diff --git a/src/modules/spider/spider.c b/src/modules/spider/spider.c
index fedbc12bd8acda3a0684decaeea96dc28ee7d0c8..7db6ea3c1a9f2454208a8616493c2f9aea803240 100644
--- a/src/modules/spider/spider.c
+++ b/src/modules/spider/spider.c
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ void f_nice(INT32 args)
 #ifdef HAVE_NICE
   int ta = sp[-1].u.integer;
   if(!args) error("You must supply an argument to nice(int)!\n");
+  pop_n_elems(args);
   push_int(nice(ta));
 #endif
 }