diff --git a/src/pc/lua/smlua_require.c b/src/pc/lua/smlua_require.c
index 79fb45296..3b9bba015 100644
--- a/src/pc/lua/smlua_require.c
+++ b/src/pc/lua/smlua_require.c
@@ -120,8 +120,13 @@ static struct ModFile* smlua_find_mod_file(const char* moduleName) {
 
     char luaName[SYS_MAX_PATH] = "";
     char luacName[SYS_MAX_PATH] = "";
-    snprintf(luaName, SYS_MAX_PATH, "%s.lua", absolutePath);
-    snprintf(luacName, SYS_MAX_PATH, "%s.luac", absolutePath);
+    if (!path_ends_with(absolutePath, ".lua") && !path_ends_with(absolutePath, ".luac")) {
+        snprintf(luaName, SYS_MAX_PATH, "%s.lua", absolutePath);
+        snprintf(luacName, SYS_MAX_PATH, "%s.luac", absolutePath);
+    } else {
+        snprintf(luaName, SYS_MAX_PATH, "%s", absolutePath);
+        snprintf(luacName, SYS_MAX_PATH, "%s", absolutePath);
+    }
 
     // since mods' relativePaths are relative to the mod's root, we can do a direct comparison
     for (int i = 0; i < gLuaActiveMod->fileCount; i++) {
@@ -201,6 +206,11 @@ static struct ModFile* smlua_find_file(const char* fileName) {
     for (int i = 0; i < gLuaActiveMod->fileCount; i++) {
         struct ModFile* file = &gLuaActiveMod->files[i];
         
+        // exclude lua files
+        if (path_ends_with(file->relativePath, ".lua") || path_ends_with(file->relativePath, ".luac")) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         // check for match, normalizing to system separators
         strcpy(normalizedRelative, file->relativePath);
         normalize_path(normalizedRelative);