diff --git a/stdlib/arr.sl b/stdlib/arr.sl
index 77b4723..4352244 100644
--- a/stdlib/arr.sl
+++ b/stdlib/arr.sl
@@ -326,3 +326,22 @@ word dyn_arr_sorted
     dyn_arr_clone
     dyn_arr_sort
 end
+
+# arr_contains [*, addr | x] -> [* | bool]
+word arr_contains
+    over @ >r >r 8 + r> r>
+    for
+        2dup swap @ == if 1 nip nip rdrop ret end
+        swap 8 + swap
+    end 0 nip nip
+end
+
+# arr_find [*, addr | x] -> [* | bool]
+word arr_find
+    over @ >r >r 8 + r> r>
+    0 >r
+    for
+        2dup swap @ == if rswap r> nip nip rdrop ret end
+        swap 8 + swap rswap r> 1 + >r rswap
+    end rdrop -1 nip nip
+end
diff --git a/stdlib/utils.sl b/stdlib/utils.sl
index 3f69f9e..1b315c9 100644
--- a/stdlib/utils.sl
+++ b/stdlib/utils.sl
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ word find
     0 >r 2 pick for
         4dup strcmp 1 == if rswap r> nip nip nip nip rdrop ret end
         >r >r >r 1 + r> r> r> rswap r> 1 + >r rswap
-    end 0 nip nip nip nip
+    end -1 nip nip nip nip
 end
 
 # find the last occurence of a string inside another string, returns the index
@@ -552,5 +552,5 @@ word rfind
     2 pick 1 - >r 2 pick for
         4dup strcmp 1 == if rswap r> nip nip nip nip rdrop ret end
         >r >r >r 1 - r> r> r> rswap r> 1 - >r rswap
-    end 0 nip nip nip nip
+    end -1 nip nip nip nip
 end