diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs
index bee020f1b5..f0abfb75c0 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs
@@ -1133,6 +1133,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			string s = Global.MovieSession.Movie.GetInputFrame(LuaInt(frame));
 
 			MovieControllerAdapter m = new MovieControllerAdapter();
+			m.Type = Global.MovieSession.MovieControllerAdapter.Type;
 			m.SetControllersAsMnemonic(s);
 			foreach (string button in m.Type.BoolButtons)
 				input[button] = m[button];