diff --git a/apps/lib/boxes/console_std.nyash b/apps/lib/boxes/console_std.nyash
index 0f0e2d32..84292027 100644
--- a/apps/lib/boxes/console_std.nyash
+++ b/apps/lib/boxes/console_std.nyash
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
 // ConsoleStd — minimal standard console helpers (commonized API)
 
+// Global helper to avoid name shadowing when invoking the language-level print.
+function __console_std_emit(value) {
+  print(value)
+  return 0
+}
+
 static box ConsoleStd {
   // print/println/log: convert null to "" and return 0
   print(x) {
     if x == null { x = "" }
-    print(x)
+    __console_std_emit(x)
     return 0
   }
   println(x) {
     if x == null { x = "" }
-    print(x)
+    __console_std_emit(x)
     return 0
   }
   log(x) {
     if x == null { x = "" }
-    print(x)
+    __console_std_emit(x)
     return 0
   }
 }