diff --git a/apps/twnlua/game.c b/apps/twnlua/game.c
index 10b16aa..f84ceaa 100644
--- a/apps/twnlua/game.c
+++ b/apps/twnlua/game.c
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ void bindgen_upload_context(lua_State *L);
 static int physfs_loader(lua_State *L) {
     const char *name = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
 
+    static const char *name_breaker = NULL;
+    if (name_breaker && SDL_strcmp(name, name_breaker) == 0) {
+        log_critical("Recursive load on itself from lua module (%s)", name_breaker);
+        return 0;
+    } name_breaker = name;
+
     /* replace dots with path slashes */
     char *path_copy = SDL_strdup(name);
     char *ch = NULL;