--- a/core/src/luan/LuanTable.java	Fri May 01 17:18:23 2015 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/LuanTable.java	Fri May 01 18:44:20 2015 -0600
@@ -90,7 +90,29 @@
 		return list!=null ? list : Collections.emptyList();
 	}
 
-	public Object get(Object key) {
+	public Object get(LuanState luan,Object key) throws LuanException {
+		Object value = rawGet(key);
+		if( value != null )
+			return value;
+		Object h = getHandler("__index");
+		if( h==null )
+			return null;
+		if( h instanceof LuanFunction ) {
+			LuanFunction fn = (LuanFunction)h;
+			return Luan.first(luan.call(fn,"__index",new Object[]{this,key}));
+		}
+		if( h instanceof LuanMeta ) {
+			LuanMeta meta = (LuanMeta)h;
+			return meta.__index(luan,this,key);
+		}
+		if( h instanceof LuanTable ) {
+			LuanTable tbl = (LuanTable)h;
+			return tbl.get(luan,key);
+		}
+		throw luan.exception("invalid type "+Luan.type(h)+" for metamethod __index");
+	}
+
+	public Object rawGet(Object key) {
 		if( list != null ) {
 			Integer iT = Luan.asInteger(key);
 			if( iT != null ) {
@@ -260,7 +282,7 @@
 
 	public Object getHandler(String op) {
 		LuanTable t = getMetatable();
-		return t==null ? null : t.get(op);
+		return t==null ? null : t.rawGet(op);
 	}
 
 	public boolean hasJava() {