diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index e3884457..5b6f77bb 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
          "reify/src"],
  :deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.1"},
         org.babashka/sci {:local/root "sci"}
-        org.babashka/babashka.impl.reify {:mvn/version "0.1.4-tab-compat"}
+        org.babashka/babashka.impl.reify {:mvn/version "0.1.5"}
         org.babashka/sci.impl.types {:mvn/version "0.0.2"}
         babashka/babashka.curl {:local/root "babashka.curl"}
         babashka/fs {:local/root "fs"}
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 3239237d..9f0053fc 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
                  [nrepl/bencode "1.1.0"]
                  [borkdude/sci.impl.reflector "0.0.1"]
                  [org.babashka/sci.impl.types "0.0.2"]
-                 [org.babashka/babashka.impl.reify "0.1.4-tab-compat"]
+                 [org.babashka/babashka.impl.reify "0.1.5"]
                  [org.clojure/core.async "1.6.673"]
                  [org.clojure/test.check "1.1.1"]
                  [com.github.clj-easy/graal-build-time "0.1.0"]
diff --git a/reify/build.clj b/reify/build.clj
index aab1cff4..0b951173 100644
--- a/reify/build.clj
+++ b/reify/build.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
             [clojure.tools.build.api :as b]))
 
 (def lib 'org.babashka/babashka.impl.reify)
-(def version "0.1.4-tab-compat")
+(def version "0.1.5")
 (def class-dir "target/classes")
 (def basis (b/create-basis {:project "deps.edn"}))
 (def jar-file (format "target/%s-%s.jar" (name lib) version))
diff --git a/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2/interfaces.clj b/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2/interfaces.clj
index 64c874ac..da99f041 100644
--- a/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2/interfaces.clj
+++ b/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2/interfaces.clj
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@
                  clojure.lang.LispReader$Resolver
                  sun.misc.SignalHandler
                  java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory
-                 java.lang.Thread$UncaughtExceptionHandler])
+                 java.lang.Thread$UncaughtExceptionHandler
+                 java.util.concurrent.Callable])
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index 3bdfc750..89ba5660 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -394,10 +394,12 @@
           java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
           java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
           java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
+          java.util.concurrent.Callable
           java.util.concurrent.CancellationException
           java.util.concurrent.CompletionException
           java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException
           java.util.concurrent.Executor
+          java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService
           java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue
           java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue
           java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue
@@ -666,6 +668,7 @@
     BigInteger java.math.BigInteger
     Boolean java.lang.Boolean
     Byte java.lang.Byte
+    Callable java.util.concurrent.Callable
     Character java.lang.Character
     CharSequence java.lang.CharSequence
     Class java.lang.Class
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/repl.clj b/src/babashka/impl/repl.clj
index 9af4995b..86fd58e6 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/repl.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/repl.clj
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 (ns babashka.impl.repl
   {:no-doc true}
   (:require
-   [babashka.impl.clojure.main :as m]
    [babashka.impl.clojure.core :as core-extras]
+   [babashka.impl.clojure.main :as m]
    [clojure.java.io :as io]
    [clojure.string :as str]
    [clojure.tools.reader.reader-types :as r]
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index ee71da69..b8a94a06 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
 
 (def sci-ns (sci/create-ns 'sci.core))
 
+(def main-var (sci/new-var 'main nil {:ns clojure-main-ns}))
+
 (def namespaces
   (cond->
       {'user {'*input* (reify
@@ -378,7 +380,9 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
                                          (fn [& opts]
                                            (let [opts (apply hash-map opts)]
                                              (repl/start-repl! (common/ctx) opts))) {:ns clojure-main-ns})
-                      'with-bindings (sci/copy-var clojure-main/with-bindings clojure-main-ns)}
+                      'with-bindings (sci/copy-var clojure-main/with-bindings clojure-main-ns)
+                      'repl-caught (sci/copy-var repl/repl-caught clojure-main-ns)
+                      'main main-var}
        'clojure.test t/clojure-test-namespace
        'clojure.math math-namespace
        'babashka.classpath classpath-namespace
@@ -1056,7 +1060,7 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
                  (and (= minor-current minor-min)
                       (>= patch-current patch-min)))))))
 
-(defn load-bb-edn [string]
+(defn read-bb-edn [string]
   (try (edn/read-string {:default tagged-literal} string)
        (catch java.lang.RuntimeException e
          (if (re-find #"No dispatch macro for: \"" (.getMessage e))
@@ -1079,9 +1083,9 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
         bb-edn (when (or bb-edn-file merge-deps)
                  (when bb-edn-file (System/setProperty "babashka.config" bb-edn-file))
                  (let [raw-string (when bb-edn-file (slurp bb-edn-file))
-                       edn (when bb-edn-file (load-bb-edn raw-string))
+                       edn (when bb-edn-file (read-bb-edn raw-string))
                        edn (if merge-deps
-                             (deps/merge-deps [edn (load-bb-edn merge-deps)])
+                             (deps/merge-deps [edn (read-bb-edn merge-deps)])
                              edn)
                        edn (assoc edn
                                   :raw raw-string
@@ -1137,6 +1141,7 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
     (let [exit-code (run args)]
       (System/exit exit-code))))
 
+(sci/alter-var-root main-var (constantly -main))
 ;;;; Scratch
 
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