diff --git a/repl/lib_io.c b/repl/lib_io.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70b1944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repl/lib_io.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "lib_io.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+//call the hook
+typedef struct Natives {
+	char* name;
+	Toy_NativeFn fn;
+} Natives;
+
+
+int Toy_hookIO(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, Toy_Literal identifier, Toy_Literal alias) {
+    return 1;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/repl/lib_io.h b/repl/lib_io.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec7264c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repl/lib_io.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "toy_interpreter.h"
+
+int Toy_hookIO(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, Toy_Literal identifier, Toy_Literal alias);
diff --git a/repl/repl_main.c b/repl/repl_main.c
index bee774f..cf91d5b 100644
--- a/repl/repl_main.c
+++ b/repl/repl_main.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "lib_random.h"
 #include "lib_runner.h"
 #include "lib_math.h"
+#include "lib_io.h"
 
 #include "toy_console_colors.h"
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ void repl(const char* initialInput) {
 	Toy_injectNativeHook(&interpreter, "random", Toy_hookRandom);
 	Toy_injectNativeHook(&interpreter, "runner", Toy_hookRunner);
 	Toy_injectNativeHook(&interpreter, "math", Toy_hookMath);
+	Toy_injectNativeHook(&interpreter, "io", Toy_hookIO);
 
 	for(;;) {
 		if (!initialInput) {
diff --git a/repl/repl_tools.c b/repl/repl_tools.c
index 0310d1e..07d31ff 100644
--- a/repl/repl_tools.c
+++ b/repl/repl_tools.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "lib_random.h"
 #include "lib_runner.h"
 #include "lib_math.h"
+#include "lib_io.h"
 
 #include "toy_console_colors.h"
 
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ void Toy_runBinary(const unsigned char* tb, size_t size) {
 	Toy_injectNativeHook(&interpreter, "random", Toy_hookRandom);
 	Toy_injectNativeHook(&interpreter, "runner", Toy_hookRunner);
 	Toy_injectNativeHook(&interpreter, "math", Toy_hookMath);
+	Toy_injectNativeHook(&interpreter, "io", Toy_hookIO);
 
 	Toy_runInterpreter(&interpreter, tb, (int)size);
 	Toy_freeInterpreter(&interpreter);
diff --git a/test/scripts/lib/io.toy b/test/scripts/lib/io.toy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b55d06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scripts/lib/io.toy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+print "Nothing is here";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_libraries.c b/test/test_libraries.c
index 998c272..c33e167 100644
--- a/test/test_libraries.c
+++ b/test/test_libraries.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "../repl/lib_random.h"
 #include "../repl/lib_runner.h"
 #include "../repl/lib_math.h"
+#include "../repl/lib_io.h"
 
 //supress the print output
 static void noPrintFn(const char* output) {
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ int main() {
 			{"runner.toy", "runner", Toy_hookRunner},
 			{"random.toy", "random", Toy_hookRandom},
 			{"math.toy", "math", Toy_hookMath},
+			{"io.toy", "io", Toy_hookIO},
 			{NULL, NULL, NULL}
 		};