diff --git a/data/core/start.lua b/data/core/start.lua
index 482f8bd0..b3bcc18e 100644
--- a/data/core/start.lua
+++ b/data/core/start.lua
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ end }
 
 table.pack = table.pack or pack or function(...) return {...} end
 table.unpack = table.unpack or unpack
+
+bit32 = bit32 or require "core.bit"
diff --git a/data/core/tokenizer.lua b/data/core/tokenizer.lua
index 03769c46..5fd8c69f 100644
--- a/data/core/tokenizer.lua
+++ b/data/core/tokenizer.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 local syntax = require "core.syntax"
 local common = require "core.common"
-local bit32 = require "core.bit"
 
 local tokenizer = {}