diff --git a/src/eval.rs b/src/eval.rs
index 7ae02ed..22a6963 100644
--- a/src/eval.rs
+++ b/src/eval.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
     fmt::{self, Display, Formatter},
+    rc::Rc,
     string::ParseError,
 };
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ impl From<&LiteralValue> for EvaluatedValue {
             LiteralValue::False => EvaluatedValue::Boolean(false),
             LiteralValue::Nil => EvaluatedValue::Nil,
             LiteralValue::Number(number) => EvaluatedValue::Number(*number),
-            LiteralValue::String(string) => EvaluatedValue::String(string.clone()),
+            LiteralValue::String(string) => EvaluatedValue::String(string.clone().into()),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -178,7 +179,6 @@ impl ExprVisitor<Result<EvaluatedValue, ScriptError>> for InterpreterRunner<'_>
                 location: String::new(),
                 line: name.line(),
             })
-            // TODO: AAAAA this cloning sucks
             .cloned()
     }
 }
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ fn evaluate_addition(
         }
 
         (EvaluatedValue::String(left_value), EvaluatedValue::String(right_value)) => {
-            Ok(EvaluatedValue::String(left_value + right_value.as_ref()))
+            let concatted = left_value.to_string() + right_value.as_ref();
+            Ok(EvaluatedValue::String(concatted.into()))
         }
 
         // TODO: we could improve this error (and others) to include the types
diff --git a/src/eval/value.rs b/src/eval/value.rs
index 5c6a0f1..0c57de3 100644
--- a/src/eval/value.rs
+++ b/src/eval/value.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-use thiserror::Error;
+use std::rc::Rc;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-
 pub enum EvaluatedValue {
     Number(f64),
-    String(String),
+    String(Rc<str>),
     Boolean(bool),
     Nil,
 }
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ impl_value_try_from!(
 );
 
 impl_value_try_from!(
-    String,
+    Rc<str>,
     EvaluatedValue::String(s) => s,
     "value is not of type string"
 );