diff --git a/res/modules/internal/bytearray.lua b/res/modules/internal/bytearray.lua
index 35bc6cc6..ab93cfea 100644
--- a/res/modules/internal/bytearray.lua
+++ b/res/modules/internal/bytearray.lua
@@ -166,11 +166,12 @@ local bytearray_mt = {
         end
     end
 }
+bytearray_mt.__pairs = bytearray_mt.__ipairs
 
 local bytearray_type = FFI.metatype("bytearray_t", bytearray_mt)
 
 local FFIBytearray = {
-    __call = function (n)
+    __call = function (self, n)
         local t = type(n)
         if t == "string" then
             local buffer = malloc(#n)
diff --git a/res/scripts/stdlib.lua b/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
index f60242cd..3bc2147e 100644
--- a/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
+++ b/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ end
 local bytearray = require "core:internal/bytearray"
 Bytearray = bytearray.FFIBytearray
 Bytearray_as_string = bytearray.FFIBytearray_as_string
-Bytearray_construct = Bytearray.__call
+Bytearray_construct = function(...) return Bytearray(...) end
 ffi = nil
 
 math.randomseed(time.uptime() * 1536227939)