diff --git a/evennia/commands/default/building.py b/evennia/commands/default/building.py
index 2f94190ea..f56034a3e 100644
--- a/evennia/commands/default/building.py
+++ b/evennia/commands/default/building.py
@@ -1331,10 +1331,11 @@ def _convert_from_string(cmd, strobj):
             return _LITERAL_EVAL(strobj)
         except (SyntaxError, ValueError):
             # treat as string
-            string = "{RNote: Value was converted to string. If you don't want this, "
-            string += "use proper Python syntax, like enclosing strings in quotes.{n"
+            strobj = utils.to_str(strobj)
+            string = "{RNote: name \"{r%s{R\" was converted to a string. " \
+                     "Make sure this is acceptable." % strobj
             cmd.caller.msg(string)
-            return utils.to_str(strobj)
+            return strobj
     else:
         # fall back to old recursive solution (does not support
         # nested lists/dicts)
diff --git a/evennia/game_template/server/conf/settings.py b/evennia/game_template/server/conf/settings.py
index 0bd11207d..25fa0c0cf 100644
--- a/evennia/game_template/server/conf/settings.py
+++ b/evennia/game_template/server/conf/settings.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ SERVER_LOG_FILE = os.path.join(LOG_DIR, 'server.log')
 PORTAL_LOG_FILE = os.path.join(LOG_DIR, 'portal.log')
 HTTP_LOG_FILE = os.path.join(LOG_DIR, 'http_requests.log')
 
+# Other defaults
+PROTOTYPE_MODULES = ("world.prototypes",)
+
 ######################################################################
 # Evennia Database config
 ######################################################################