diff --git a/include/cyclone/types.h b/include/cyclone/types.h
index d05b63fa..3380b882 100644
--- a/include/cyclone/types.h
+++ b/include/cyclone/types.h
@@ -186,10 +186,13 @@ typedef struct {gc_header_type hdr; tag_type tag; double value;} double_type;
 
 /* Define string type */
 typedef struct {gc_header_type hdr; tag_type tag; int len; char *str;} string_type;
-//#define make_cstring(cs, len, s) \
-//  string_type cs; cs.tag = string_tag; cs.len = len; cs.str = s;
-// TODO: all of the dhalloc below needs to go away for this GC. maybe
-// just plan on having strings be allocated separately like vectors.
+// TODO: new way to allocate strings, but this requires changes to 
+// all functions that allocate strings, the GC, cgen, and maybe more.
+#define make_string(cs, len, s) string_type cs; \
+{ cs.tag = string_tag; cs.len = len; \
+  cs.str = alloca(sizeof(char) * (len + 1)); \
+  strcpy(cs.str, s);}
+// TODO: all of the dhalloc below needs to go away...
 #define make_string(cv,s) string_type cv; cv.tag = string_tag; \
 { int len = strlen(s); cv.str = dhallocp; \
   if ((dhallocp + len + 1) >= dhbottom + global_heap_size) { \