diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_dsp.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_dsp.py
index acc70b7476..d27c50f808 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_dsp.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_dsp.py
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ dsp_pm_late = PatternMatcher([
    lambda d: d.replace(src=(UOp(Ops.CUSTOMI, d.dtype, arg="__builtin_HEXAGON_V6_vd0_128B()"),)+d.src[1:])),
 ])
 
+# NOTE: this just increases readability of the generated code
+dsp_string = PatternMatcher([
+  (UPat(Ops.CONST, (dtypes.int8, dtypes.uint8), name="x"), lambda ctx,x: str(x.arg)),
+])
+
 class DSPRenderer(ClangRenderer):
   device = "DSP"
   supports_float4 = True
@@ -34,6 +39,7 @@ class DSPRenderer(ClangRenderer):
   kernel_prefix = "__attribute__((noinline)) "
   pre_matcher = dsp_pm
   extra_matcher = dsp_pm_late+ClangRenderer.extra_matcher
+  string_rewrite = dsp_string+ClangRenderer.string_rewrite
   type_map = { **ClangRenderer.type_map, dtypes.uint64: "unsigned long long", dtypes.int64: "long long" }
   code_for_op = {**ClangRenderer.code_for_op, Ops.SIN: lambda x,dtype: f"__builtin_sin({x})",
                  Ops.LOG2: lambda x,dtype: f"__builtin_log2l({x})" if dtype == dtypes.float64 else f"__builtin_log2f({x})",