diff --git a/src/tools/test.c b/src/tools/test.c
index 7f3bb36..35c4f08 100644
--- a/src/tools/test.c
+++ b/src/tools/test.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ bool compile_internal_test(const char *filename, VM *vm) {
 
 bool test_simple_compile(VM *vm) {
   u32 ptr;
-  /*u32 newline_addr = str_alloc(vm, &vm->frames[vm->fp], "\n", 2);*/
+  u32 newline_addr = str_alloc(vm, &vm->frames[vm->fp], "\n", 2);
   u32 terminal_path_addr =
       str_alloc(vm, &vm->frames[vm->fp], "/dev/term/0", 12);
   vm->code[vm->cp++] = OP_LOAD;
@@ -87,6 +87,23 @@ bool test_simple_compile(VM *vm) {
   vm->code[vm->cp++] = 5;
   vm->code[vm->cp++] = 3;
   vm->code[vm->cp++] = 4;
+
+  vm->code[vm->cp++] = OP_LOAD_IMM;
+  vm->code[vm->cp++] = 6;
+  write_u32(vm, code, vm->cp, newline_addr);
+  vm->cp += 4;
+
+  vm->code[vm->cp++] = OP_STRLEN;
+  vm->code[vm->cp++] = 7;
+  vm->code[vm->cp++] = 6;
+
+  vm->code[vm->cp++] = OP_SYSCALL;
+  write_u32(vm, code, vm->cp, AS_UINT(SYSCALL_DEVICE_WRITE));
+  vm->cp += 4;
+  vm->code[vm->cp++] = 5;
+  vm->code[vm->cp++] = 6;
+  vm->code[vm->cp++] = 7;
+
   /* syscall_id=WRITE, device-str-ptr=5, ptr, length ; print(sum.toS()); */
   vm->code[vm->cp++] = OP_HALT; /* explicit halt */
   return true;