diff --git a/Colibri.Core/Macros/CoreMacros.cs b/Colibri.Core/Macros/CoreMacros.cs
index 4d06552..9f98ae1 100644
--- a/Colibri.Core/Macros/CoreMacros.cs
+++ b/Colibri.Core/Macros/CoreMacros.cs
@@ -714,19 +714,22 @@ public static object DelayForce(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[] a
 
         foreach (var arg in args)
         {
-            var fileName = arg?.ToString();
-
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileName))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException("File name given to include cannot be null or empty");
-            }
+            result = IncludeFileInternal(runtime, scope, arg);
+        }
 
-            var fileText = File.ReadAllText(fileName);
+        return result;
+    }
 
-            result = runtime.EvaluateProgram(scope, fileText);
+    private static object? IncludeFileInternal(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object? arg)
+    {
+        if (runtime.Evaluate(scope, arg) is not string fileName || string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileName))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("File name given to include cannot be null or empty");
         }
 
-        return result;
+        var fileText = File.ReadAllText(fileName);
+
+        return runtime.EvaluateProgram(scope, fileText);
     }
 
     public static object? Eval(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[] args)
@@ -1242,7 +1245,7 @@ public static object VectorMap(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[] ar
         return result;
     }
 
-    public static object? Import(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[] args)
+    public static object Import(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[] args)
     {
         if (args.Length == 0)
         {
@@ -1309,4 +1312,30 @@ private static bool RecursivelyParseCondExpandFeatureRequirement(Scope scope, ob
             _ => throw new ArgumentException($"Unexpected cond-expand clause feature identifier: {pairCar}")
         };
     }
+
+    public static object? Load(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[] args)
+    {
+        if (args.Length is 0 or > 2)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("load requires one or two arguments");
+        }
+
+        // per spec, by default it's the same as (interaction-environment)
+        var destScope = runtime.UserScope;
+        
+        if (args.Length == 2)
+        {
+            if (runtime.Evaluate(scope, args[1]) is not Scope argScope)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("load's second argument must be a scope");
+            }
+            
+            destScope = argScope;
+        }
+        
+        // HACK.PI: since we don't yet support compilation, load is basically the same thing as include,
+        // but it may be different in the future. The only difference is the support for the optional
+        // environment argument.
+        return IncludeFileInternal(runtime, destScope, args[0]);
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/Colibri.Core/Macros/EnvironmentMacros.cs b/Colibri.Core/Macros/EnvironmentMacros.cs
index bdfd83e..bea28db 100644
--- a/Colibri.Core/Macros/EnvironmentMacros.cs
+++ b/Colibri.Core/Macros/EnvironmentMacros.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ public static object InteractionEnvironment(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope,
         => runtime.UserScope;
 
     public static object Environment(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[] args)
+    {
+        var newScope = CreateNewEnvironment(runtime, scope, args);
+
+        newScope.Freeze();
+
+        return newScope;
+    }
+
+    private static Scope CreateNewEnvironment(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[] args)
     {
         var newScope = new Scope(scope.MaxStackDepth);
 
@@ -17,12 +26,16 @@ public static object Environment(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[]
             }
 
             var importSet = ImportSet.RecursivelyResolveImportSet(scope, argPair);
-            
+
             runtime.ImportLibrary(newScope, importSet);
         }
-        
-        newScope.Freeze();
 
         return newScope;
     }
+
+    public static object CurrentEnvironment(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[] args)
+        => scope;
+
+    public static object MutableEnvironment(ColibriRuntime runtime, Scope scope, object?[] args) 
+        => CreateNewEnvironment(runtime, scope, args);
 }
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diff --git a/Colibri.Core/StandardLibraries.cs b/Colibri.Core/StandardLibraries.cs
index 7170e2d..7b3d5d1 100644
--- a/Colibri.Core/StandardLibraries.cs
+++ b/Colibri.Core/StandardLibraries.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static StandardLibraries()
             (new LibraryName("scheme", "file"), File),
             (new LibraryName("scheme", "inexact"), Inexact),
             (new LibraryName("scheme", "lazy"), Lazy),
-            // TODO: (scheme load) library
+            (new LibraryName("scheme", "load"), Load),
             (new LibraryName("scheme", "process-context"), ProcessContext),
             (new LibraryName("scheme", "read"), Read),
             (new LibraryName("scheme", "repl"), Repl),
@@ -423,7 +423,10 @@ static StandardLibraries()
         ["promise?"] = TypeExpressions.IsPromise,
     });
     
-    // TODO: (scheme load) library
+    public static readonly Library Load = new(new Dictionary<string, object?>
+    {
+        ["load"] = (MacroExpression)CoreMacros.Load,
+    });
 
     public static readonly Library ProcessContext = new(new Dictionary<string, object?>
     {
@@ -463,7 +466,9 @@ static StandardLibraries()
 
     public static readonly Library ColibriBase = new(new Dictionary<string, object?>
     {
-        // in colibri-base.lisp
+        // in colibri-base.lisp: contains
+        ["current-environment"] = (MacroExpression)EnvironmentMacros.CurrentEnvironment,
+        ["mutable-environment"] = (MacroExpression)EnvironmentMacros.MutableEnvironment,
     }, additionalExports: new List<string>
     {
         "contains"
diff --git a/Colibri.Tests/LoadTests.cs b/Colibri.Tests/LoadTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..267ada4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Colibri.Tests/LoadTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using Colibri.Core;
+
+namespace Colibri.Tests;
+
+public class LoadTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void LoadDefaultEnvironmentTest()
+    {
+        const string program = @"
+(with-output-to-file ""test.txt""
+    (lambda ()
+        (display ""(define xyz 42)"")
+        (newline)))
+
+(load ""test.txt"")
+(define result xyz)
+(delete-file ""test.txt"")
+result
+";
+
+        var runtime = new ColibriRuntime();
+
+        var result = runtime.EvaluateProgram(program);
+
+        Assert.Equal(42, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void LoadSpecifiedEnvironment()
+    {
+        // HACK.PI: uses (colibri base) method (mutable-environment)
+        const string program = @"
+(with-output-to-file ""test.txt""
+    (lambda ()
+        (display ""(define xyz 42)"")
+        (newline)))
+
+(define e (mutable-environment '(scheme base)))
+(load ""test.txt"" e)
+(define result (eval 'xyz e))
+(delete-file ""test.txt"")
+result
+";
+
+        var runtime = new ColibriRuntime();
+
+        var result = runtime.EvaluateProgram(program);
+
+        Assert.Equal(42, result);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Colibri/PromptConfig/PromptCompletions.cs b/Colibri/PromptConfig/PromptCompletions.cs
index 0579256..092a33c 100644
--- a/Colibri/PromptConfig/PromptCompletions.cs
+++ b/Colibri/PromptConfig/PromptCompletions.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ public static IReadOnlyList<CompletionItem> GetCompletionItems(
         // HACK.PI: this code is _highly_ inefficient
         var keys = runtime.UserScope.FlattenAllKeys();
         var lexer = new ColibriLexer(new AntlrInputStream(text));
+        
+        lexer.RemoveErrorListeners();
 
         var tokens = lexer.GetAllTokens();