1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/script/cpp_api/s_node.cpp b/src/script/cpp_api/s_node.cpp
index 269ebacb2..f23fbfbde 100644
--- a/src/script/cpp_api/s_node.cpp
+++ b/src/script/cpp_api/s_node.cpp
@@ -141,9 +141,14 @@ bool ScriptApiNode::node_on_dig(v3s16 p, MapNode node,
 	push_v3s16(L, p);
 	pushnode(L, node, ndef);
 	objectrefGetOrCreate(L, digger);
-	PCALL_RES(lua_pcall(L, 3, 0, error_handler));
-	lua_pop(L, 1);  // Pop error handler
-	return true;
+	PCALL_RES(lua_pcall(L, 3, 1, error_handler));
+
+	// nil is treated as true for backwards compat
+	bool result = lua_isnil(L, -1) || lua_toboolean(L, -1);
+
+	lua_pop(L, 2);  // Pop error handler and result
+
+	return result;
 }
 
 void ScriptApiNode::node_on_construct(v3s16 p, MapNode node)