diff --git a/repl/lib_fileio.c b/repl/lib_fileio.c
index de62980..08ed83b 100644
--- a/repl/lib_fileio.c
+++ b/repl/lib_fileio.c
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ static int nativeRead(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, Toy_LiteralArray* arguments)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		case TOY_LITERAL_STRING: {
+		case TOY_LITERAL_STRING: { //BUG: needs a terminator to show how much to read
 			char value[TOY_MAX_STRING_LENGTH] = {0};
-			fread(value, sizeof(char), TOY_MAX_STRING_LENGTH - 1, file->fp);
-			value[TOY_MAX_STRING_LENGTH - 1] = '\0';
+			size_t size = fread(value, sizeof(char), TOY_MAX_STRING_LENGTH - 1, file->fp);
+			value[size] = '\0';
 
 			resultLiteral = TOY_TO_STRING_LITERAL(Toy_createRefString(value));
 
diff --git a/source/toy_lexer.c b/source/toy_lexer.c
index a8e0d4d..25eb78b 100644
--- a/source/toy_lexer.c
+++ b/source/toy_lexer.c
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ static Toy_Token makeIntegerOrFloat(Toy_Lexer* lexer) {
 static bool isEscapableCharacter(char c) {
 	switch (c) {
 		case 'n':
-		case 'r':
 		case 't':
 		case '\\':
 		case '"':
diff --git a/source/toy_parser.c b/source/toy_parser.c
index fed9756..1b4f5af 100644
--- a/source/toy_parser.c
+++ b/source/toy_parser.c
@@ -281,9 +281,6 @@ static Toy_Opcode string(Toy_Parser* parser, Toy_ASTNode** nodeHandle) {
 					case 'n':
 						buffer[strLength++] = '\n';
 						break;
-					case 'r':
-						buffer[strLength++] = '\r';
-						break;
 					case 't':
 						buffer[strLength++] = '\t';
 						break;
diff --git a/test/scripts/lib/fileio.toy b/test/scripts/lib/fileio.toy
index 896716d..0f33212 100644
--- a/test/scripts/lib/fileio.toy
+++ b/test/scripts/lib/fileio.toy
@@ -121,12 +121,13 @@ fn reset() {
     assert reader.seek("end", -2) == true, "seek from end failed";
     
     contents = reader.read(string);
-    assert (contents == "!\n" || contents == "\r\n"), "seek failed to move file position (2nd)";
+    print ">>>(" + contents + ")" + string( contents.length() );
+    assert contents == "\n", "seek failed to move file position (2nd)";
 
     assert reader.seek("cur", -2) == true, "seek from cur failed";
     
     contents = reader.read(string);
-    assert (contents == "!\n" || contents == "\r\n"), "seek failed to move file position (3rd)";
+    assert contents == "\n", "seek failed to move file position (3rd)";
 
     assert reader.seek("CUR", 0) == false, "seek origin failed (1st)";
     assert reader.seek("End", 0) == false, "seek origin failed (2nd)";
diff --git a/test/test_libraries.c b/test/test_libraries.c
index 3957449..4181639 100644
--- a/test/test_libraries.c
+++ b/test/test_libraries.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void runBinaryWithLibrary(const unsigned char* tb, size_t size, const char* libr
 	Toy_initInterpreter(&interpreter);
 
 	//NOTE: supress print output for testing
-	Toy_setInterpreterPrint(&interpreter, noPrintFn);
+	// Toy_setInterpreterPrint(&interpreter, noPrintFn);
 	Toy_setInterpreterAssert(&interpreter, assertWrapper);
 	Toy_setInterpreterError(&interpreter, errorWrapper);