diff --git a/forge/rep/json.go b/forge/rep/json.go
index 20e6285..0a5ce15 100644
--- a/forge/rep/json.go
+++ b/forge/rep/json.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func prepare(raw interface{}) coderep {
 	case map[string]interface{}:
 		return makeModule(ri)
 	default:
-		return makeRecord(&ri)
+		return makeRecord(ri)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/forge/rep/rep.go b/forge/rep/rep.go
index 0160091..58c4af6 100644
--- a/forge/rep/rep.go
+++ b/forge/rep/rep.go
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ func (ci code) Compile(f forge.FE) forge.FPtr {
 			c.Append(i.Compile(f))
 		case map[string]interface{}:
 			c.Append(makeModule(i).Compile(f))
+		case record:
+			c.Append(i.Compile(f))
+		default:
+			c.Append(makeRecord(i).Compile(f))
 		}
 	}
 	return c.Reset()
@@ -91,14 +95,20 @@ func makeModule(ri map[string]interface{}) module {
 
 // record - some data structure, typically represented as struct
 
-type Record struct {
-	Data interface{}
+type Record = record
+
+type record struct {
+	data interface{}
 }
 
-func (r *Record) Compile(f forge.FE) forge.FPtr {
+func (r *record) Compile(f forge.FE) forge.FPtr {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func makeRecord(ri interface{}) *Record {
-	return &Record{ri}
+func (r *record) Data() interface{} {
+	return r.data
+}
+
+func makeRecord(ri interface{}) *record {
+	return &record{ri}
 }
diff --git a/tests/forge_test.go b/tests/forge_test.go
index b210b39..924ef22 100644
--- a/tests/forge_test.go
+++ b/tests/forge_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ type Person struct {
 	LastName  string `json:"lastname"`
 }
 
-func (p Person) Compile(f forge.FE) forge.FPtr {
-	return f.Code(p)
-}
-
 func TestForge(tb *tbase.T) {
 	t := testing.SetUp(tb)
 	t.Run("exec", ExecTest)
@@ -67,7 +63,6 @@ func JsonTest(t *testing.T) {
 	t.AssertEqual(fe.Pop(), 6)
 	j = `{"firstname": "John", "lastname": "Dow"}`
 	prep := rep.ParseJsonTo[Person](j)
-	data := prep.(*rep.Record).Data.(*interface{})
-	person := (*data).(Person)
+	person := prep.(*rep.Record).Data().(Person)
 	t.AssertEqual(person.FirstName, "John")
 }