diff --git a/mers/Cargo.toml b/mers/Cargo.toml
index 3ef129b..3e4c49c 100644
--- a/mers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mers/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mers"
-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.8"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 description = "dynamically typed but type-checked programming language"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/Dummi26/mers"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-mers_lib = "0.8.7"
+mers_lib = "0.8.8"
 # mers_lib = { path = "../mers_lib" }
 clap = { version = "4.3.19", features = ["derive"] }
 colored = "2.1.0"
diff --git a/mers_lib/Cargo.toml b/mers_lib/Cargo.toml
index f146cf9..2b7d6c4 100755
--- a/mers_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mers_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mers_lib"
-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.8"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 description = "library to use the mers language in other projects"
diff --git a/mers_lib/src/program/configs/with_stdio.rs b/mers_lib/src/program/configs/with_stdio.rs
index d84854f..93a1377 100755
--- a/mers_lib/src/program/configs/with_stdio.rs
+++ b/mers_lib/src/program/configs/with_stdio.rs
@@ -41,11 +41,10 @@ impl Config {
                     }
                 }),
                 run: Arc::new(|_a, _i| {
-                    let mut line = String::new();
-                    if std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).is_err() && line.is_empty() {
-                        Data::empty_tuple()
-                    } else {
+                    if let Some(Ok(line)) = std::io::stdin().lines().next() {
                         Data::one_tuple(Data::new(data::string::String(line)))
+                    } else {
+                        Data::empty_tuple()
                     }
                 }),
                 inner_statements: None,