diff --git a/src/bin/elua/cache.c b/src/bin/elua/cache.c
index be2699a459..7d307c4b24 100644
--- a/src/bin/elua/cache.c
+++ b/src/bin/elua/cache.c
@@ -10,32 +10,31 @@
 
 /* bytecode caching */
 
-static int check_bc(const char *fname, const char *mode, Eina_Bool *bc) {
-    const char *ext = strstr(fname, ".lua");
+static Eina_File *check_bc(Eina_File *of, const char *mode, Eina_Bool *bc) {
+    const char *fname = eina_file_filename_get(of);
+    const char *ext   = strstr(fname, ".lua");
     if (ext && !ext[4] && (!mode || strchr(mode, 't'))) {
         /* loading lua source file, try cached */
         char buf[PATH_MAX];
         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%sc", fname);
-        int fd = open(buf, O_RDONLY);
-        if (fd < 0) {
+        Eina_File *f = eina_file_open(buf, EINA_FALSE);
+        if (!f) {
             /* no cached bytecode */
             *bc = EINA_TRUE;
         } else {
-            /* cached bytecode, check timestamp */
-            struct stat s1, s2;
-            stat(fname, &s1);
-            stat(buf,   &s2);
-            if (s2.st_ctime > s1.st_ctime) {
+            /* cached bytecode, check timestamps */
+            if (eina_file_mtime_get(f) > eina_file_mtime_get(of)) {
                 /* bytecode new enough, chunkname stays the same */
-                return fd;
+                eina_file_close(of);
+                return f;
             } else {
                 /* bytecode too old, remove old file */
-                close(fd);
+                eina_file_close(f);
                 *bc = EINA_TRUE;
             }
         }
     }
-    return -1;
+    return of;
 }
 
 static int writef(lua_State *L EINA_UNUSED, const void *p, size_t size,
@@ -56,111 +55,69 @@ static void write_bc(lua_State *L, const char *fname) {
     }
 }
 
-/* loadfile - regular version */
-
-typedef struct Cached_Stream {
-    FILE *f;
-    char buff[LUAL_BUFFERSIZE];
-} Cached_Stream;
-
 static const char *getf(lua_State *L EINA_UNUSED, void *ud, size_t *size) {
-    Cached_Stream *s = ud;
-    if (feof(s->f)) return NULL;
-    *size = fread(s->buff, 1, sizeof(s->buff), s->f);
-    return (*size > 0) ? s->buff : NULL;
+    char *buff = *((char**)ud);
+    if (feof(stdin)) return NULL;
+    *size = fread(buff, 1, LUAL_BUFFERSIZE, stdin);
+    return (*size > 0) ? buff : NULL;
 }
 
-int elua_loadfilex(lua_State *L, const char *fname, const char *mode) {
-    Cached_Stream s;
-    int status;
-    const char *chname;
-    Eina_Bool bcache = EINA_FALSE;
-    if (!fname) {
-        s.f = stdin;
-        chname = "=stdin";
-    } else {
-        if (!(s.f = fopen(fname, "rb"))) {
-            lua_pushfstring(L, "cannot open %s: %s", fname, strerror(errno));
-            return LUA_ERRFILE;
-        }
-        chname = lua_pushfstring(L, "@%s", fname);
-        int fd = check_bc(fname, mode, &bcache);
-        if (fd >= 0) {
-            fclose(s.f);
-            s.f = fdopen(fd, "rb");
-        }
-    }
-    status = lua_loadx(L, getf, &s, chname, mode);
-    if (ferror(s.f)) {
+static int elua_loadstdin(lua_State *L, const char *mode) {
+    char buff[LUAL_BUFFERSIZE];
+    int status = lua_loadx(L, getf, &buff, "=stdin", mode);
+    if (ferror(stdin)) {
         lua_pop(L, 1);
-        lua_pushfstring(L, "cannot read %s: %s", chname + 1, strerror(errno));
-        if (fname) {
-            lua_remove(L, -2);
-            fclose(s.f);
-        }
+        lua_pushfstring(L, "cannot read stdin: %s", strerror(errno));
         return LUA_ERRFILE;
     }
-    /* trigger bytecode writing */
-    if (!status && bcache) write_bc(L, fname);
-    if (fname) {
-        lua_remove(L, -2);
-        fclose(s.f);
-    }
     return status;
 }
 
-int elua_loadfile(lua_State *L, const char *fname) {
-    return elua_loadfilex(L, fname, NULL);
-}
-
-/* loadfile - mmap version */
-
 typedef struct Map_Stream {
     char  *fmap;
     size_t flen;
 } Map_Stream;
 
 static const char *getf_map(lua_State *L EINA_UNUSED, void *ud, size_t *size) {
-    Map_Stream *s = ud;
+    Map_Stream *s    = ud;
+    const char *fmap = s->fmap;
     *size = s->flen;
-    return  s->fmap;
+    /* gotta null it - tell luajit to terminate reading */
+    s->fmap = NULL;
+    return fmap;
 }
 
-int elua_loadfilex_mmap(lua_State *L, const char *fname, const char *mode) {
+int elua_loadfilex(lua_State *L, const char *fname, const char *mode) {
     Map_Stream s;
-    int status, fd, nfd;
+    int status;
+    Eina_File *f;
     const char *chname;
     Eina_Bool bcache = EINA_FALSE;
     if (!fname) {
-        return elua_loadfilex(L, fname, mode);
+        return elua_loadstdin(L, mode);
     }
-    if ((fd = open(fname, O_RDONLY, 0)) < 0) {
+    if (!(f = eina_file_open(fname, EINA_FALSE))) {
         lua_pushfstring(L, "cannot open %s: %s", fname, strerror(errno));
         return LUA_ERRFILE;
     }
     chname = lua_pushfstring(L, "@%s", fname);
-    if ((nfd = check_bc(fname, mode, &bcache)) > 0) {
-        close(fd);
-        fd = nfd;
-    }
-    s.flen = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
-    lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-    if ((s.fmap = mmap(NULL, s.flen, PROT_READ, MAP_FILE|MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0))
-    == MAP_FAILED) {
+    f = check_bc(f, mode, &bcache);
+    s.flen = eina_file_size_get(f);
+    if (!(s.fmap = eina_file_map_all(f, EINA_FILE_RANDOM))) {
         lua_pushfstring(L, "cannot read %s: %s", chname + 1, strerror(errno));
         lua_remove(L, -2);
         return LUA_ERRFILE;
     }
     status = lua_loadx(L, getf_map, &s, chname, mode);
-    munmap(s.fmap, s.flen);
-    close(fd);
+    eina_file_map_free(f, s.fmap);
+    eina_file_close(f);
     if (!status && bcache) write_bc(L, fname);
     lua_remove(L, -2);
     return status;
 }
 
-int elua_loadfile_mmap(lua_State *L, const char *fname) {
-    return elua_loadfilex_mmap(L, fname, NULL);
+int elua_loadfile(lua_State *L, const char *fname) {
+    return elua_loadfilex(L, fname, NULL);
 }
 
 /* lua function */
@@ -168,12 +125,8 @@ int elua_loadfile_mmap(lua_State *L, const char *fname) {
 static int loadfile(lua_State *L) {
     const char *fname = luaL_optstring(L, 1, NULL);
     const char *mode  = luaL_optstring(L, 2, NULL);
-    int status, hasenv = (lua_gettop(L) >= 3);
-    if (lua_toboolean(L, 4)) {
-        status = elua_loadfilex_mmap(L, fname, mode);
-    } else {
-        status = elua_loadfilex(L, fname, mode);
-    }
+    int status = elua_loadfilex(L, fname, mode),
+        hasenv = (lua_gettop(L) >= 3);
     if (!status) {
         if (hasenv) {
             lua_pushvalue(L, 3);
diff --git a/src/bin/elua/main.c b/src/bin/elua/main.c
index fea90746f2..26cd690534 100644
--- a/src/bin/elua/main.c
+++ b/src/bin/elua/main.c
@@ -229,7 +229,10 @@ static int lua_main(lua_State *L) {
 
     luaL_openlibs(L);
 
-    elua_loadfile(L, ELUA_DATA_DIR "/core/module.lua");
+    if (report(L, elua_loadfile(L, ELUA_DATA_DIR "/core/module.lua"))) {
+        m->status = 1;
+        return 0;
+    }
     lua_pushcfunction(L, register_require);
     lua_createtable(L, 0, 0);
     luaL_register(L, NULL, utillib);
diff --git a/src/bin/elua/main.h b/src/bin/elua/main.h
index ebf43887ad..c14093a3eb 100644
--- a/src/bin/elua/main.h
+++ b/src/bin/elua/main.h
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ extern int el_log_domain;
 
 int elua_loadfilex(lua_State *L, const char *fname, const char *mode);
 int elua_loadfile(lua_State *L, const char *fname);
-int elua_loadfilex_mmap(lua_State *L, const char *fname, const char *mode);
-int elua_loadfile_mmap(lua_State *L, const char *fname);
 void elua_register_cache(lua_State *L);
 
 #endif
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