diff --git a/lib/pure/strtabs.nim b/lib/pure/strtabs.nim
index 76f90938c3..676e8eb1dc 100644
--- a/lib/pure/strtabs.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/strtabs.nim
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ proc getValue(t: StringTableRef, flags: set[FormatFlag], key: string): string =
   when defined(js) or defined(nimscript):
     result = ""
   else:
-    if useEnvironment in flags: result = os.getEnv(key).string
+    if useEnvironment in flags: result = getEnv(key).string
     else: result = ""
   if result.len == 0:
     if useKey in flags: result = '$' & key
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tstrtabs.nims b/tests/stdlib/tstrtabs.nims
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8ed4ac406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tstrtabs.nims
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import strtabs
+
+static:
+  let t = {"name": "John", "city": "Monaco"}.newStringTable
+  doAssert "${name} lives in ${city}" % t == "John lives in Monaco"