diff --git a/lime.bootstrap b/lime.bootstrap
index 5e8bdbc..bdac656 100644
--- a/lime.bootstrap
+++ b/lime.bootstrap
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ action : $$ = new lime_action($1, NULL);
 action lambda : $$ = new lime_action($1, $2);
 sym : $$ = new lime_glyph($1, NULL);
 sym lambda : $$ = new lime_glyph($1, $2);
-lit : $$ = new lime_glyph($1, NULL);
+str : $$ = new lime_glyph(substr($1, 1, -1), NULL);
 to slot
 : $$ = new lime_rhs();
 rhs slot : $$->add($2);
diff --git a/lime_scan_tokens b/lime_scan_tokens
index b3d8296..74c69e7 100755
Binary files a/lime_scan_tokens and b/lime_scan_tokens differ
diff --git a/lime_scan_tokens.l b/lime_scan_tokens.l
index e2114c5..9d96c02 100644
--- a/lime_scan_tokens.l
+++ b/lime_scan_tokens.l
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ BLOCKCMT "/*"({CC}|{CX})*{CT}
 
 {STOP} out("stop", ".");
 {SYM} tok("sym");
-{LIT} tok("lit");
+\"{DCHAR}*\" tok("str");
+'{SCHAR}*' tok("str");
 {BLOCKCMT} {}
 "/"{WORD}+ |
 "/$" out("lambda", yytext+1);