diff --git a/Slang/slang.html b/Slang/slang.html
index 29bb20d..e2aa9bb 100755
--- a/Slang/slang.html
+++ b/Slang/slang.html
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 	display: block;
 }
 
-.error {
-	color: red;
-	font-style: italic;
-}
-
 .command {
 	padding-left: 5px;
 	padding-right: 5px;
@@ -37,15 +32,23 @@
 	opacity: 0.2;
 }
 
+.error {
+	color: red;
+	font-style: italic;
+}
 .output {
 	font-weight: bold;
 }
+.error:before,
 .output:before {
 	content: ">";
-	color: blue;
+	color: red;
 	font-weight: bold;
 	margin: 5px;
 }
+.output:before {
+	color: blue;
+}
 
 
 #stack {
@@ -105,8 +108,20 @@ NAMESPACE.print = function(context){
 	c.appendChild(data)
 }
 
+// XXX should this break exec?
 NAMESPACE.err = function(context){
-	throw context.stack[context.stack.length-1]
+	var c = document.getElementById('console')
+	var e = context.stack[context.stack.length-1]
+	console.error('>>>', e)
+
+	var err = document.createElement('div')
+	err.classList.add('error')
+	if(e.message != null){
+		err.innerText = e.message
+	} else {
+		err.innerText = e
+	}
+	c.appendChild(err)
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Slang/slang.js b/Slang/slang.js
index 0420bc4..a085703 100755
--- a/Slang/slang.js
+++ b/Slang/slang.js
@@ -159,9 +159,12 @@ var NAMESPACE = {
 		if(typeof(code) == typeof('abc')){
 			// XXX BUG: '"aaa" "bbb"' translates to ['"aaa"', '" "', '"bbb"'] 
 			// 		i.e. quotes w/o whitespace are eaten...
-			if(/^(['"]).*\1$/m.test(code)){
-				code = code.split(/^(['"])(.*)\1$/m)[2]
+			if(/^\s*(['"]).*\1\s*$/m.test(code)){
+				code = code.split(/^\s*(['"])(.*)\1\s*$/m)[2]
 			}
+
+			console.log(code)
+
 			var res = []
 			code = code
 				// split by strings whitespace and block comments...
@@ -546,10 +549,9 @@ function slang(code, context){
 	context = context == null ? CONTEXT : context
 
 	if(typeof(code) == typeof('abc')){
-		//code = [ '"'+code+'"', 'lex', 'prep', 'exec' ]
-		code = [ code, 'lex', 'prep', 'exec' ]
+		code = [ '\\', code, 'lex', 'prep', 'exec' ]
 	} else {
-		code = [ [code], 'b2s', 'prep', 'exec' ]
+		code = [ code, 'prep', 'exec' ]
 	}
 
 	context.code = code