diff --git a/src/engine/alt/trace.c b/src/engine/alt/trace.c
index 9d788dbdd..3dc277b8f 100644
--- a/src/engine/alt/trace.c
+++ b/src/engine/alt/trace.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ void alt_trace_finish(lua_State* L)
 	luaL_unref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, trace_cb);
 }
 
-void alt_trace_log(lua_State* ctx)
+int alt_trace_log(lua_State* ctx)
 {
 	const char str_prefix[] = "LUA_PRINT: ";
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void alt_trace_log(lua_State* ctx)
 	if (log_buffer == 0) {
 		const char oom_msg[] = "Couldn't log trace message: Out of memory\n";
 		arcan_trace_log(oom_msg, sizeof(oom_msg));
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	int running_len = sizeof(str_prefix) - 1;
@@ -244,4 +244,5 @@ void alt_trace_log(lua_State* ctx)
 	arcan_trace_log(log_buffer, total_len);
 
 	arcan_mem_free(log_buffer);
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/engine/alt/trace.h b/src/engine/alt/trace.h
index 00a07fd0d..61c438197 100644
--- a/src/engine/alt/trace.h
+++ b/src/engine/alt/trace.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ void alt_trace_finish(lua_State* ctx);
 /*
  * logs text string in stdout and in active trace buffer
  */
-void alt_trace_log(lua_State* ctx);
+int alt_trace_log(lua_State* ctx);
 
 /*
  * copy [msg] and keep as the last known crash source in the