Error: attempt to index a string value (upvalue 'GOLD_TEXT')

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Im editing the Team Deathmatch project and adding a new UI text component that displays a count of player gold pick ups. However, when it comes to displaying the count I get the error "attempt to index a string value (upvalue 'GOLD_TEXT')

I've added the following code to the HealthBarControllerClient script:

local GOLD_TEXT = script:GetCustomProperty("GoldText") -- this is the name of the target text box

function Tick(deltaTime)
...
local carriedGold = tostring(player:GetResource("playerGold"))
GOLD_TEXT.text = carriedGold
...
end

It always fails on the "GOLD_TEXT.text = carriedGold" with error "attempt to index a string value (upvalue 'GOLD_TEXT')"

I thought it might be placement in the hierarchy, so Ive played around with that, but no joy

2

GOLD_TEXT needed to be an object reference

(I made the mistake of making it just a string in the customProperties)