diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 72f9cf29..8803b7f6 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "KnuthBendix"
 uuid = "c2604015-7b3d-4a30-8a26-9074551ec60a"
 authors = ["Marek Kaluba <kalmar@amu.edu.pl>", "Mikołaj Pabiszczak <mikolaj.pabiszczak@gmail.com>"]
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 
 [deps]
 MacroTools = "1914dd2f-81c6-5fcd-8719-6d5c9610ff09"
diff --git a/src/alphabets.jl b/src/alphabets.jl
index fa721cef..395e4ab9 100644
--- a/src/alphabets.jl
+++ b/src/alphabets.jl
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ Base.inv(A::Alphabet{T}, a::T) where {T} = A[-A[a]]
 function _print_syllable(io, symbol, pow)
     str = string(symbol)
     if length(str) > 3 && endswith(str, "^-1")
-        print(io, str[1:end-3], "^-", pow)
+        print(io, first(str, length(str)-3), "^-", pow)
     else
         if pow == 1
             print(io, str)
diff --git a/test/alphabets.jl b/test/alphabets.jl
index 2d2fbfd6..724ca419 100644
--- a/test/alphabets.jl
+++ b/test/alphabets.jl
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
         @test sprint(show, MIME"text/plain"(), A) isa String
 
         @test A[A[1]] == 1
+
+        A = Alphabet(["a₁", "a₁^-1"], [2, 1])
+        w = Word([1,2,2])
+        @test sprint(KnuthBendix.print_repr, w, A) == "a₁*a₁^-2"
     end
 
     @testset "Inverting using Alphabet" begin