diff --git a/forth/core.fs b/forth/core.fs
index 252acb1..a2fc0cc 100644
--- a/forth/core.fs
+++ b/forth/core.fs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 : BEGIN H ; IMMEDIATE
 : AGAIN COMPILE (bbr) H -^ C, ; IMMEDIATE
 : UNTIL COMPILE SKIP? COMPILE (bbr) H -^ C, ; IMMEDIATE
-: ( BEGIN LITS ) WORD SCMP NOT UNTIL ; IMMEDIATE
+: ( BEGIN LIT< ) WORD SCMP NOT UNTIL ; IMMEDIATE
 ( Hello, hello, krkrkrkr... do you hear me?
   Ah, voice at last! Some lines above need comments
   BTW: Forth lines limited to 64 cols because of default
diff --git a/forth/dictionary.txt b/forth/dictionary.txt
index 700e06b..a403d2c 100644
--- a/forth/dictionary.txt
+++ b/forth/dictionary.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ CMP         n1 n2 -- n      Compare n1 and n2 and set n to -1, 0, or 1.
 NOT         f -- f          Push the logical opposite of f
 
 *** Strings ***
-LITS x      -- a            Read following LIT and push its addr to a
+LIT< x      --              Read following word and write to HERE as a string
+                            literal.
 SCMP        a1 a2 -- n      Compare strings a1 and a2. See CMP
 SLEN        a -- n          Push length of str at a.
 
diff --git a/forth/forth.asm b/forth/forth.asm
index 6fb5a87..fd86931 100644
--- a/forth/forth.asm
+++ b/forth/forth.asm
@@ -988,25 +988,19 @@ LITN:
 	ld	(HERE), hl
 	jp	next
 
-	.db	"LITS"
+	.db	"LIT<"
 	.fill	3
 	.dw	LITN
 	.db	1		; IMMEDIATE
-LITS:
+LITRD:
 	.dw	compiledWord
-	.dw	.wrLIT
+	.dw	NUMBER
+	.dw	LIT
+	.dw	WR
 	.dw	WORD
 	.dw	.scpy
 	.dw	EXIT
 
-.wrLIT:
-	.dw	nativeWord
-	ld	hl, (HERE)
-	ld	de, LIT
-	call	DEinHL
-	ld	(HERE), hl
-	jp	next
-
 .scpy:
 	.dw	nativeWord
 	pop	hl
@@ -1018,7 +1012,7 @@ LITS:
 
 	.db	"(find)"
 	.fill	1
-	.dw	LITS
+	.dw	LITRD
 	.db	0
 FIND_:
 	.dw	nativeWord