diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/mc/read.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/mc/read.hpp
index a6107e1db..8e38a8247 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/mc/read.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/mc/read.hpp
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, HashMap<Stri
 				auto wkey = ox_malloca(keyLen + 1, char, 0);
 				auto wkeyPtr = wkey.get();
 				oxReturnError(handler.fieldCString("", &wkeyPtr, keyLen + 1));
-				oxReturnError(handler.field("", &val.operator[](wkey.get())));
-				return OxError(0);
+				return handler.field("", &val[wkey.get()]);
 			};
 			for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
 				oxReturnError(loopBody(handler, *val));