diff --git a/projects/kiss-vscode/config/KissConfig.kiss b/projects/kiss-vscode/config/KissConfig.kiss
index 7d40d313..6650eda8 100644
--- a/projects/kiss-vscode/config/KissConfig.kiss
+++ b/projects/kiss-vscode/config/KissConfig.kiss
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
 
 // TODO standardize this with KissInterp
 (function :Void prepareInterp []
+    (set Prelude.printStr ->s (infoMessage s))
     (interp.variables.set "kiss" 
         (object
             Prelude