diff --git a/preserves.nimble b/preserves.nimble
index 67ace70..a7ef88f 100644
--- a/preserves.nimble
+++ b/preserves.nimble
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # auto-update-version
 
-version = "20240522"
+version = "20240523"
 author        = "Emery Hemingway"
 description   = "data model and serialization format"
 license       = "Unlicense"
diff --git a/src/preserves/sugar.nim b/src/preserves/sugar.nim
index 76ed497..0f87bca 100644
--- a/src/preserves/sugar.nim
+++ b/src/preserves/sugar.nim
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 
 import ../preserves, ./private/macros
 
-proc `%`*(n: SomeInteger): Value {.inline.} = n.toPreserves
+proc `%`*(v: bool|SomeFloat|SomeInteger|string|seq[byte]|Symbol): Value {.inline.} = v.toPreserves
+  # Preserve an atomic Nim value.