diff --git a/src/wrappers.jl b/src/wrappers.jl
index 4c15c8d..6a7b6b0 100644
--- a/src/wrappers.jl
+++ b/src/wrappers.jl
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ for (geomtype, trait, childtype, child_trait, length_check, nesting) in (
         # But not if geom is already a WrapperGeometry
         convert(::Type{$geomtype}, ::$trait, geom::$geomtype) = geom
         
-        function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", geom::$geomtype{Z, M, T, E, C}; show_mz::Bool = true, screen_ncols::Int = displaysize(io)[2]) where {Z, M, T, E <: Union{Nothing,Extents.Extent}, C}
+        function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", geom::$geomtype{Z, M, T, E, C}; 
+            show_mz::Bool = true, screen_ncols::Int = displaysize(io)[2]
+        ) where {Z, M, T, E <: Union{Nothing,Extents.Extent}, C}
             compact = get(io, :compact, false)
             spacing = compact ? "" : " "
             show_mz &= !compact
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ for (geomtype, trait, childtype, child_trait, length_check, nesting) in (
                 end
             end
 
-            str = "$($geomtype)"
+            str = string($geomtype)
             if show_mz
                 str *= "{$Z,$(spacing)$M}"
             end
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ for (geomtype, trait, childtype, child_trait, length_check, nesting) in (
                 
                 str *= "]"
             else
-                str *= _nice_geom_str(g, false, compact, screen_ncols - currently_used_space)
+                str *= _nice_geom_str(parent(geom), false, compact, screen_ncols - currently_used_space)
             end
 
             str *= extent_str
@@ -449,7 +451,7 @@ function Base.:(==)(g1::Point, g2::Point)
 end
 Base.:(!=)(g1::Point, g2::Point) = !(g1 == g2)
 
-function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", point::Point{Z, M, T, C}; show_mz::Bool = true) where {Z,M,T,C}
+function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", point::Point{Z, M, T, C}; show_mz::Bool = true, screen_ncols::Int = displaysize(io)[2]) where {Z,M,T,C}
     print(io, "Point")
     this_crs = crs(point)
 
@@ -652,9 +654,9 @@ _child_feature_error() = throw(ArgumentError("child objects must be features"))
 isfeaturecollection(fc::Type{<:FeatureCollection}) = true
 trait(fc::FeatureCollection) = FeatureCollectionTrait()
 
-nfeature(::FeatureCollectionTrait, fc::FeatureCollection) =
+nfeature(t::FeatureCollectionTrait, fc::FeatureCollection) =
     _parent_is_fc(fc) ? nfeature(t, parent(fc)) : length(parent(fc))
-getfeature(::FeatureCollectionTrait, fc::FeatureCollection) =
+getfeature(t::FeatureCollectionTrait, fc::FeatureCollection) =
     _parent_is_fc(fc) ? getfeature(t, parent(fc)) : parent(fc)
 getfeature(t::FeatureCollectionTrait, fc::FeatureCollection, i::Integer) =
     _parent_is_fc(fc) ? getfeature(t, parent(fc), i) : parent(fc)[i]
@@ -665,4 +667,4 @@ crs(fc::FeatureCollection) =
 
 _parent_is_fc(x) = isfeaturecollection(parent(x))
 
-end # module
\ No newline at end of file
+end # module
diff --git a/test/test_wrappers.jl b/test/test_wrappers.jl
index f8e25e4..26a783f 100644
--- a/test/test_wrappers.jl
+++ b/test/test_wrappers.jl
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ using Test, GeoFormatTypes, Extents
 import GeoInterface as GI
 using GeoInterface.Wrappers
 
-# use this to test our string representations for geoms
-buf = IOBuffer()
-compact_buf = IOContext(buf, :compact => true)
-
 # checks that our string display for geoms in regular/compact form is as expected
 function test_display(geom, expected_str, expected_compact_str)
     # checks non-compact string repr
-    show(buf, MIME"text/plain"(), geom)
-    @test expected_str == String(take!(buf))
+    generated_str = sprint() do io
+        show(io, MIME"text/plain"(), geom)  
+    end
+    @test expected_str == generated_str
     # checks compact string repr
-    show(compact_buf, MIME"text/plain"(), geom)
-    @test expected_compact_str == String(take!(buf))
+    generated_compact_str = sprint() do io
+        show(IOContext(io, :compact => true), MIME"text/plain"(), geom)
+    end
+    @test expected_compact_str == generated_compact_str
 end
 
 # Point
@@ -365,6 +365,34 @@ test_display(fc, "FeatureCollection([Feature(MultiPolygon{false, false}([Polygon
 vecfc = GI.FeatureCollection([(geometry=(1,2), a=1, b=2)])
 @test GI.getfeature(vecfc, 1) == (geometry=(1,2), a=1, b=2)
 
+
+
+struct MaPointRappa
+    x::Float64
+    y::Float64
+end
+
+@testset "Wrapped geometry printing" begin
+
+    GI.geomtrait(::MaPointRappa) = GI.PointTrait()
+    GI.ncoord(::GI.PointTrait, ::MaPointRappa) = 2
+    GI.x(::GI.PointTrait, p::MaPointRappa) = p.x
+    GI.y(::GI.PointTrait, p::MaPointRappa) = p.y
+    
+
+    test_display(GI.Point(MaPointRappa(1.0, 2.0)), "Point{false, false}((1.0, 2.0))", "Point((1.0,2.0))")
+
+    GI.geomtrait(::Vector{MaPointRappa}) = GI.LineStringTrait()
+    GI.npoint(::GI.LineStringTrait, v::Vector{MaPointRappa}) = length(v)
+    GI.getpoint(::GI.LineStringTrait, v::Vector{MaPointRappa}, i::Integer) = v[i]
+
+    test_display(
+        GI.LineString([MaPointRappa(1.0, 2.0), MaPointRappa(3.0, 4.0)]), 
+        "LineString{false, false}([MaPointRappa(1.0, 2.0), MaPointRappa(3.0, 4.0)])", 
+        "LineString([MaPointRappa(1.0, 2.0),MaPointRappa(3.0, 4.0)])" # FIXME: this should not show the point type!
+    )
+end
+
 # TODO
 
 # # Triangle