diff --git a/apps/forth/core.fs b/apps/forth/core.fs
index 5d161bd..aa4ffea 100644
--- a/apps/forth/core.fs
+++ b/apps/forth/core.fs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 : +! SWAP OVER @ + SWAP ! ;
 : ALLOT HERE +! ;
 : C, H C! 1 ALLOT ;
-: COMPILE ' ['] LITN EXECUTE ['] , , ; IMMEDIATE
+: COMPILE ' LITN ['] , , ; IMMEDIATE
 : BEGIN H ; IMMEDIATE
 : AGAIN COMPILE (bbr) H -^ C, ; IMMEDIATE
 : UNTIL COMPILE SKIP? COMPILE (bbr) H -^ C, ; IMMEDIATE
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
   input buffer size in Collapse OS
 
   COMPILE; Tough one. Get addr of caller word (example above
-  (bbr)) and then call LITN on it. However, LITN is an
-  immediate and has to be indirectly executed. Then, write
-  a reference to "," so that this word is written to HERE.
+  (bbr)) and then call LITN on it.
 
   NOT: a bit convulted because we don't have IF yet )
 
@@ -49,3 +47,20 @@
 : > CMP 1 = ;
 : / /MOD SWAP DROP ;
 : MOD /MOD DROP ;
+
+( In addition to pushing H this compiles 2 >R so that loop variables are sent
+  to PS at runtime )
+: DO
+    COMPILE SWAP COMPILE >R COMPILE >R
+    H
+; IMMEDIATE
+
+( One could think that we should have a sub word to avoid all these COMPILE,
+  but we can't because otherwise it messes with the RS )
+: LOOP
+    COMPILE R> 1 LITN COMPILE + COMPILE DUP COMPILE >R
+    COMPILE I' COMPILE = COMPILE SKIP? COMPILE (bbr)
+    H -^ C,
+    COMPILE R> COMPILE DROP COMPILE R> COMPILE DROP
+; IMMEDIATE
+
diff --git a/apps/forth/dict.asm b/apps/forth/dict.asm
index a8d8e38..eb67298 100644
--- a/apps/forth/dict.asm
+++ b/apps/forth/dict.asm
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ ISIMMED:
 	.db	"LITN"
 	.fill	3
 	.dw	ISIMMED
-	.db	1		; IMMEDIATE
+	.db	0
 LITN:
 	.dw nativeWord
 	ld	hl, (HERE)
diff --git a/apps/forth/dictionary.txt b/apps/forth/dictionary.txt
index 3d42588..16d4376 100644
--- a/apps/forth/dictionary.txt
+++ b/apps/forth/dictionary.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ CONSTANT x  n --            Creates cell x that when called pushes its value
 DOES>       --              See description at top of file
 IMMED?      a -- f          Checks whether wordref at a is immediate.
 IMMEDIATE   --              Flag the latest defined word as immediate.
-LITN        n --            *I* Inserts number from TOS as a literal
+LITN        n --            Write number n as a literal.
 VARIABLE c  --              Creates cell x with 2 bytes allocation.
 
 Compilation vs meta-compilation. When you compile a word with "[COMPILE] foo",