diff --git a/src/kiss/Helpers.hx b/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
index 547ec54..e0c0585 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
@@ -354,6 +354,26 @@ class Helpers {
         return def.withPosOf(exp);
     }
 
+    public static function removeTypeAnnotations(exp:ReaderExp):ReaderExp {
+        var def = switch (exp.def) {
+            case Symbol(_) | StrExp(_) | RawHaxe(_):
+                exp.def;
+            case CallExp(func, callArgs):
+                CallExp(removeTypeAnnotations(func), callArgs.map(removeTypeAnnotations));
+            case ListExp(elements):
+                ListExp(elements.map(removeTypeAnnotations));
+            case TypedExp(type, innerExp):
+                innerExp.def;
+            case FieldExp(field, innerExp):
+                FieldExp(field, removeTypeAnnotations(innerExp));
+            case KeyValueExp(keyExp, valueExp):
+                KeyValueExp(removeTypeAnnotations(keyExp), removeTypeAnnotations(valueExp));
+            default:
+                throw CompileError.fromExp(exp, 'cannot remove type annotations');
+        };
+        return def.withPosOf(exp);
+    }
+
     // Return convenient functions for succinctly making new ReaderExps that link back to an original exp's
     // position in source code
     public static function expBuilder(posRef:ReaderExp) {
diff --git a/src/kiss/Kiss.hx b/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
index f0f9911..635a283 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ typedef KissState = {
     callAliases:Map<String, ReaderExpDef>,
     identAliases:Map<String, ReaderExpDef>,
     fields:Array<Field>,
-    loadingDirectory:String
+    loadingDirectory:String,
+    hscript:Bool
 };
 
 class Kiss {
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ class Kiss {
             ],
             identAliases: new Map(),
             fields: [],
-            loadingDirectory: ""
+            loadingDirectory: "",
+            hscript: false
         };
 
         // Helpful aliases
@@ -156,6 +158,9 @@ class Kiss {
         // Bind the table arguments of this function for easy recursive calling/passing
         var convert = readerExpToHaxeExpr.bind(_, k);
 
+        if (k.hscript)
+            exp = Helpers.removeTypeAnnotations(exp);
+
         var expr = switch (exp.def) {
             case Symbol(alias) if (k.identAliases.exists(alias)):
                 readerExpToHaxeExpr(k.identAliases[alias].withPosOf(exp), k);
diff --git a/src/kiss/Main.hx b/src/kiss/Main.hx
index 3169bc7..9a79859 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Main.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Main.hx
@@ -23,10 +23,21 @@ class Main {
     static macro function macroMain():Expr {
         var k = Kiss.defaultKissState();
         k.wrapListExps = false;
-        if (Sys.args().indexOf("--all") != -1) {
+        var args = Sys.args();
+        var pretty = args.indexOf("--pretty") != -1;
+        k.hscript = args.indexOf("--hscript") != -1;
+
+        function print(s:String) {
+            if (!pretty)
+                s = s.replace("\n", " ");
+
+            Sys.println(s);
+        }
+
+        if (args.indexOf("--all") != -1) {
             var kissInputStream = Stream.fromString(Sys.stdin().readAll().toString());
             Reader.readAndProcess(kissInputStream, k, (readerExp) -> {
-                Sys.println(Kiss.readerExpToHaxeExpr(readerExp, k).toString());
+                print(Kiss.readerExpToHaxeExpr(readerExp, k).toString());
             });
         } else {
             var line = "";
@@ -47,7 +58,7 @@ class Main {
 
                     var kissInputStream = Stream.fromString(line);
                     Reader.readAndProcess(kissInputStream, k, (readerExp) -> {
-                        Sys.println(Kiss.readerExpToHaxeExpr(readerExp, k).toString());
+                        print(Kiss.readerExpToHaxeExpr(readerExp, k).toString());
                     });
 
                     line = "";
diff --git a/src/kiss/Prelude.hx b/src/kiss/Prelude.hx
index 0bcdfba..9689f12 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Prelude.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Prelude.hx
@@ -276,14 +276,20 @@ class Prelude {
         return v;
     }
 
+    #if sys
+    private static var kissProcess:Process = null;
+    #end
+
     /**
      * On Sys targets and nodejs, Kiss can be converted to hscript at runtime
+     * NOTE on non-nodejs targets, after the first time calling this function,
+     * it will be much faster
      * NOTE on non-nodejs sys targets, newlines in raw strings will be stripped away.
      * So don't use raw string literals in Kiss you want parsed and evaluated at runtime.
      */
     public static function convertToHScript(kissStr:String):String {
         #if (!macro && hxnodejs)
-        var kissProcess = ChildProcess.spawnSync("haxelib", ["run", "kiss", "--all"], {input: '${kissStr}\n'});
+        var kissProcess = ChildProcess.spawnSync("haxelib", ["run", "kiss", "--all", "--hscript"], {input: '${kissStr}\n'});
         if (kissProcess.status != 0) {
             var error:String = kissProcess.stderr;
             throw 'failed to convert ${kissStr} to hscript: ${error}';
@@ -291,13 +297,20 @@ class Prelude {
         var output:String = kissProcess.stdout;
         return output;
         #elseif sys
-        var kissProcess = new Process("haxelib", ["run", "kiss"]);
+        if (kissProcess == null)
+            kissProcess = new Process("haxelib", ["run", "kiss", "--hscript"]);
+
         kissProcess.stdin.writeString('${kissStr.replace("\n", " ")}\n');
-        var output = kissProcess.stdout.readLine();
-        if (output.startsWith(">>> ")) {
-            output = output.substr(4);
+        try {
+            var output = kissProcess.stdout.readLine();
+            if (output.startsWith(">>> ")) {
+                output = output.substr(4);
+            }
+            return output;
+        } catch (e) {
+            var error = kissProcess.stderr.readAll().toString();
+            throw 'failed to convert ${kissStr} to hscript: ${error}';
         }
-        return output;
         #else
         throw "Can't convert Kiss to HScript on this target.";
         #end