diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index cc02f222..d7d32bc2 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 "0.1.2"}
+        org.babashka/babashka.impl.reify {:mvn/version "0.1.3"}
         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 9f70d430..82e1e98a 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 "0.1.2"]
+                 [org.babashka/babashka.impl.reify "0.1.3"]
                  [org.clojure/core.async "1.5.648"]
                  [org.clojure/test.check "1.1.1"]
                  [com.github.clj-easy/graal-build-time "0.1.0"]
diff --git a/reify/bb.edn b/reify/bb.edn
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..adce8f9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reify/bb.edn
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{:tasks {install (clojure "-T:build install")
+         deploy (clojure "-T:build deploy")}}
diff --git a/reify/build.clj b/reify/build.clj
index 87d76733..c0493917 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 "0.1.2")
+(def version "0.1.3")
 (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.clj b/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2.clj
index 3186ceaf..dff57479 100644
--- a/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2.clj
+++ b/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2.clj
@@ -61,19 +61,6 @@
       java.lang.Object
       (toString [this] (toString-fn this)))))
 
-(defn reify-runnable [m]
-  (let [methods (:methods m)
-        run-fn (or (get methods 'run)
-                   (fn [_]))]
-    (reify
-      sci.impl.types.IReified
-      (getMethods [_] (:methods m))
-      (getInterfaces [_] (:interfaces m))
-      (getProtocols [_] (:protocols m))
-      java.lang.Runnable
-      (run [this] (run-fn this))))
-  )
-
 (defmacro gen-reify-fn []
   `(fn [~'m]
      (when (> (count (:interfaces ~'m)) 1)
@@ -91,9 +78,7 @@
                     ["clojure.lang.IFn"
                      `(reify-ifn ~'m)
                      "java.lang.Object"
-                     `(reify-object ~'m)
-                     "java.lang.Runnable"
-                     `(reify-runnable ~'m)]
+                     `(reify-object ~'m)]
                     (for [i interfaces]
                       (let [in (.getName ^Class i)]
                         [in
diff --git a/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2/interfaces.clj b/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2/interfaces.clj
index 416578a4..a94feec3 100644
--- a/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2/interfaces.clj
+++ b/reify/src/babashka/impl/reify2/interfaces.clj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
                  clojure.lang.Reversible
                  clojure.lang.Seqable
                  java.lang.Iterable
+                 java.lang.Runnable
                  java.net.http.WebSocket$Listener
                  java.util.Iterator
                  java.util.function.Consumer
diff --git a/test/babashka/reify_test.clj b/test/babashka/reify_test.clj
index 82c4a08a..a9911dd7 100644
--- a/test/babashka/reify_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/reify_test.clj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   (:require
    [babashka.test-utils :as test-utils]
    [clojure.edn :as edn]
+   [clojure.string :as str]
    [clojure.test :as test :refer [deftest is testing]]))
 
 (defn bb [input & args]
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
 
 (deftest reify-object
   (testing "empty methods"
-    (is (clojure.string/starts-with?
+    (is (str/starts-with?
          (bb nil "
 (str (reify Object))")
          "babashka.impl.reify")))
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@
   (let [t (atom (Object.))
         wr (java.lang.ref.WeakReference. @t)]
     (reset! t nil)
-    (while (.get wr)
+    (while (or (.get wr)
+               (not @deleted?))
       (System/gc)
       (System/runFinalization))))
 (make-cleanable-ref)