diff --git a/src/app/script/dialog_class.cpp b/src/app/script/dialog_class.cpp
index 4e9d68242..26cbb1d94 100644
--- a/src/app/script/dialog_class.cpp
+++ b/src/app/script/dialog_class.cpp
@@ -1016,7 +1016,10 @@ static void fill_keymessage_values(lua_State* L, const ui::KeyMessage* msg)
 
   // KeyMessage specifics
   lua_pushinteger(L, msg->repeat());
-  lua_setfield(L, -2, "repeat");
+  lua_setfield(L, -2, "repeat"); // Only for backward compatibility, remove this in a future
+
+  lua_pushinteger(L, msg->repeat());
+  lua_setfield(L, -2, "repeatCount");
 
   // TODO improve this (create an Event metatable)
   lua_pushcfunction(L, [](lua_State*) -> int {