diff --git a/ent/atoms.go b/ent/atoms.go
index 7eda21a..e4c38d6 100644
--- a/ent/atoms.go
+++ b/ent/atoms.go
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 var atom_types = map[string]typeFn{
+	"bool": func(r bit.Reader) (value, error) {
+		return bit.ReadBool(r), r.Err()
+	},
+	"uint8": func(r bit.Reader) (value, error) {
+		// TODO: bounds check here
+		return uint8(bit.ReadVarInt(r)), r.Err()
+	},
 	"uint16": func(r bit.Reader) (value, error) {
 		// TODO: bounds check here
 		return uint16(bit.ReadVarInt(r)), r.Err()
diff --git a/ent/string.go b/ent/string.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63aca57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ent/string.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package ent
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/bit"
+)
+
+func stringType(spec *typeSpec, env *Env) tÿpe {
+	if spec.typeName != "CUtlStringToken" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return typeFn(func(r bit.Reader) (value, error) {
+		return bit.ReadVarInt(r), r.Err()
+	})
+}
diff --git a/ent/type.go b/ent/type.go
index 62c6b23..e78a6bc 100644
--- a/ent/type.go
+++ b/ent/type.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func parseTypeSpec(spec *typeSpec, env *Env) tÿpe {
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
-	return coalesce(atomType, floatType, handleType, qAngleType, hSeqType, genericType)
+	return coalesce(atomType, floatType, handleType, qAngleType, hSeqType, genericType, stringType)
 }
 
 // a type error is both an error and a type. It represents a type that we were