diff --git a/stdlib/internal/builtin.codon b/stdlib/internal/builtin.codon
index 8b96368f..d4f2a22f 100644
--- a/stdlib/internal/builtin.codon
+++ b/stdlib/internal/builtin.codon
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ from internal.gc import alloc_atomic, free
 from internal.types.optional import unwrap
 
 
-@tuple
 class object:
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return "<object>"
+        return f"<{self.__class__.__name__} object at {self.__raw__()}>"
 
 
 def id(x) -> int: