diff --git a/clyx-go/clyx.go b/clyx-go/clyx.go
index 3a11fc5..5922035 100644
--- a/clyx-go/clyx.go
+++ b/clyx-go/clyx.go
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ func (c *Clyx) popCallerToken() any {
     if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: %v\n", err); return nil }
     return qParsed
   }
+  if s, ok := t.(string); ok {
+    return normToken(s)
+  }
   return t
 }
 
@@ -284,6 +287,9 @@ func (c *Clyx) cmdDefw() {
     if isQForm { val = c.popCallerToken() }
   }
   if val == nil { val = c.pop() }
+  if s, ok := val.(string); ok {
+    val = normToken(s)
+  }
   nameVal := c.pop()
   var name string
   if s, ok := nameVal.(string); ok {
diff --git a/clyx-python/clyx/clyx.py b/clyx-python/clyx/clyx.py
index 59c7f91..024b1d5 100755
--- a/clyx-python/clyx/clyx.py
+++ b/clyx-python/clyx/clyx.py
@@ -103,10 +103,17 @@ class Clyx:
   def _cmd_qset(self): i, v, x = self._stack.pop(), self._stack.pop(), self._stack.pop(); (v.pop(int(i)), v.insert(int(i), x)) if isinstance(v, list) else None; self._stack.append(v if isinstance(v, list) else None)
   def _exec_loop(self, c, b):
     while (self._exec_qform(c), self._stack.pop())[1]: self._exec_qform(b)
-  _pop_caller_token = lambda self: (lambda t: (t.pop(0) if t[0] != '[' else self._parse_qform((t.pop(0), t)[1])) if t else None)(self._token_streams[-1] if self._token_streams else self._tokens)
+  def _pop_caller_token(self):
+    t = self._token_streams[-1] if self._token_streams else self._tokens
+    if not t: return None
+    val = t.pop(0)
+    if val == '[': return self._parse_qform(t)
+    if isinstance(val, str): return self._norm_token(val)
+    return val
   def _cmd_defw(self):
     t = self._token_streams[-1] if self._token_streams else self._tokens
     val = self._pop_caller_token() if (t and (t[0] == '[' or isinstance(t[0], list))) else self._stack.pop()
+    if isinstance(val, str): val = self._norm_token(val)
     name = self._stack.pop()
     if isinstance(name, str): name = self._norm_token(name)
     self._words[name] = val
diff --git a/test.clx b/test.clx
index b9b4fed..237a3d4 100644
--- a/test.clx
+++ b/test.clx
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ my_inline 100 = if [ "  :: (inline) PASS" puts cr ] [ "  :: (inline) FAIL" puts
 ":: source_test_word [ 99 ]" "test_source.clx" writef drop source test_source.clx source_test_word 99 = if [ "test_source.clx" delf "  source PASS" puts cr ] [ "test_source.clx" delf "  source FAIL" puts cr ]  # Test source
 my_is_word is [ 200 ]
 my_is_word 200 =
+my_str_word is "abc"
+my_str_word "abc" streq and
 :: "my_inline_string_word" [ 400 ]
 my_inline_string_word 400 = and
 if [ "  is PASS" puts cr ] [ "  is FAIL" puts cr ]  # Test is