diff --git a/sci b/sci
index 225dfe23..ade0d29a 160000
--- a/sci
+++ b/sci
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 225dfe2314f2789b3050be2a70f10c123c13d277
+Subproject commit ade0d29a4d3d97d9d6c958434368d5fa4359debf
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/main.clj b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/main.clj
index e48aeb07..b7c9010a 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/main.clj
@@ -106,10 +106,7 @@
         read-eval-print
         (fn []
           (try
-            (let [input (try
-                          (read request-prompt request-exit)
-                          (catch LispReader$ReaderException e
-                            (throw (ex-info nil {:clojure.error/phase :read-source} e))))]
+            (let [input (read request-prompt request-exit)]
               (or (#{request-prompt request-exit} input)
                   (let [value (eval input)]
                     (set! *3 *2)
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/socket_repl.clj b/src/babashka/impl/socket_repl.clj
index d767ea59..e374e7fd 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/socket_repl.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/socket_repl.clj
@@ -1,43 +1,46 @@
 (ns babashka.impl.socket-repl
   {:no-doc true}
-  (:require [babashka.impl.clojure.core.server :as server]
-            [babashka.impl.clojure.main :as m]
-            [sci.core :refer [eval-string]]
-            [sci.impl.parser :as parser]
-            [sci.impl.toolsreader.v1v3v2.clojure.tools.reader.reader-types :as r]
-            [clojure.string :as str]
-            [clojure.java.io :as io]))
+  (:require
+   [babashka.impl.clojure.core.server :as server]
+   [babashka.impl.clojure.main :as m]
+   [clojure.java.io :as io]
+   [clojure.string :as str]
+   [sci.core :refer [eval-string]]
+   [sci.impl.parser :as parser]
+   [sci.impl.toolsreader.v1v3v2.clojure.tools.reader.reader-types :as r]))
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
 (defn repl
   "REPL with predefined hooks for attachable socket server."
   [sci-opts]
-  (m/repl
-   :init #(do (println "Babashka"
-                       (str "v" (str/trim (slurp (io/resource "BABASHKA_VERSION"))))
-                       "REPL.")
-              (println "Use :repl/quit or :repl/exit to quit the REPL.")
-              (println "Clojure rocks, Bash reaches.")
-              (println))
-   :read (fn [request-prompt request-exit]
-           (let [in (r/indexing-push-back-reader (r/push-back-reader *in*))
-                 p (r/peek-char in)]
-             (if (= \newline p)
-               (do (r/read-char in) request-prompt)
+  (let [in (r/indexing-push-back-reader (r/push-back-reader *in*))]
+    (m/repl
+     :init #(do (println "Babashka"
+                         (str "v" (str/trim (slurp (io/resource "BABASHKA_VERSION"))))
+                         "REPL.")
+                (println "Use :repl/quit or :repl/exit to quit the REPL.")
+                (println "Clojure rocks, Bash reaches.")
+                (println))
+     :read (fn [_request-prompt request-exit]
+             (if (r/peek-char in) ;; if this is nil, we reached EOF
                (let [v (parser/parse-next {} in)]
                  (if (or (identical? :repl/quit v)
-                         (identical? :repl/exit v))
+                         (identical? :repl/exit v)
+                         (identical? :sci.impl.parser/eof v))
                    request-exit
-                   v)))))
-   :eval (fn [expr]
-           (eval-string (str expr)
-                        (update sci-opts
-                                :bindings
-                                merge {'*1 *1
-                                       '*2 *2
-                                       '*3 *3
-                                       '*e *e})))))
+                   v))
+               request-exit))
+     :eval (fn [expr]
+             (let [ret (eval-string (pr-str expr)
+                                    (update sci-opts
+                                            :bindings
+                                            merge {'*1 *1
+                                                   '*2 *2
+                                                   '*3 *3
+                                                   '*e *e}))]
+               ret))
+     :need-prompt (fn [] true))))
 
 (defn start-repl! [host+port sci-opts]
   (let [parts (str/split host+port #":")
@@ -60,7 +63,6 @@
 
 (comment
   (def sock (start-repl! "0.0.0.0:1666" {:env (atom {})}))
-  (.accept sock)
   @#'server/servers
   (stop-repl!)
   )
diff --git a/test/babashka/impl/socket_repl_test.clj b/test/babashka/impl/socket_repl_test.clj
index 0a43c4ff..504767f2 100644
--- a/test/babashka/impl/socket_repl_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/impl/socket_repl_test.clj
@@ -4,17 +4,31 @@
    [babashka.test-utils :as tu]
    [clojure.java.shell :refer [sh]]
    [clojure.string :as str]
-   [clojure.test :as t :refer [deftest is]]))
+   [clojure.test :as t :refer [deftest is testing]]))
+
+(def mac?
+  (str/includes?
+   (str/lower-case (System/getProperty "os.name"))
+   "mac"))
 
 (deftest socket-repl-test
   (when tu/jvm?
-    (start-repl! "0.0.0.0:1666" {:env (atom {})})
-    (is (str/includes? (:out (sh "bash" "-c"
-                                 "echo \"(+ 1 2 3)\n:repl/exit\" | nc 127.0.0.1 1666"))
-                       "bb=> 6"))
-    (stop-repl!)))
+    (try
+      (start-repl! "0.0.0.0:1666" {:env (atom {})})
+      (is (str/includes? (:out (sh "bash" "-c"
+                                   "echo \"(+ 1 2 3)\n:repl/exit\" | nc 127.0.0.1 1666"))
+                         "bb=> 6"))
+      (testing "ctrl-d exits normally, doesn't print nil"
+        (is (str/ends-with? (:out (sh "bash" "-c"
+                                      (if mac? ;; mac doesn't support -q
+                                        "echo \"(inc 1336)\" | nc 127.0.0.1 1666"
+                                        "echo \"(inc 1336)\" | nc -q 1 127.0.0.1 1666")))
+                            "1337\nbb=> ")))
+      (finally
+        (stop-repl!)))))
 
 ;;;; Scratch
 
 (comment
+  (socket-repl-test)
   )