--- a/core/src/luan/impl/LuanParser.java	Thu Apr 14 15:19:25 2016 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/impl/LuanParser.java	Thu Apr 14 16:38:30 2016 -0600
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
 	private Frame frame;
 	private final Parser parser;
 	private final Stmts top;
+	private boolean hasTemplateWrite = false;
 
 	LuanParser(String sourceName,String sourceText) {
 //		this.source = source;
@@ -372,14 +373,14 @@
 		Expr exprs = TemplateExpressions(In.NOTHING);
 		if( exprs == null )
 			return null;
-		Expr requireCall = new Expr(Val.SINGLE,false);
-		requireCall.add( "PackageLuan.require(luan,\"luan:Io\")" );
-		Expr stdoutExp = indexExpStr( requireCall.single(), constExpStr("stdout") );
-		Expr writeExp = indexExpStr( stdoutExp, constExpStr("write") );
-		Expr writeCall = callExpStr( writeExp, exprs );
+		if( !hasTemplateWrite ) {
+			top.add(0,"final LuanFunction template_write = Luan.checkFunction(luan.index(PackageLuan.require(luan,\"luan:Io\"),\"template_write\"));  ");
+			hasTemplateWrite = true;
+		}
 		Stmts stmt = new Stmts();
-		stmt.addAll( writeCall );
-		stmt.add( ";  " );
+		stmt.add( "template_write.call(luan," );
+		stmt.addAll( exprs.array() );
+		stmt.add( ");  " );
 		return stmt;
 	}