diff --git a/deps.clj b/deps.clj
index e25d6f64..d85b9aac 160000
--- a/deps.clj
+++ b/deps.clj
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e25d6f6498cfed9474ec44d568f7131d2aa0cc63
+Subproject commit d85b9aac2fe750ec75fd611842ddf055b64bb933
diff --git a/test/babashka/deps_test.clj b/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
index a461fb7b..e7c9719e 100644
--- a/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ true
 "))))
   (is (true? (bb "
 (= 5 (:exit @(babashka.deps/clojure [] {:in \"(System/exit 5)\" :out :string})))")))
-  #_(testing "start from other directory"
+  (testing "start from other directory"
     (is (= {1 {:id 1}, 2 {:id 2}}
            (edn/read-string (bb "
 (:out @(babashka.deps/clojure [\"-M\" \"-e\" \"(require 'medley.core) (medley.core/index-by :id [{:id 1} {:id 2}])\"] {:out :string :dir \"test-resources/clojure-dir-test\"}))"))))))
diff --git a/test/babashka/test_utils.clj b/test/babashka/test_utils.clj
index 9fac05a3..8f9a75b2 100644
--- a/test/babashka/test_utils.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/test_utils.clj
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@
   (println))
 
 (defmethod clojure.test/report :end-test-var [_m]
-  (let [{:keys [:fail :error]} @*report-counters*]
-    (when (and (= "true" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FAIL_FAST"))
-               (or (pos? fail) (pos? error)))
-      (println "=== Failing fast")
-      (System/exit 1))))
+  (when-let [rc *report-counters*]
+    (let [{:keys [:fail :error]} @rc]
+      (when (and (= "true" (System/getenv "BABASHKA_FAIL_FAST"))
+                 (or (pos? fail) (pos? error)))
+        (println "=== Failing fast")
+        (System/exit 1)))))
 
 (defn bb-jvm [input-or-opts & args]
   (reset! cp/cp-state nil)