diff --git a/VirtualMachine/EVIL.Ceres/EVIL.Ceres.csproj b/VirtualMachine/EVIL.Ceres/EVIL.Ceres.csproj
index 27e378c..f133711 100644
--- a/VirtualMachine/EVIL.Ceres/EVIL.Ceres.csproj
+++ b/VirtualMachine/EVIL.Ceres/EVIL.Ceres.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <EnableUnsafeBinaryFormatterSerialization>true</EnableUnsafeBinaryFormatterSerialization>
     
-    <Version>7.7.0</Version>
+    <Version>7.8.0</Version>
     
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/VirtualMachine/EVIL.Ceres/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionUnit.cs b/VirtualMachine/EVIL.Ceres/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionUnit.cs
index 9a033cf..27a3fcc 100644
--- a/VirtualMachine/EVIL.Ceres/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionUnit.cs
+++ b/VirtualMachine/EVIL.Ceres/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionUnit.cs
@@ -1304,6 +1304,18 @@ public void Step()
                     a = PopValue(); // Key
                     c = PopValue(); // Table
                     
+                    if (c.Type == DynamicValueType.String && a.Type == DynamicValueType.String)
+                    {
+                        c = _global.Index("str");
+
+                        if (c.Type != DynamicValueType.Table)
+                        {
+                            throw new UnsupportedDynamicValueOperationException(
+                                "Attempt to index a string value using a string, but no `str' support table found."
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+                    
                     if (c.Type == DynamicValueType.Table)
                     {
                         if (!c.Table!.Contains(a))