diff --git a/sol/stack.hpp b/sol/stack.hpp
index 4f8838c2..ae8f561f 100644
--- a/sol/stack.hpp
+++ b/sol/stack.hpp
@@ -298,6 +298,11 @@ inline auto get_call(lua_State* L, int index, TFx&& fx, types<Args...> t) -> dec
     return detail::ltr_get(L, index, std::forward<TFx>(fx), t, t);
 }
 
+template<typename... Args, typename TFx>
+inline auto get_call(lua_State* L, TFx&& fx, types<Args...> t) -> decltype(detail::ltr_get(L, 1, std::forward<TFx>(fx), t, t)) {
+    return detail::ltr_get(L, 1, std::forward<TFx>(fx), t, t);
+}
+
 template<typename... Args, typename TFx>
 inline auto pop_call(lua_State* L, TFx&& fx, types<Args...> t) -> decltype(detail::ltr_pop(L, std::forward<TFx>(fx), t, t)) {
     return detail::ltr_pop(L, std::forward<TFx>(fx), t, t);
diff --git a/sol/tuple.hpp b/sol/tuple.hpp
index d73783cb..d2b766bc 100644
--- a/sol/tuple.hpp
+++ b/sol/tuple.hpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ template<size_t... Ns>
 struct build_reverse_indices<0, Ns...> : indices<Ns...> {};
 
 template<typename... Args>
-struct types : build_indices<sizeof...(Args)> { typedef types type; };
+struct types : build_indices<sizeof...(Args)> { typedef types type; typedef types types_type; };
 
 template<class Acc, class... Args>
 struct reversed_ : Acc{};
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ const auto default_constructor = constructors<types<>>{};
 
 } // sol
 
-#endif // SOL_TUPLE_HPP
+#endif // SOL_TUPLE_HPP