diff --git a/implementations/c/src/lisp.c b/implementations/c/src/lisp.c
index 95001d2..e0349c5 100644
--- a/implementations/c/src/lisp.c
+++ b/implementations/c/src/lisp.c
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ void init(void) {
   SET_FUNC("~", lognot_fn);
   SET_FUNC("peek-char", peek_char_fn);
   SET_FUNC("read-char", read_char_fn);
+  SET_FUNC("read", read_fn);
   SET_FUNC("exit", exit_fn);
   SET_FUNC("=", eq_fn);
   SET_FUNC("<", lt_fn);
@@ -323,7 +324,14 @@ void init(void) {
 void repl(void) {
   while(true) {
     printf(">>> ");
-    print(eval(read_fn(NIL, NIL), NIL), stdout);
+    Pointer reader = read_fn(NIL, NIL);
+    char c;
+    while((c = getc(stdin)) && isspace(c) && c != '\n');
+    if (c != '\n') ungetc(c, stdin);
+    /* read_char_fn(NIL, NIL); */
+    /* read_char_fn(NIL, NIL); */
+    /* printf("eof?: %d", feof(stdin)); */
+    print(eval(reader, NIL), stdout);
     printf("\n");
   }
 }
diff --git a/implementations/c/src/reader.c b/implementations/c/src/reader.c
index 768b0bb..b3c821f 100644
--- a/implementations/c/src/reader.c
+++ b/implementations/c/src/reader.c
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ Pointer peek_char_fn(Pointer args, Pointer env) {
   }
 
   return character(c);
+  /* printf("%s: %d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); */
+  /* char c = getc(stream); */
+  /* printf("%s: %d: %c\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, c); */
+  /* return character(ungetc(c, stream)); */
 }
 
 Pointer read_char_fn(Pointer args, Pointer env) {
@@ -139,9 +143,14 @@ Pointer read1(Pointer streamPtr, Pointer env) {
 Pointer read_fn(Pointer args, Pointer env) {
   Pointer streamPtr = CAR(args);
   streamPtr = streamPtr == NIL ? environment_get(env, STANDARD_INPUT) : streamPtr;
-  Stream stream = STREAM(streamPtr);
+  /* Stream stream = STREAM(streamPtr); */
   Pointer result = read1(streamPtr, env);
-  peek_char(T, stream);
+  /* peek_char(T, stream); */
+  /* getc(stream); */
+  /* char c; */
+  /* getc(stream); */
+  /* while((c = getc(stream)) >= 0 && c == ' ') ungetc(c, stream); */
+  /* if (c != EOF) ungetc(c, stream); */
   return result;
 }