diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
index 55e0271..7889ec1 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         operators::assign<bool>(m);
         operators::equal<bool>(m);
 
-        m->add(fun(&to_string<const std::string &>), "to_string");
+        m->add(fun<std::string (const std::string &t_ss)>([](const std::string &s) -> std::string { return s; }), "to_string");
         m->add(fun(&Bootstrap::bool_to_string), "to_string");
         m->add(fun(&unknown_assign), "=");
         m->add(fun(&throw_exception), "throw");
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp
index 6428677..fbf6d53 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp
@@ -443,17 +443,13 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
 
         /// Adds a named object to the current scope
+        /// \warning This version does not check the validity of the name
+        /// it is meant for internal use only
         void add_object(const std::string &name, const Boxed_Value &obj) const
         {
-          auto &stack = get_stack_data();
-          validate_object_name(name);
-
-          auto &scope = stack.back();
-          if (scope.find(name) != scope.end())
+          if (!get_stack_data().back().insert(std::make_pair(name, obj)).second)
           {
             throw chaiscript::exception::name_conflict_error(name);
-          } else {
-            scope.insert(std::make_pair(name, obj));
           }
         }