diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 058fb5836..338ea0ce7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -592,7 +592,8 @@ main: examples/main/main.cpp  ocaml-example-script.o plugin_nodejs.o  plugin_oca
 	@echo
 	@echo '====  Run ./main -h for help.  ===='
 	@echo
-ocaml-example-script.o:
+#nasty hack
+ocaml-example-script.o: caml_src/step.ml
 	ocamlopt -g -fPIC -linkall -output-obj caml_src/step.ml -o ocaml-example-script.o
 
 infill: examples/infill/infill.cpp                            ggml.o llama.o $(COMMON_DEPS) console.o grammar-parser.o $(OBJS)
diff --git a/caml_src/step.ml b/caml_src/step.ml
index 954823226..8b2569277 100644
--- a/caml_src/step.ml
+++ b/caml_src/step.ml
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ let shutdown () =
     Printf.printf "Shutting down Game module...\n";
     flush stdout;;
 
-let step () =
-    (* Printf.printf "bla\n"; *)
-    flush stdout;;
+let step (s:string) : string =
+    Printf.printf "Hello Ocaml from LLama\n";
+    flush stdout;
+    s ^ "Hello Ocaml\n";;
+
+
+
 
 (* main/init *)
 let () =
diff --git a/plugin_ocaml.cpp b/plugin_ocaml.cpp
index 8ece24889..812501787 100644
--- a/plugin_ocaml.cpp
+++ b/plugin_ocaml.cpp
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ std::string process_output_plugin_ocaml(const std::string start,
     assert( step_fn );
     value ocamlString = caml_copy_string(input.c_str());
 
-  //
-    
     value result= caml_callback( *step_fn, ocamlString );
     std::string resultString = "todo";
     //String_val(result);