diff --git a/chaiscript/chaiscript_prelude.hpp b/chaiscript/chaiscript_prelude.hpp
index bdcbfe1..13e22d8 100644
--- a/chaiscript/chaiscript_prelude.hpp
+++ b/chaiscript/chaiscript_prelude.hpp
@@ -5,19 +5,17 @@
 #define CHAISCRIPT_PRELUDE_HPP_
 
 const char *chaiscript_prelude = " \n\
-def puts(x) : call_exists(range, x) { \n\
-  puts(\"[ \") \n\
-  x.for_each(fun(x) { puts(x); puts(\" \") }) \n\
-  puts(\"]\") \n\
+def to_string(x) : call_exists(range, x) { \n\
+  var outstr = \"[\" + x.join(\", \") + \"]\"\n\
+  outstr \n\
+}\n\
+def to_string(x) { \n\
+  var outstr = x.internal_to_string()\n\
+  outstr \n\
 }\n\
 def puts(x) { \n\
   print_string(x.to_string()) \n\
 }; \n\
-def print(x) : call_exists(range, x) { \n\
-  puts(\"[ \") \n\
-  x.for_each(fun(x) { puts(x); puts(\" \") }) \n\
-  print(\"]\") \n\
-} \n\
 def print(x) { \n\
 	println_string(x.to_string()) \n\
 }; \n\
diff --git a/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp b/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
index 9c0f57b..a1955d1 100644
--- a/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
+++ b/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ namespace dispatchkit
       add_oper_assign<std::string>(s);
 
       
-      register_function(s, &to_string<const std::string &>, "to_string");
-      register_function(s, &to_string<bool>, "to_string");
+      register_function(s, &to_string<const std::string &>, "internal_to_string");
+      register_function(s, &to_string<bool>, "internal_to_string");
       register_function(s, &unknown_assign, "=");
 
       bootstrap_pod_type<double>(s, "double");