diff --git a/dust-lang/src/vm.rs b/dust-lang/src/vm.rs
index e7cd931..ca50aea 100644
--- a/dust-lang/src/vm.rs
+++ b/dust-lang/src/vm.rs
@@ -247,12 +247,6 @@ impl Vm {
         if self.stack.len() == Self::STACK_SIZE {
             Err(VmError::StackOverflow(position))
         } else {
-            let value = if value.is_raw() {
-                value.into_reference()
-            } else {
-                value
-            };
-
             self.stack.push(value);
 
             Ok(())
diff --git a/dust-shell/src/main.rs b/dust-shell/src/main.rs
index 3cbf3cd..66bdaf3 100644
--- a/dust-shell/src/main.rs
+++ b/dust-shell/src/main.rs
@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ fn main() {
                 Level::Info => "INFO".white(),
                 Level::Debug => "DEBUG".blue(),
                 Level::Trace => "TRACE".purple(),
-            };
+            }
+            .bold();
+            let level_display = format!("[{level:^5}]").white().on_black();
             let module = record
                 .module_path()
-                .map(|path| path.split("::").last().unwrap_or("UNKNOWN").to_uppercase())
-                .unwrap_or("UNKNOWN".to_string());
+                .map(|path| path.split("::").last().unwrap_or("unknown"))
+                .unwrap_or("unknown")
+                .dimmed();
 
-            writeln!(buf, "[{level:^5}] {module:^6} {}", record.args())
+            writeln!(buf, "{level_display} {module:^6} {}", record.args())
         })
         .init();