diff --git a/src/env.c b/src/env.c
index 05c950a..38e8602 100644
--- a/src/env.c
+++ b/src/env.c
@@ -230,7 +230,11 @@ struct Environment defaultEnv()
         {"ap", &append}, {"pre", &prepend},
         {"at", &at}, {"rest", &rest}, {"rev", &reverse},
         {"isnum", &isNum}, {"isstr", &isString},
-        {"prn", &print}, {"penv", &printEnvO}, {"eval", &parseEvalO},
+        {"prn", &print}, {"pch", &pChar}, {"penv", &printEnvO},
+        {"eval", &parseEvalO},
+        #ifdef STANDALONE
+        {"inp", &takeInput},
+        #endif
     };
 
     for(unsigned i = 0; i < sizeof(symFuncs)/sizeof(symFuncs[0]); i++) {
diff --git a/src/pebblisp.c b/src/pebblisp.c
index 94643f8..498069b 100644
--- a/src/pebblisp.c
+++ b/src/pebblisp.c
@@ -406,6 +406,15 @@ Object print(Object p, Object ignore, struct Environment *env)
     return p;
 }
 
+Object pChar(Object c, Object i1, struct Environment *i2)
+{
+    if(c.type != TYPE_NUMBER) {
+        return errorObject(BAD_NUMBER);
+    }
+    printf("%c", c.number % 256);
+    return numberObject(0);
+}
+
 Object printEnvO(Object i1, Object i2, struct Environment *env) {
     while(env->outer) {
         env = env-> outer;
@@ -423,6 +432,15 @@ Object parseEvalO(Object text, Object ignore, struct Environment *env)
     return parseEval(text.string, env);
 }
 
+#ifdef STANDALONE
+Object takeInput(Object i1, Object i2, struct Environment *i3)
+{
+    char input[256] = "";
+    fgets(input, 256, stdin);
+    return stringFromSlice(input, strlen(input) - 1);
+}
+#endif
+
 void copySlice(char * dest, struct Slice *src)
 {
     if(!dest || !src)
diff --git a/src/pebblisp.h b/src/pebblisp.h
index 539a8e7..4e67867 100644
--- a/src/pebblisp.h
+++ b/src/pebblisp.h
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ Object isNum(Object test, Object ignore, struct Environment *ignore2);
 Object isString(Object test, Object ignore, struct Environment *ignore2);
 
 Object print(Object p, Object ignore, struct Environment *ignore2);
+Object pChar(Object c, Object i1, struct Environment *i2);
 Object printEnvO(Object i1, Object i2, struct Environment *env);
 Object parseEvalO(Object text, Object ignore, struct Environment *env);
 
+#ifdef STANDALONE
+Object takeInput(Object i1, Object i2, struct Environment *i3);
+#endif
+
 #endif