diff --git a/vlib/compiler/gen_c.v b/vlib/compiler/gen_c.v
index f17086d071..0dbf1d6c19 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/gen_c.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/gen_c.v
@@ -211,8 +211,11 @@ fn (p mut Parser) index_get(typ string, fn_ph int, cfg IndexConfig) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	else if cfg.is_str && !p.builtin_mod && !p.pref.is_bare {
-		if cfg.is_slice {
+	else if cfg.is_str && !p.builtin_mod {
+		if  p.pref.is_bare {
+			p.gen(index_expr)
+		}	
+		else if cfg.is_slice {
 			p.gen('string_substr2($index_expr)')
 		} else {
 			p.gen('string_at($index_expr)')
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/parser.v b/vlib/compiler/parser.v
index 7022664434..87ba9f11d8 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/parser.v
@@ -1856,10 +1856,10 @@ fn (p mut Parser) index_expr(typ_ string, fn_ph int) string {
 		if is_str {
 			typ = 'byte'
 			// Direct faster access to .str[i] in builtin modules
-			if p.builtin_mod {
+			if p.builtin_mod || p.pref.is_bare {
 				p.gen('.str[')
 				close_bracket = true
-			}
+			}	
 			else {
 				// Bounds check everywhere else
 				p.gen(', ')
diff --git a/vlib/os/bare/bare_example_linux.v b/vlib/os/bare/bare_example_linux.v
index 3876e2b18b..6482576d3c 100644
--- a/vlib/os/bare/bare_example_linux.v
+++ b/vlib/os/bare/bare_example_linux.v
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fn syscall5(number, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5 voidptr) voidptr
 
-fn write(fd int, data voidptr, nbytes u64) int {
+fn write(fd int, data voidptr, nbytes int) int {
 	return 	 syscall5(
           1, // SYS_write
            fd,
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ fn write(fd int, data voidptr, nbytes u64) int {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-	write(1, c'hallo\n', 6)
+	write(1, c'hello\n', 6)
+	s := 'test string'
+	write(1, s.str, s.len)
+	a := s[0]
 }