table expected, got nil

EDIT: actually, nvm I found the problem.

getting nil from this code should be impossible… errors tell me it isn't

95: local users = self.users
96: if users == nil then users = {} end
97: users[name] = { id, {} }
98: self.users = users

error:

APINAME:97: table index expected, got nil

the table "users" in self should be defined, but it was bugging so I tried to catch the bugs… still doesn't work.

It says table index expected. Maybe "name" doesn't exist?

name does exist, it was me forgetting to add a return to a function ;)/>/>