diff --git a/src/controllers/plugins/LuaUtilities.cpp b/src/controllers/plugins/LuaUtilities.cpp
index 64af18c01..9d86b1430 100644
--- a/src/controllers/plugins/LuaUtilities.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/plugins/LuaUtilities.cpp
@@ -266,5 +266,29 @@ QString toString(lua_State *L, StackIdx idx)
     const auto *ptr = luaL_tolstring(L, idx, &len);
     return QString::fromUtf8(ptr, int(len));
 }
+
+void PeekResult::throwAsLuaError(lua_State *L)
+{
+    // Note that this uses lua buffers to ensure deallocation of the error string
+    luaL_Buffer buf;
+    luaL_buffinit(L, &buf);
+    bool first = true;
+    for (const auto &s : this->errorReason)
+    {
+        if (!first)
+        {
+            luaL_addchar(&buf, '\n');
+        }
+        first = false;
+        luaL_addstring(&buf, s.toStdString().c_str());
+    }
+    // Remove our copy
+    this->errorReason.clear();
+
+    luaL_pushresult(&buf);
+    lua_error(L);  // This call never returns
+    assert(false && "unreachable");
+}
+
 }  // namespace chatterino::lua
 #endif
diff --git a/src/controllers/plugins/LuaUtilities.hpp b/src/controllers/plugins/LuaUtilities.hpp
index 5443a751f..82a1df64a 100644
--- a/src/controllers/plugins/LuaUtilities.hpp
+++ b/src/controllers/plugins/LuaUtilities.hpp
@@ -69,6 +69,22 @@ StackIdx push(lua_State *L, const bool &b);
 StackIdx push(lua_State *L, const int &b);
 StackIdx push(lua_State *L, const api::CompletionEvent &ev);
 
+struct PeekResult {
+    bool ok = true;
+    std::vector<QString> errorReason = {};
+
+    operator bool() const
+    {
+        return this->ok;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Combines errorReason into a single string and then calls luaL_error.
+     * As luaL_error never returns this function does not either.
+     */
+    [[noreturn]] void throwAsLuaError(lua_State *L);
+};
+
 // returns OK?
 bool peek(lua_State *L, int *out, StackIdx idx = -1);
 bool peek(lua_State *L, bool *out, StackIdx idx = -1);