diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba4c6d4..c21538d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ WEB_BOOT =  $(COMMON_PHASE1e) \
             common/ansi.fs \
             $(COMMON_PHASE2) \
             common/tasks.fs \
+            web/utils.fs \
             web/fini.fs
 $(GEN)/web_boot.js: tools/source_to_string.js $(WEB_BOOT) | $(GEN)
 	$< -web boot $(VERSION) $(REVISION) $(WEB_BOOT) >$@
diff --git a/web/platform.fs b/web/platform.fs
index 95fcfd6..a715b7b 100644
--- a/web/platform.fs
+++ b/web/platform.fs
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ if (!globalObj.write) {
     }
   }, 50);
 
-  context.GetRawString = function(addr, len) {
+  context.GetRawString = function(data8, addr, len) {
     var data = '';
     for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
-      data += String.fromCharCode(u8[addr + i]);
+      data += String.fromCharCode(data8[addr + i]);
     }
     return data;
   };
@@ -677,19 +677,19 @@ JSWORD: smooth { f }
 
 JSWORD: setItem { value value_len key key_len session }
   if (session) {
-    sessionStorage.setItem(context.GetRawString(key, key_len),
-                           context.GetRawString(value, value_len));
+    sessionStorage.setItem(context.GetRawString(u8, key, key_len),
+                           context.GetRawString(u8, value, value_len));
   } else {
-    localStorage.setItem(context.GetRawString(key, key_len),
-                         context.GetRawString(value, value_len));
+    localStorage.setItem(context.GetRawString(u8, key, key_len),
+                         context.GetRawString(u8, value, value_len));
   }
 ~
 
 JSWORD: getItem { dst dst_limit key key_len session -- n }
   if (session) {
-    var data = sessionStorage.getItem(context.GetRawString(key, key_len));
+    var data = sessionStorage.getItem(context.GetRawString(u8, key, key_len));
   } else {
-    var data = localStorage.getItem(context.GetRawString(key, key_len));
+    var data = localStorage.getItem(context.GetRawString(u8, key, key_len));
   }
   if (data === null) {
     return -1;
@@ -763,6 +763,57 @@ JSWORD: ms-ticks { -- ms }
   return Date.now();
 ~
 
+r~
+if (!globalObj.write) {
+  var filepick = document.createElement('input');
+  filepick.type = 'file';
+  filepick.name = 'files[]';
+  filepick.style.display = 'none';
+  document.body.appendChild(filepick);
+  filepick.onchange = function(event) {
+    if (event.target.files.length > 0) {
+      var reader = new FileReader();
+      reader.onload = function(e) {
+        var data = context.GetRawString(
+           new Uint8Array(e.target.result), 0, e.target.result.byteLength);
+        try {
+          localStorage.setItem(context.filepick_filename, data);
+          context.filepick_result = -1;
+          context.filepick_filename = null;
+        } catch (e) {
+          context.filepick_result = 0;
+          context.filepick_filename = null;
+        }
+      };
+      reader.readAsArrayBuffer(event.target.files[0]);
+    } else {
+      context.filepick_filename = null;
+      context.filepick_result = 0;
+    }
+  };
+  context.filepick = filepick;
+  context.filepick_filename = null;
+  context.filepick_result = 0;
+}
+~ jseval
+
+JSWORD: upload-start { filename n }
+  context.filepick_filename = context.GetRawString(u8, filename, n);
+  context.filepick.click();
+~
+
+JSWORD: upload-done? { -- f }
+  return context.filepick_filename == null ? -1 : 0;
+~
+
+JSWORD: upload-success? { -- f }
+  return context.filepick_result;
+~
+
+JSWORD: log { a n -- }
+  console.log(GetString(a, n));
+~
+
 forth definitions web
 
 : bye   0 terminate ;
diff --git a/web/utils.fs b/web/utils.fs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d1ef8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/utils.fs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+\ Copyright 2022 Bradley D. Nelson
+\
+\ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+\ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+\ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+\
+\     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+\
+\ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+\ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+\ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+\ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+\ limitations under the License.
+
+web definitions
+
+: upload-file ( a n -- )
+   upload-start
+   begin yield upload-done? until
+   upload-success? assert
+;
+
+: upload ( "filename" ) bl parse dup assert upload-file ;
+
+: include-file { a n -- }
+  0 0 a n 0 getItem { len }
+  here { buf } len allot
+  buf len a n 0 getItem len = assert
+  buf len evaluate
+; 
+
+: import  s" _temp.fs" 2dup upload-file include-file ;
+
+forth definitions
diff --git a/web/web.template.js b/web/web.template.js
index 46645cf..932ee2d 100644
--- a/web/web.template.js
+++ b/web/web.template.js
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ function UPPER(ch) {
 function TOFLAGS(xt) { return xt - 1 * 4; }
 function TONAMELEN(xt) { return TOFLAGS(xt) + 1; }
 function TOPARAMS(xt) { return TOFLAGS(xt) + 2; }
-function TOSIZE(xt) { return CELL_ALIGNED(u8[TONAMELEN(xt)>>2]) + 4 * i32[TOPARAMS(xt)>>2]; }
+function TOSIZE(xt) { return CELL_ALIGNED(u8[TONAMELEN(xt)>>2]) + 4 * u16[TOPARAMS(xt)>>1]; }
 function TOLINK(xt) { return xt - 2 * 4; }
 function TONAME(xt) {
-  return (u8[TOFLAGS(xt)>>2] & BUILTIN_MARK)
+  return (u8[TOFLAGS(xt)] & BUILTIN_MARK)
     ? i32[TOLINK(xt)] : TOLINK(xt) - CELL_ALIGNED(u8[TONAMELEN(xt)]);
 }
 function TOBODY(xt) {