L, -2, type)},
             });
-            lua::pop(L);
+            lua::pop(L, 2);
         }
         lua::pop(L);
         value = std::move(table);