diff --git a/cell.toml b/cell.toml
index 9cf8d5a7..fd89a789 100644
--- a/cell.toml
+++ b/cell.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ cell-steam = "/Users/johnalanbrook/work/cell-steam"
 cell-sdl3 = "/Users/johnalanbrook/work/cell-sdl3"
 [compilation]
 [compilation.playdate]
-CFLAGS = "-DMINIZ_NO_TIME -DTARGET_EXTENSION -DTARGET_PLAYDATE -I$LOCAL/PlaydateSDK/C_API"
\ No newline at end of file
+CFLAGS = "-DMINIZ_NO_TIME -DTARGET_EXTENSION -DTARGET_PLAYDATE -I$LOCAL/PlaydateSDK/C_API"
diff --git a/docs/functions.md b/docs/functions.md
index 4d4bcf55..f7e92830 100644
--- a/docs/functions.md
+++ b/docs/functions.md
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ is_integer(42)       // true
 is_logical(true)     // true
 is_null(null)        // true
 is_number(3.14)      // true
-is_object({})        // true
+is_object({})        // true (records only)
 is_text("hello")     // true
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/language.md b/docs/language.md
index 66755117..c51d0c03 100644
--- a/docs/language.md
+++ b/docs/language.md
@@ -512,12 +512,13 @@ var a = nil?(null) ? "yes" : "no"   // "yes"
 is_number(42)           // true
 is_text("hi")           // true
 is_logical(true)        // true
-is_object({})           // true
+is_object({})           // true (records only)
 is_array([])            // true
 is_function(function(){})  // true
 is_null(null)           // true
-is_object([])           // false (array is not object)
-is_array({})            // false (object is not array)
+is_object([])           // false (arrays are not records)
+is_object("hello")      // false (text is not a record)
+is_array({})            // false (records are not arrays)
 ```
 
 ### Truthiness
diff --git a/package.cm b/package.cm
index 5e74f7ce..a4c7e0fa 100644
--- a/package.cm
+++ b/package.cm
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 var package = {}
 var fd = use('fd')
 var toml = use('toml')
-var json = use('json')
 var runtime = use('runtime')
 var link = use('link')
 
 var global_shop_path = runtime.shop_path
 
-// Cache for loaded configs to avoid toml re-parsing corruption
-var config_cache = {}
-
 // Convert package name to a safe directory name
 // For absolute paths (local packages), replace / with _ 
 // For remote packages, keep slashes as they use nested directories
@@ -48,10 +44,6 @@ package.load_config = function(name)
 {
   var config_path = get_path(name) + '/cell.toml'
 
-  // Return cached config if available
-  if (config_cache[config_path])
-    return config_cache[config_path]
-
   if (!fd.is_file(config_path)) {
     print(`${config_path} does not exist`); disrupt
   }
@@ -65,10 +57,6 @@ package.load_config = function(name)
     return {}
   }
 
-  // Deep copy to avoid toml module's shared state bug and cache it
-  result = json.decode(json.encode(result))
-  config_cache[config_path] = result
-
   return result
 }
 
diff --git a/source/runtime.c b/source/runtime.c
index bf0f5f40..7769efe7 100644
--- a/source/runtime.c
+++ b/source/runtime.c
@@ -10872,13 +10872,10 @@ static JSValue js_cell_is_number (JSContext *ctx, JSValue this_val, int argc, JS
   return JS_NewBool (ctx, JS_IsNumber (argv[0]));
 }
 
-/* is_object(val) - true for non-array, non-null objects */
+/* is_object(val) - true for records */
 static JSValue js_cell_is_object (JSContext *ctx, JSValue this_val, int argc, JSValue *argv) {
   if (argc < 1) return JS_FALSE;
-  JSValue val = argv[0];
-  if (!mist_is_gc_object (val)) return JS_FALSE;
-  if (JS_IsArray (val)) return JS_FALSE;
-  return JS_TRUE;
+  return JS_NewBool (ctx, mist_is_record (argv[0]));
 }
 
 /* is_stone(val) - check if value is immutable */