diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs
index a4e0c8da09..b74fd6dbb0 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/LuaImplementation.cs
@@ -349,17 +349,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 		//----------------------------------------------------
 		public void gui_text(object luaX, object luaY, object luaStr, object anchor = null)
 		{
-			gui_text_implementation(LuaVarArgs(luaX, luaY, luaStr, anchor));
-		}
-  
-		private void gui_text_implementation(object[] parameters)
-		{
-			int anchor;
-			if (parameters.Length == 3)
-				anchor = 0;
-			else
-				anchor = LuaInt(parameters[3]);
-			Global.RenderPanel.AddGUIText(parameters[2].ToString(), LuaInt(parameters[0]), LuaInt(parameters[1]), false, anchor);
+			int a = 0;
+			if (anchor != null)
+				a = LuaInt(anchor);
+			Global.RenderPanel.AddGUIText(luaStr.ToString(), LuaInt(luaX), LuaInt(luaY), false, a);
 		}
 
 		public void gui_alert(object luaX, object luaY, object luaStr)
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs
index d8aec94dae..11cae46478 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			for (int x = 0; x < GUITextList.Count; x++)
 			{
 				int posx = GetX(GUITextList[x].X, GUITextList[x].Anchor);
-				int posy = GetX(GUITextList[x].X, GUITextList[x].Anchor);
+				int posy = GetY(GUITextList[x].Y, GUITextList[x].Anchor);
 
 				MessageFont.DrawString(null, GUITextList[x].Message,
 					posx + 2, posy + 2, Color.Black);