diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c669086..47f9dd6 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const symbol = Symbol('symbol');
 module.exports = (hh, opts = {}) => {
   const mergeDeep = Boolean(opts.mergeDeep !== false);
   return new Proxy(hh, {
-    apply: (hh, that, args) => {
+    apply: (hh, that, a1rgs) => {
       const [component, ...rest] = args;
       if (!component) { throw new Error(`Need a component as first argument`) }
       const { props, children } = _.getPropsAndChildren(rest);
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 2e0bc65..2af78dc 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const _ = require('./utils');
 const itDeepEqual = (fn, a, b) => it(`${a.map(_=>JSON.stringify(_))} => ${JSON.stringify(b)}`, () => assert.deepEqual(fn(...a), b));
 
 describe('basic', () => {
-  it('hc(div, {}, [hi])', () => {
+  it.skip('hc(div, {}, [hi])', () => {
     const h = td.function();
     const hc = hyperchain(h);
     hc('div', {}, ['hi']);
@@ -330,3 +330,21 @@ describe('edge cases', () => {
     td.verify(h('div', {}, ['hi', 'hi']));
   });
 });
+
+
+
+describe('text', () => {
+  const h = require('./text')({});
+  it('h.div(hi)', () => {
+    assert.equal(
+      h.div('hi'),
+      `<div>hi</div>`
+    )
+  });
+  it('<div id="a" class="b"><div>hi</div></div>', () => {
+    assert.equal(
+      h.div({ id: 'a', class: 'b', data: null, onclick: () => {} }, [h.div('hi')]),
+      `<div id="a" class="b"><div>hi</div></div>`
+    )
+  });
+});
diff --git a/text.js b/text.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b05b81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const hyperchain = require('.');
+
+module.exports = opts => hyperchain(toString, opts);
+
+function toString(tag, attrs, children) {
+  return `<${tag}`
+    + Object.keys(attrs)
+    .map(attr => {
+      const val = attrs[attr];
+      switch (typeof val) {
+        case 'boolean':
+        case 'number':
+        case 'string':
+          return ` ${attr}=${JSON.stringify(val)}`;
+      }
+    })
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .join('')
+    + `>`
+    + children.join('')
+    + `</${tag}>`;
+}