diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba1f83e..203c826 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,6 +137,26 @@ briefly.
 ### Request message
 TODO: fill here
 
+.BEGIN
+.SCRIPT
+.END
+.EXIT
+.KILL-WORKER
+.SHOW-WORKERS
+
+
+You can send a single-line script with a .SCRIPT command.
+
+ .SCRIPT (printf "hello, world\n")
+
+If the script is long and contains line-breaks, enclose multiple .SCRIPT commands 
+with the .BEGIN and .END command.
+
+  .BEGIN
+  .SCRIPT (printf "hello ")
+  .SCRIPT (printf "world\n")
+  .END
+
 ### Reponse message
 
 There are two types of response messages.
diff --git a/bin/main.c b/bin/main.c
index 948951e..9718ba8 100644
--- a/bin/main.c
+++ b/bin/main.c
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static int feed_loop (hcl_t* hcl, xtn_t* xtn, int cflags, int verbose)
 	}
 
 	/* [NOTE] it isn't a very nice idea to get this internal data and use it with read_input() */
-	inarg = hcl_getbaseioarg(hcl); 
+	inarg = hcl_getbaseinarg(hcl); 
 	while (1)
 	{
 		if (read_input(hcl, inarg) <= -1) goto oops;
diff --git a/lib/hcl-s.c b/lib/hcl-s.c
index 4e987c8..96ee0bf 100644
--- a/lib/hcl-s.c
+++ b/lib/hcl-s.c
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ int hcl_server_proto_handle_request (hcl_server_proto_t* proto)
 			hcl_ooci_t c;
 			int n;
 
-			hcl_setinloc (proto->hcl, 1, 1);
+			hcl_setbaseinloc (proto->hcl, 1, 1);
 
 			/* do a special check bypassing get_token(). it checks if the script contents
 			 * come on the same line as .SCRIPT */
@@ -1396,7 +1396,10 @@ int hcl_server_proto_handle_request (hcl_server_proto_t* proto)
 			}
 
 			proto->worker->opstate = HCL_SERVER_WORKER_OPSTATE_COMPILE;
-			n = hcl_compile(proto->hcl, obj, HCL_COMPILE_CLEAR_CODE | HCL_COMPILE_CLEAR_FNBLK);
+
+			/*n = hcl_compile(proto->hcl, obj, HCL_COMPILE_CLEAR_CODE | HCL_COMPILE_CLEAR_FNBLK);*/
+			n = hcl_compile(proto->hcl, obj, 0);
+
 			hcl_freecnode (proto->hcl, obj);
 			if (n <= -1)
 			{
diff --git a/lib/hcl.c b/lib/hcl.c
index d6e0657..f2ea42f 100644
--- a/lib/hcl.c
+++ b/lib/hcl.c
@@ -379,12 +379,6 @@ void hcl_reset (hcl_t* hcl)
 	hcl_gc (hcl, 1);
 }
 
-void hcl_setinloc (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_oow_t line, hcl_oow_t colm)
-{
-	hcl->c->inarg.line = line;
-	hcl->c->inarg.colm = colm;
-}
-
 int hcl_setoption (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_option_t id, const void* value)
 {
 	hcl_cb_t* cb;
diff --git a/lib/hcl.h b/lib/hcl.h
index 56b0a7a..0cccd8a 100644
--- a/lib/hcl.h
+++ b/lib/hcl.h
@@ -1969,12 +1969,6 @@ HCL_EXPORT void hcl_reset (
 	hcl_t*   hcl
 );
 
-HCL_EXPORT void hcl_setinloc (
-	hcl_t*    hcl,
-	hcl_oow_t line,
-	hcl_oow_t colm
-);
-
 #if defined(HCL_HAVE_INLINE)
 static HCL_INLINE void* hcl_getxtn (hcl_t* hcl) { return (void*)((hcl_uint8_t*)hcl + hcl->_instsize); }
 static HCL_INLINE hcl_mmgr_t* hcl_getmmgr (hcl_t* hcl) { return hcl->_mmgr; }
@@ -2150,10 +2144,16 @@ HCL_EXPORT void hcl_abort (
 #	define hcl_switchprocess(hcl) ((hcl)->switch_proc = 1)
 #endif
 
-HCL_EXPORT hcl_ioinarg_t* hcl_getbaseioarg (
+HCL_EXPORT hcl_ioinarg_t* hcl_getbaseinarg (
 	hcl_t* hcl
 );
 
+HCL_EXPORT void hcl_setbaseinloc (
+	hcl_t*    hcl,
+	hcl_oow_t line,
+	hcl_oow_t colm
+);
+
 HCL_EXPORT int hcl_attachio (
 	hcl_t*         hcl,
 	hcl_ioimpl_t   reader,
diff --git a/lib/read.c b/lib/read.c
index 4006e46..cdd0cf1 100644
--- a/lib/read.c
+++ b/lib/read.c
@@ -4056,7 +4056,13 @@ void hcl_detachio (hcl_t* hcl)
 	}
 }
 
-hcl_ioinarg_t* hcl_getbaseioarg (hcl_t* hcl)
+hcl_ioinarg_t* hcl_getbaseinarg (hcl_t* hcl)
 {
 	return &hcl->c->inarg;
 }
+
+void hcl_setbaseinloc (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_oow_t line, hcl_oow_t colm)
+{
+	hcl->c->inarg.line = line;
+	hcl->c->inarg.colm = colm;
+}