diff --git a/lib/legion/sandbox/lua.ex b/lib/legion/sandbox/lua.ex
index 9728a92..4907721 100644
--- a/lib/legion/sandbox/lua.ex
+++ b/lib/legion/sandbox/lua.ex
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ defmodule Legion.Sandbox.Lua do
       module = bridged_module(table, module_refs) ->
         module
 
-      Enum.map(table, &elem(&1, 0)) == Enum.to_list(1..length(table)//1) ->
+      Enum.map(table, &elem(&1, 0)) |> Enum.sort() == Enum.to_list(1..length(table)//1) ->
         for {_index, value} <- table, do: lua_to_elixir(value, module_refs)
 
       true ->
diff --git a/test/legion/sandbox/lua_test.exs b/test/legion/sandbox/lua_test.exs
index 310190d..13b9cd0 100644
--- a/test/legion/sandbox/lua_test.exs
+++ b/test/legion/sandbox/lua_test.exs
@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ defmodule Legion.Sandbox.LuaTest.EchoTool do
   def exit_it, do: exit(:tool_exited)
 end
 
+defmodule Legion.Sandbox.LuaTest.ListStruct do
+  defstruct [:id, :name]
+end
+
+defmodule Legion.Sandbox.LuaTest.ListTool do
+  use Legion.Tool
+
+  alias Legion.Sandbox.LuaTest.ListStruct
+
+  def description, do: "ListTool - test bridge tool."
+
+  def get_list(num_elements) do
+    for id <- 1..num_elements, do: %ListStruct{id: id, name: "#{id}"}
+  end
+end
+
 # NOT a Legion.Tool - stands in for a sub-agent module that only reaches the
 # sandbox via AgentTool.extra_allowed_modules/0, where it is meant to be a bare
 # module *reference* for `AgentTool.call(FakeSubAgent, task)`, never a callable.
@@ -28,6 +44,7 @@ defmodule Legion.Sandbox.LuaTest do
   alias Legion.Sandbox.Lua
   alias Legion.Sandbox.LuaTest.EchoTool
   alias Legion.Sandbox.LuaTest.FakeSubAgent
+  alias Legion.Sandbox.LuaTest.ListTool
 
   test "returns result and reusable bindings" do
     assert {:ok, {nil, bindings}} = Lua.execute("x = 40", 15_000)
@@ -133,6 +150,22 @@ defmodule Legion.Sandbox.LuaTest do
     assert value == %{"received" => %{"name" => "ada", "tags" => [1, 2]}, "tag" => "ok"}
   end
 
+  test "lua tables correctly converted to lists" do
+    num_elements = 40
+
+    code = """
+    talks=ListTool.get_list(#{num_elements})
+    list={}
+    for _,t in ipairs(talks) do table.insert(list, t.id) end
+    return list
+    """
+
+    assert {:ok, {list, _}} = Lua.execute(code, 15_000, [ListTool])
+
+    assert is_list(list)
+    assert length(list) == num_elements
+  end
+
   test "tuple results become arrays" do
     assert {:ok, {["ok", 42], _}} = Lua.execute("return EchoTool.pair()", 15_000, [EchoTool])
   end