diff --git a/src/cat/LuaCheckbox.cpp b/src/cat/LuaCheckbox.cpp
index 844573eac..8256730b6 100644
--- a/src/cat/LuaCheckbox.cpp
+++ b/src/cat/LuaCheckbox.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ int LuaCheckbox::checked(lua_State * l)
 	int args = lua_gettop(l);
 	if(args)
 	{
-		luaL_checktype(l, 1, LUA_TBOOLEAN);
 		checkbox->SetChecked(lua_toboolean(l, 1));
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ int LuaCheckbox::text(lua_State * l)
 	int args = lua_gettop(l);
 	if(args)
 	{
-		luaL_checktype(l, 1, LUA_TSTRING);
 		checkbox->SetText(lua_tostring(l, 1));
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/src/cat/LuaLabel.cpp b/src/cat/LuaLabel.cpp
index e2ca56db2..007e00973 100644
--- a/src/cat/LuaLabel.cpp
+++ b/src/cat/LuaLabel.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ int LuaLabel::text(lua_State * l)
 	int args = lua_gettop(l);
 	if(args)
 	{
-		luaL_checktype(l, 1, LUA_TSTRING);
-		label->SetText(lua_tostring(l, 1));
+		label->SetText(std::string(lua_tostring(l, 1)));
 		return 0;
 	}
 	else
diff --git a/src/cat/LuaTextbox.cpp b/src/cat/LuaTextbox.cpp
index fa5753c95..46285c8d9 100644
--- a/src/cat/LuaTextbox.cpp
+++ b/src/cat/LuaTextbox.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ int LuaTextbox::text(lua_State * l)
 	int args = lua_gettop(l);
 	if(args)
 	{
-		luaL_checktype(l, 1, LUA_TSTRING);
-		textbox->SetText(lua_tostring(l, 1));
+		textbox->SetText(std::string(lua_tostring(l, 1)));
 		return 0;
 	}
 	else