diff --git a/src/cvalue.h b/src/cvalue.h
index 1c03aa6..a6f2c0c 100644
--- a/src/cvalue.h
+++ b/src/cvalue.h
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ typedef struct CValueArray {
     CValue *values;
 } CValueArray;
 
-COSMO_API void initValArray(CState *state, CValueArray *val, size_t startCapacity);
-COSMO_API void cleanValArray(CState *state, CValueArray *array); // cleans array
-COSMO_API void appendValArray(CState *state, CValueArray *array, CValue val);
+void initValArray(CState *state, CValueArray *val, size_t startCapacity);
+void cleanValArray(CState *state, CValueArray *array); // cleans array
+void appendValArray(CState *state, CValueArray *array, CValue val);
 
-COSMO_API void printValue(CValue val);
+void printValue(CValue val);
 COSMO_API bool cosmoV_equal(CValue valA, CValue valB);
 COSMO_API CObjString *cosmoV_toString(CState *state, CValue val);
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 1823a7e..6e0be75 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ CValue cosmoB_quitRepl(CState *state, int nargs, CValue *args) {
     return cosmoV_newNil(); // we don't return anything
 }
 
+CValue cosmoB_input(CState *state, int nargs, CValue *args) {
+    // input() accepts the same params as print()!
+    for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++) {
+        CObjString *str = cosmoV_toString(state, args[i]);
+        printf("%s", cosmoO_readCString(str));
+    }
+
+    // but, we return user input instead!
+    char line[1024];
+    fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdin);
+
+    return cosmoV_newObj(cosmoO_copyString(state, line, strlen(line)-1)); // -1 for the \n
+}
+
 static void interpret(CState *state, const char* script) {
     
     // cosmoP_compileString pushes the result onto the stack (NIL or COBJ_FUNCTION)
@@ -38,6 +52,7 @@ static void repl() {
 
     // TODO: there's gotta be a better way to do this
     cosmoV_register(state, "quit", cosmoV_newObj(cosmoO_newCFunction(state, cosmoB_quitRepl)));
+    cosmoV_register(state, "input", cosmoV_newObj(cosmoO_newCFunction(state, cosmoB_input)));
 
     while (_ACTIVE) {
         printf("> ");
@@ -90,6 +105,8 @@ static void runFile(const char* fileName) {
     CState *state = cosmoV_newState();
     cosmoB_loadlibrary(state);
 
+    cosmoV_register(state, "input", cosmoV_newObj(cosmoO_newCFunction(state, cosmoB_input)));
+
     interpret(state, script);
 
     cosmoV_freeState(state);