diff --git a/lua-foo.c b/lua-foo.c
index 7457454..c26ac8b 100644
--- a/lua-foo.c
+++ b/lua-foo.c
@@ -37,12 +37,22 @@ static int l_mysin(lua_State *L) {
 int main(void) {
   /* Set up Lua. */
   lua_State *L;
-  L = lua_open();
+  L = luaL_newstate();
 
-  luaopen_base(L);
-  luaopen_string(L);
-  /* Alternatively:
-  luaL_openlibs(L); */
+  /* Load necessary libs. */
+  luaL_Reg lualibs[] = {
+    { "base", luaopen_base },
+    { "string", luaopen_string },
+    { NULL, NULL}
+  };
+  for(luaL_Reg *lib = lualibs; lib->func; lib++) {
+    printf("Loading %s\n", lib->name);
+    lib->func(L);
+    lua_setglobal(L, lib->name);
+    lua_settop(L, 0);
+  }
+  /* Alternatively, we could have called LuaL_openlibs(L) but that would have
+     loaded *all* libs. */
 
   /* Register 'mysin'. */
   lua_pushcfunction(L, l_mysin);