diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cb99d7d4..3ca3ac91 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rhai"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.4.0"
 authors = ["Jonathan Turner"]
 description = "Embedded scripting for Rust"
 homepage = "https://github.com/jonathandturner/rhai"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 797ea241..367968a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Rhai's current feature set:
 * No additional dependencies
 * No unsafe code
 
-**Note:** Currently, it's version 0.3.0, so the language and APIs may change before they stabilize.*
+**Note:** Currently, it's version 0.4.0, so the language and APIs may change before they stabilize.*
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ You can install Rhai using crates by adding this line to your dependences:
 
 ```
 [dependencies]
-rhai = "0.3.0"
+rhai = "0.4.0"
 ```
 
 ## Related
diff --git a/scripts/string.rhai b/scripts/string.rhai
index bdd22023..ecf418ec 100644
--- a/scripts/string.rhai
+++ b/scripts/string.rhai
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ print("hello");
 print("this\nis \\ nice");
 print("40 hex is \x40");
 print("fun with unicode: \u2764 and \U0001F603");
+print("foo" + " " + "bar");
+print("foo" < "bar");
+print("foo" >= "bar");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/engine.rs b/src/engine.rs
index 4283ff80..96b0e62c 100644
--- a/src/engine.rs
+++ b/src/engine.rs
@@ -1314,22 +1314,27 @@ impl Engine {
         fn or(x: bool, y: bool) -> bool {
             x || y
         }
+        fn concat(x: String, y: String) -> String {
+            x + &y
+        }
 
         reg_op!(engine, "+", add, i32, i64, u32, u64, f32, f64);
         reg_op!(engine, "-", sub, i32, i64, u32, u64, f32, f64);
         reg_op!(engine, "*", mul, i32, i64, u32, u64, f32, f64);
         reg_op!(engine, "/", div, i32, i64, u32, u64, f32, f64);
 
-        reg_cmp!(engine, "<", lt, i32, i64, u32, u64);
-        reg_cmp!(engine, "<=", lte, i32, i64, u32, u64);
-        reg_cmp!(engine, ">", gt, i32, i64, u32, u64);
-        reg_cmp!(engine, ">=", gte, i32, i64, u32, u64);
-        reg_cmp!(engine, "==", eq, i32, i64, u32, u64, bool);
-        reg_cmp!(engine, "!=", ne, i32, i64, u32, u64, bool);
+        reg_cmp!(engine, "<", lt, i32, i64, u32, u64, String);
+        reg_cmp!(engine, "<=", lte, i32, i64, u32, u64, String);
+        reg_cmp!(engine, ">", gt, i32, i64, u32, u64, String);
+        reg_cmp!(engine, ">=", gte, i32, i64, u32, u64, String);
+        reg_cmp!(engine, "==", eq, i32, i64, u32, u64, bool, String);
+        reg_cmp!(engine, "!=", ne, i32, i64, u32, u64, bool, String);
 
         reg_op!(engine, "||", or, bool);
         reg_op!(engine, "&&", and, bool);
 
+        engine.register_fn("+", concat);
+
         // engine.register_fn("[]", idx);
         // FIXME?  Registering array lookups are a special case because we want to return boxes
         // directly let ent = engine.fns.entry("[]".to_string()).or_insert(Vec::new());
@@ -1676,6 +1681,12 @@ fn test_string() {
     } else {
         assert!(false);
     }
+
+    if let Ok(result) = engine.eval::<String>("\"foo\" + \"bar\"") {
+        assert_eq!(result, "foobar");
+    } else {
+        assert!(false);
+    }
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index 9a559db5..822d1fd7 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::iter::Peekable;