diff --git a/js-assembler/runtime-src/baselib-structs.js b/js-assembler/runtime-src/baselib-structs.js
index 427e575..cec10f5 100644
--- a/js-assembler/runtime-src/baselib-structs.js
+++ b/js-assembler/runtime-src/baselib-structs.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         RawConstructor.prototype = baselib.heir(parentType.type.prototype);
 
         var theNameSymbol = 
-            baselib.symbols.Symbol.makeInstance(theName);
+            baselib.symbols.makeSymbol(theName);
 
         // Set type, necessary for equality checking
         RawConstructor.prototype.type = RawConstructor;
diff --git a/js-assembler/runtime-src/baselib-symbols.js b/js-assembler/runtime-src/baselib-symbols.js
index 41d6841..b7f7a42 100644
--- a/js-assembler/runtime-src/baselib-symbols.js
+++ b/js-assembler/runtime-src/baselib-symbols.js
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
     var symbolCache = {};
     
-    // makeInstance: string -> Symbol.
-    Symbol.makeInstance = function (val) {
+    // makeSymbol: string -> Symbol.
+    // Interns a symbol.
+    var makeSymbol = function (val) {
         // To ensure that we can eq? symbols with equal values.
         if (!(symbolCache.hasOwnProperty(val))) {
             symbolCache[val] = new Symbol(val);
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@
 
     var isSymbol = function (x) { return x instanceof Symbol; };
 
-    var makeSymbol = function (s) { return Symbol.makeInstance(s); };