diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 4442cb9..8b9e908 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
         "sbt-derivation": "sbt-derivation"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1772439062,
-        "narHash": "sha256-x+/Rzz28aOKYvIlmk2n0FiAYLgEENGuoJZYczdhIveo=",
+        "lastModified": 1775459861,
+        "narHash": "sha256-u003wFjSJ6EAzVoikQZAtfLj0wK1vH6YQYpY2/K0c3A=",
         "owner": "jiribenes",
         "repo": "effekt-nix",
-        "rev": "2fc04e57b1bf3505c0c9d9a030e2af050dda2b2f",
+        "rev": "58b5422b1c30d2c0ac92dc8cfa80d4ae8be94725",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1772419343,
-        "narHash": "sha256-QU3Cd5DJH7dHyMnGEFfPcZDaCAsJQ6tUD+JuUsYqnKU=",
+        "lastModified": 1775763530,
+        "narHash": "sha256-BuTK9z1QEwWPOIakQ1gCN4pa4VwVJpfptYCviy2uOGc=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "93178f6a00c22fcdee1c6f5f9ab92f2072072ea9",
+        "rev": "b0188973b4b2a5b6bdba8b65381d6cd09a533da0",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/src/lib/color.effekt b/src/lib/color.effekt
index f4b8411..819e2af 100644
--- a/src/lib/color.effekt
+++ b/src/lib/color.effekt
@@ -10,17 +10,13 @@ module color
 record Color(r: Int, g: Int, b: Int, a: Int)
 
 
-def colorFormat { str: => Unit / {literal, splice[Double], splice[Int]}}: String = stringBuffer  {
+def colorFormat { str: => Unit / {write, splice[Double], splice[Int]}}: String = stringBuffer  {
   try {
     str()
-    do flush()
-  }
-  with literal { s => resume(do write(s)) }
-  with splice[Int] { i => 
+  } with splice[Int] { i =>
     val format = i.max(0).min(255).show
     resume(do write(format))
-  }
-  with splice[Double] { d => 
+  } with splice[Double] { d =>
     val format = (d / 255.0).max(0.0).min(1.0).show
     resume(do write(format))
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/dom.effekt b/src/lib/dom.effekt
index 2d3334c..443030f 100644
--- a/src/lib/dom.effekt
+++ b/src/lib/dom.effekt
@@ -122,14 +122,10 @@ def insert(node: Node): Node / HTMLElement = {
   node
 }
 
-def text { str: => Unit / {literal, splice[Int], splice[Double], splice[Bool], splice[Char], splice[Byte]}}: Unit / HTMLElement = {
+def text { str: => Unit / {write, splice[Int], splice[Double], splice[Bool], splice[Char], splice[Byte]}}: Unit / HTMLElement = {
 
   do Text(stringBuffer  {
-    try {
-      str()
-      do flush()
-    }
-    with literal { s => resume(do write(s)) }
+    try { str() }
     with splice[Int] { i => resume(do write(i.show))}
     with splice[Double] { i => resume(do write(i.show))}
     with splice[Bool] { i => resume(do write(i.show))}