diff --git a/forth/parse.fs b/forth/parse.fs
index b40d352..d7dc930 100644
--- a/forth/parse.fs
+++ b/forth/parse.fs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     (parseb) IF EXIT THEN
     (parsed) IF EXIT THEN
     ( nothing works )
-    ABORT" unknown word! "
+    LIT< (wnf) (find) DROP EXECUTE
 ;
 
 ' (parse) (parse*) !
diff --git a/forth/print.fs b/forth/print.fs
index d1db462..88842a0 100644
--- a/forth/print.fs
+++ b/forth/print.fs
@@ -28,3 +28,8 @@
 
 : (uflw) ABORT" stack underflow" ;
 : (wnf) ABORT" word not found" ;
+
+: BS 8 EMIT ;
+: LF 10 EMIT ;
+: CR 13 EMIT ;
+: SPC 32 EMIT ;
diff --git a/forth/readln.fs b/forth/readln.fs
index 28bc6b0..a270482 100644
--- a/forth/readln.fs
+++ b/forth/readln.fs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-( requires core, parse )
+( requires core, parse, print )
 
 ( Managing variables in a core module is tricky. Sure, we
   have (sysv), but here we need to allocate a big buffer, and
diff --git a/forth/str.fs b/forth/str.fs
index 03f4644..b877be0 100644
--- a/forth/str.fs
+++ b/forth/str.fs
@@ -5,8 +5,3 @@
     1 +
     AGAIN
 ;
-
-: BS 8 EMIT ;
-: LF 10 EMIT ;
-: CR 13 EMIT ;
-: SPC 32 EMIT ;