diff --git a/lib/src/metta/runner/mod.rs b/lib/src/metta/runner/mod.rs
index 59291afcc..8c367945e 100644
--- a/lib/src/metta/runner/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/metta/runner/mod.rs
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ impl Metta {
         metta
     }
 
+    // Loads stdlib into a separate space and returns it
+    fn stdlib_space(&self) -> DynSpace {
+        self.load_module_space(PathBuf::from("stdlib")).unwrap()
+    }
+
     /// Returns a new MeTTa interpreter intended for use loading MeTTa modules during import
     fn new_loading_runner(metta: &Metta, path: &Path) -> Self {
         let space = DynSpace::new(GroundingSpace::new());
@@ -182,16 +187,31 @@ impl Metta {
 
                 // Load the module to the new space
                 let runner = Metta::new_loading_runner(self, &path);
+                let mut loading_stdlib = false;
                 let program = match path.to_str() {
-                    Some("stdlib") => METTA_CODE.to_string(),
+                    Some("stdlib") => {
+                        loading_stdlib = true;
+                        METTA_CODE.to_string()
+                    },
                     _ => std::fs::read_to_string(&path).map_err(
                         |err| format!("Could not read file, path: {}, error: {}", path.display(), err))?,
                 };
+
+                let stdlib_space = if !loading_stdlib {
+                    let stdlib_space = Atom::gnd(runner.stdlib_space());
+                    runner.space().borrow_mut().add(stdlib_space.clone());
+                    Some(stdlib_space)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                };
                 // Make the imported module be immediately available to itself
                 // to mitigate circular imports
                 self.0.modules.borrow_mut().insert(path.clone(), runner.space().clone());
                 runner.run(SExprParser::new(program.as_str()))
                     .map_err(|err| format!("Cannot import module, path: {}, error: {}", path.display(), err))?;
+                if let Some(stdlib_space) = stdlib_space {
+                    runner.space().borrow_mut().remove(&stdlib_space);
+                }
 
                 Ok(runner.space().clone())
             }
diff --git a/lib/src/metta/runner/stdlib.rs b/lib/src/metta/runner/stdlib.rs
index 0d36593b1..1d4d6d220 100644
--- a/lib/src/metta/runner/stdlib.rs
+++ b/lib/src/metta/runner/stdlib.rs
@@ -306,7 +306,9 @@ impl Grounded for GetAtomsOp {
         let arg_error = || ExecError::from("get-atoms expects one argument: space");
         let space = args.get(0).ok_or_else(arg_error)?;
         let space = Atom::as_gnd::<DynSpace>(space).ok_or("get-atoms expects a space as its argument")?;
-        space.borrow().as_space().atom_iter().map(|iter| iter.cloned().collect()).ok_or(ExecError::Runtime("Unsupported Operation. Can't traverse atoms in this space".to_string()))
+        space.borrow().as_space().atom_iter()
+            .map(|iter| iter.cloned().map(|a| make_variables_unique(a)).collect())
+            .ok_or(ExecError::Runtime("Unsupported Operation. Can't traverse atoms in this space".to_string()))
     }
 
     fn match_(&self, other: &Atom) -> MatchResultIter {
diff --git a/lib/src/metta/runner/stdlib2.rs b/lib/src/metta/runner/stdlib2.rs
index 7230423d5..d610c252b 100644
--- a/lib/src/metta/runner/stdlib2.rs
+++ b/lib/src/metta/runner/stdlib2.rs
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ pub fn register_runner_tokens(metta: &Metta) {
     tref.register_token(regex(r"bind!"), move |_| { bind_op.clone() });
     let trace_op = Atom::gnd(stdlib::TraceOp{});
     tref.register_token(regex(r"trace!"), move |_| { trace_op.clone() });
+    let println_op = Atom::gnd(stdlib::PrintlnOp{});
+    tref.register_token(regex(r"println!"), move |_| { println_op.clone() });
     // &self should be updated
     // TODO: adding &self might be done not by stdlib, but by MeTTa itself.
     // TODO: adding &self introduces self referencing and thus prevents space
diff --git a/python/tests/scripts/f1_imports.metta b/python/tests/scripts/f1_imports.metta
index be40786ac..7aa549bbe 100644
--- a/python/tests/scripts/f1_imports.metta
+++ b/python/tests/scripts/f1_imports.metta
@@ -22,12 +22,23 @@
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 !(import! &m f1_moduleA.metta)
 
+; Check whether passed expression contains atom for which condition is True
+(: contains (-> Expression (-> Atom Bool) Bool))
+(= (contains $list $condition)
+  (if (== $list ()) False
+    (let $head (car-atom $list)
+      (if ($condition $head) True
+        (let $tail (cdr-atom $list) (contains $tail $condition)) ))))
+
+; Check whether atom is space comparing its type with type of the &self atom
+(: is-space (-> Atom Bool))
+(= (is-space $atom)
+   (let* (($type (get-type $atom)) ($space (get-type &self))) (== $type $space)))
+
 ; It's first atom is a space
 !(assertEqual
-  (let* (($x (collapse (get-atoms &m)))
-         ($y (car-atom $x)))
-        (get-type $y))
-  (get-type &self))
+  (let $x (collapse (get-atoms &m)) (contains $x is-space))
+  True)
 
 ; FIXME? Now, it is moduleC space.
 ;        Should it be `stdlib` atom for a separately imported space
@@ -55,25 +66,24 @@
 !(assertEqual (g 2) 102)
 !(assertEqual (f 2) 103)
 
+; Check whether atom is &m
+(: is-m (-> Atom Bool))
+(= (is-m $atom) (== $atom &m))
+
 ; `&self` contains 3 atoms-spaces now:
 ; - stdlib
 ; - moduleC imported by moduleA and removed from A after its import to &self
 ; - moduleA itself, which is the same as &m
-!(assertEqual &m
-  (let* (($a (collapse (get-atoms &self)))
-          ($x (cdr-atom $a))
-          ($y (cdr-atom $x)))
-         (car-atom $y)))
+!(assertEqual
+  (let $a (collapse (get-atoms &self)) (contains $a is-m))
+  True)
 
 ; NOTE: now the first atom, which was a space, is removed from `&m`,
 ; because we load modules only once, and we collect atoms-spaces to
 ; prevent duplication
 !(assertEqual
-  (== (let* (($x (collapse (get-atoms &m)))
-             ($y (car-atom $x)))
-            (get-type $y))
-        (get-type &self))
-   False)
+  (let $x (collapse (get-atoms &m)) (contains $x is-space))
+  False)
 
 ; Let's check that `if` from stdlib is not duplicated and gives only one result
 !(assertEqual