1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ldo.js b/src/ldo.js
index 668ea9b..f4d8336 100644
--- a/src/ldo.js
+++ b/src/ldo.js
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class SParser {
 }
 
 const checkmode = function(L, mode, x) {
-    if (mode && mode !== x) {
+    if (mode && mode.charAt(0) !== x.charAt(0)) {
         lapi.lua_pushstring(L, `attempt to load a ${x} chunk (mode is '${mode}')`);
         luaD_throw(L, TS.LUA_ERRSYNTAX);
     }