diff --git a/compiler.nim b/compiler.nim
index a61784e..ebbf296 100644
--- a/compiler.nim
+++ b/compiler.nim
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import meta/tokenobject
 import meta/tokentype
 import meta/looptype
 import types/japlvalue
-import types/string
+import types/stringtype
 import types/function
 import tables
 when isMainModule:
diff --git a/lexer.nim b/lexer.nim
index ab45c44..e31b6e4 100644
--- a/lexer.nim
+++ b/lexer.nim
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import strformat
 import tables
 import meta/tokentype
 import meta/tokenobject
-import types/string
+import types/stringtype
 import types/japlvalue
 
 # Table of all tokens except reserved keywords
diff --git a/types/exceptions.nim b/types/exceptions.nim
index ba1b8d2..4d2b4d9 100644
--- a/types/exceptions.nim
+++ b/types/exceptions.nim
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 ## Defines JAPL exceptions
 
-import string
+import stringtype
 import japlvalue
 import strformat
 import ../memory
diff --git a/types/function.nim b/types/function.nim
index 864a6c6..1b4df05 100644
--- a/types/function.nim
+++ b/types/function.nim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # code objects that can be compiled inside the JAPL runtime, pretty much
 # like in Python
 
-import string
+import stringtype
 import strformat
 import ../memory
 import ../meta/opcode
diff --git a/types/operations.nim b/types/operations.nim
index 4a5b3dc..923c291 100644
--- a/types/operations.nim
+++ b/types/operations.nim
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
  
 import japlvalue
-import string
+import stringtype
 import function
 import exceptions
 import strutils
diff --git a/types/string.nim b/types/stringtype.nim
similarity index 100%
rename from types/string.nim
rename to types/stringtype.nim
diff --git a/vm.nim b/vm.nim
index 21a8224..96b4b9d 100644
--- a/vm.nim
+++ b/vm.nim
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import tables
 import meta/opcode
 import types/exceptions
 import types/japlvalue
-import types/string
+import types/stringtype
 import types/function
 import types/operations
 import memory
@@ -643,7 +643,8 @@ proc freeVM*(self: var VM) =
 proc initVM*(): VM =
     ## Initializes the VM
     setControlCHook(handleInterrupt)
-    result = VM(lastPop: Value(kind: ValueType.Nil), objects: @[], globals: initTable[string, Value](), source: "", file: "")
+    var globals: Table[string, Value] = initTable[string, Value]()
+    result = VM(lastPop: Value(kind: ValueType.Nil), objects: @[], globals: globals, source: "", file: "")
     # TODO asNil() ?