diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index 2d5c85d902..43b9952c15 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ pub:
 pub mut:
 	name               string
 	is_method          bool
+	is_field           bool // temp hack, remove ASAP when call repimpl CallExpr / Selector (joe)
 	args               []CallArg
 	expected_arg_types []table.Type
 	language           table.Language
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 73fec9cc86..c6c9c75462 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -977,7 +977,8 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) call_method(mut call_expr ast.CallExpr) table.Type {
 	if field := c.table.struct_find_field(left_type_sym, method_name) {
 		field_type_sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(field.typ)
 		if field_type_sym.kind == .function {
-			call_expr.is_method = false
+			// call_expr.is_method = false
+			call_expr.is_field = true
 			info := field_type_sym.info as table.FnType
 			call_expr.return_type = info.func.return_type
 			// TODO: check args (do it once for all of the above)
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/fn.v b/vlib/v/gen/fn.v
index 415ac23519..c3abc77f11 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/fn.v
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) call_expr(node ast.CallExpr) {
 		styp := g.typ(node.return_type.set_flag(.optional))
 		g.write('$styp $tmp_opt = ')
 	}
-	if node.is_method {
+	if node.is_method && !node.is_field {
 		if node.name == 'writeln' && g.pref.show_cc &&
 			node.args.len > 0 && node.args[0].expr is ast.StringInterLiteral &&
 			g.table.get_type_symbol(node.receiver_type).name == 'strings.Builder' {