Modules uploaded as functions on Esp8266

For me, its always the same Gordon. It doesn't matter which board I try (ESP-01, WeMos D1 Mini (ESP-12F), today the ESP Witty (ESP-12F), it always produces the the same error:

"Uncaught InternalError: Not connected to the internet"

So I'm on a Chromebook and using the Web IDE. And just now I plugged in an ESP Witty (basically just a 12F module), and uploaded the following code:

console.log("hello");

What I got back was:

 _____                 _
|   __|___ ___ ___ _ _|_|___ ___
|   __|_ -| . |  _| | | |   | . |
|_____|___|  _|_| |___|_|_|_|___|
          |_| http://espruino.com
 1v92.902 Copyright 2016 G.Williams
Espruino is Open Source. Our work is supported
only by sales of official boards and donations:
http://espruino.com/Donate
Flash map 4MB:512/512, manuf 0xe0 chip 0x4016
>Erasing Flash..................
Writing...
Compressed 25600 bytes to 31
Loading 31 bytes from flash...
Uncaught InternalError: Not connected to the internet
Uncaught InternalError: Not connected to the internet
Uncaught InternalError: Not connected to the internet

etc etc. I have no idea if anyone else experiences it. I thought to go through the Espruino source, but I'm a bit wrapped up with projects right now, and don't have time to learn how to debug at that level, yet.