diff --git a/Common/LuaBindings.cpp b/Common/LuaBindings.cpp
index 5b8c729213d5efc7a2310f26850b7e4fed24ce2a..c829911287b68dc3804c062e7730797f6db033df 100644
--- a/Common/LuaBindings.cpp
+++ b/Common/LuaBindings.cpp
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ void binding::interactiveSession(){
   }
   clear_history();
   #else
-  while(std::string line,
-        std::cout<<"lua> ",
+  std::string line;
+  while(std::cout<<"lua> ",
         getline(std::cin,line) ){
     report_errors(L, luaL_dostring(L, line.c_str()));
   }