diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 122be8d2..e21293de 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
             :url "http://opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php"}
   :source-paths ["src"]
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.9.0"]
-                 [com.cognitect/transit-clj "0.8.313"]
-                 [cheshire "5.8.1"]
-                 [fipp "0.6.18"]]
+                 [borkdude/sci "0.0.1"]]
   :profiles {:clojure-1.9.0 {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.9.0"]]}
              :clojure-1.10.1 {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.1"]]}
              :test {:dependencies [[clj-commons/conch "0.9.2"]]}
diff --git a/src/babashka/interpreter.clj b/src/babashka/interpreter.clj
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e571f0b..00000000
--- a/src/babashka/interpreter.clj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,246 +0,0 @@
-(ns babashka.interpreter
-  {:no-doc true}
-  (:require [clojure.walk :refer [postwalk]]
-            [clojure.string :as str]
-            [clojure.set :as set]))
-
-(defn expand->
-  "The -> macro from clojure.core."
-  [[x & forms]]
-  (loop [x x, forms forms]
-    (if forms
-      (let [form (first forms)
-            threaded (if (seq? form)
-                       (with-meta (concat (list (first form) x)
-                                          (next form))
-                         (meta form))
-                       (list form x))]
-        (recur threaded (next forms)))
-      x)))
-
-(defn expand->>
-  "The ->> macro from clojure.core."
-  [[x & forms]]
-  (loop [x x, forms forms]
-    (if forms
-      (let [form (first forms)
-            threaded (if (seq? form)
-                       (with-meta (concat (cons (first form) (next form))
-                                          (list x))
-                         (meta form))
-                       (list form x))]
-        (recur threaded (next forms)))
-      x)))
-
-(declare interpret)
-
-(defn eval-and
-  "The and macro from clojure.core."
-  [in args]
-  (if (empty? args) true
-      (let [[x & xs] args
-            v (interpret x in)]
-        (if v
-          (if (empty? xs) v
-              (eval-and in xs))
-          v))))
-
-(defn eval-or
-  "The or macro from clojure.core."
-  [in args]
-  (if (empty? args) nil
-      (let [[x & xs] args
-            v (interpret x in)]
-        (if v v
-            (if (empty? xs) v
-                (eval-or in xs))))))
-
-(def syms '(= < <= > >= + +' - -' * *' / == aget alength apply assoc assoc-in
-              associative? array-map
-
-              bit-and-not bit-set bit-shift-left bit-shift-right bit-xor boolean
-              boolean?  booleans boolean-array bound? butlast byte-array bytes
-              bigint bit-test bit-and bounded-count bytes? bit-or bit-flip
-              biginteger bigdec bit-not byte
-
-              cat char char? conj cons contains? count cycle comp concat
-              comparator coll? compare complement char-array constantly
-              char-escape-string chars completing counted? chunk-rest
-              char-name-string class chunk-next
-
-              dec dec' decimal? dedupe dissoc distinct distinct? disj double
-              double? drop drop-last drop-while denominator doubles
-
-              eduction empty empty? even? every? every-pred ensure-reduced
-
-              first float? floats fnil fnext ffirst flatten false? filter
-              filterv find format frequencies float float-array
-
-              get get-in group-by gensym
-
-              hash hash-map hash-set hash-unordered-coll
-
-              ident? identical? identity inc inc' int-array interleave into
-              iterate int int? interpose indexed? integer? ints into-array
-
-              juxt
-
-              keep keep-indexed key keys keyword keyword?
-
-              last line-seq long list list? longs list* long-array
-
-              map map? map-indexed map-entry? mapv mapcat max max-key meta merge
-              merge-with min min-key munge mod make-array
-
-              name newline nfirst not not= not-every? num neg? neg-int? nth
-              nthnext nthrest nil? nat-int? number? not-empty not-any? next
-              nnext namespace-munge numerator
-
-              odd? object-array
-
-              peek pop pos? pos-int? partial partition partition-all
-              partition-by
-
-              qualified-ident? qualified-symbol? qualified-keyword? quot
-
-              re-seq re-find re-pattern re-matches rem remove rest repeatedly
-              reverse rand-int rand-nth range reduce reduce-kv reduced reduced?
-              reversible? replicate rsubseq reductions rational? rand replace
-              rseq ratio? rationalize random-sample repeat
-
-              set? sequential? select-keys simple-keyword? simple-symbol? some?
-              string? str
-
-              set/difference set/index set/intersection set/join set/map-invert
-              set/project set/rename set/rename-keys set/select set/subset?
-              set/superset? set/union
-
-              str/blank? str/capitalize str/ends-with? str/escape str/includes?
-              str/index-of str/join str/last-index-of str/lower-case
-              str/re-quote-replacement str/replace str/replace-first str/reverse
-              str/split str/split-lines str/starts-with? str/trim
-              str/trim-newline str/triml str/trimr str/upper-case
-
-              second set seq seq? seque short shuffle
-              sort sort-by subs symbol symbol? special-symbol? subvec some-fn
-              some split-at split-with sorted-set subseq sorted-set-by
-              sorted-map-by sorted-map sorted? simple-ident? sequence seqable?
-              shorts
-
-              take take-last take-nth take-while transduce tree-seq type true?
-              to-array
-
-              update update-in uri? uuid? unchecked-inc-int unchecked-long
-              unchecked-negate unchecked-remainder-int unchecked-subtract-int
-              unsigned-bit-shift-right unchecked-float unchecked-add-int
-              unchecked-double unchecked-multiply-int unchecked-int
-              unchecked-multiply unchecked-dec-int unchecked-add unreduced
-              unchecked-divide-int unchecked-subtract unchecked-negate-int
-              unchecked-inc unchecked-char unchecked-byte unchecked-short
-
-              val vals vary-meta vec vector vector?
-
-              xml-seq
-
-              zipmap zero?))
-
-;; TODO:
-#_(def all-syms
-  '#{when-first while if-not when-let if-some let as-> when-not some->>  or cond-> loop  condp cond  some-> if-let case and when-some  })
-
-(declare var-lookup apply-fn)
-
-(defmacro define-lookup []
-  `(defn ~'var-lookup [sym#]
-     (case sym#
-       ~@(for [s# syms
-               s# [s# s#]]
-           s#)
-       nil)))
-
-(define-lookup)
-
-(defmacro one-of [x elements]
-  `(let [x# ~x]
-     (case x# (~@elements) x# nil)))
-
-(defn resolve-symbol [expr]
-  (let [n (name expr)]
-    (if (str/starts-with? n "'")
-      (symbol (subs n 1))
-      (or (var-lookup expr)
-          (throw (Exception. (format "Could not resolve symbol: %s." n)))))))
-
-(defn interpret
-  [expr in]
-  (let [i #(interpret % in)]
-    (cond
-      (= '*in* expr) in
-      (symbol? expr) (resolve-symbol expr)
-      (map? expr)
-      (zipmap (map i (keys expr))
-              (map i (vals expr)))
-      (or (vector? expr) (set? expr))
-      (into (empty expr) (map i expr))
-      (seq? expr)
-      (if-let [f (first expr)]
-        (let [f (or (one-of f [if when and or -> ->>])
-                    (interpret f in))]
-          (if-let [v (var-lookup f)]
-            (apply-fn v i (rest expr))
-            (case f
-              (if when)
-              (let [[_if cond then else] expr]
-                (if (interpret cond in)
-                  (interpret then in)
-                  (interpret else in)))
-              ->
-              (interpret (expand-> (rest expr)) in)
-              ->>
-              (interpret (expand->> (rest expr)) in)
-              and
-              (eval-and in (rest expr))
-              or
-              (eval-or in (rest expr))
-              ;; fallback
-              ;; read fn passed as higher order fn, still needs input
-              (cond (-> f meta ::fn)
-                    (apply-fn (f in) i (rest expr))
-                    (symbol? f)
-                    (apply-fn (resolve-symbol f) i (rest expr))
-                    (ifn? f)
-                    (apply-fn f i (rest expr))
-                    :else (throw (Exception. (format "Cannot call %s as a function." (pr-str f))))))))
-        expr)
-      ;; read fn passed as higher order fn, still needs input
-      (-> expr meta ::fn)
-      (expr in)
-      :else expr)))
-
-(defn read-fn [form]
-  ^::fn
-  (fn [in]
-    (fn [& [x y z]]
-      (interpret (postwalk (fn [elt]
-                             (case elt
-                               % x
-                               %1 x
-                               %2 y
-                               %3 z
-                               elt)) form) in))))
-
-(defn read-regex [form]
-  (re-pattern form))
-
-(defn apply-fn [f i args]
-  (let [args (mapv i args)]
-    (apply f args)))
-
-;;;; Scratch
-
-(comment
-  (interpret '(and *in* 3) 1)
-  (interpret '(and *in* 3 false) 1)
-  (interpret '(or *in* 3) nil)
-  (ifn? 'foo)
-  )
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 2c781329..21a660df 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    [clojure.edn :as edn]
    [clojure.java.io :as io]
    [clojure.string :as str :refer [starts-with?]]
-   [babashka.interpreter :as i])
+   [sci.core :as sci])
   (:gen-class))
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
@@ -46,16 +46,12 @@
       (println (str/trim (slurp (io/resource "BABASHKA_VERSION"))))
       :else
       (let [expr (last args)
-            expr (read-edn (-> expr
-                               (str/replace "#(" "#f(")
-                               (str/replace "#\"" "#r\"")))
             in (slurp *in*)
-            ;; _ (prn in)
             in (if raw-in
                  (str/split in #"\n")
                  (read-edn in))
             ;; _ (prn in)
-            res (try (i/interpret expr in)
+            res (try (sci/eval-string expr {:bindings {'*in* in}})
                      (catch Exception e
                        (binding [*out* *err*]
                          (println (.getMessage e)))
diff --git a/src/data_readers.clj b/src/data_readers.clj
deleted file mode 100644
index 587e1b48..00000000
--- a/src/data_readers.clj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-{f babashka.interpreter/read-fn
- r babashka.interpreter/read-regex}
diff --git a/test/babashka/main_test.clj b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
index 4a4daa8b..d0995f3c 100644
--- a/test/babashka/main_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@
             (bb "foo\n Clojure is nice. \nbar\n If you're nice to clojure. "
                 "-i"
                 "(map-indexed #(-> [%1 %2]) *in*)")
-            (bb "(keep #f(when (re-find #\"(?i)clojure\" (second %)) (first %)) *in*)"))))))
+            (bb "(keep #(when (re-find #\"(?i)clojure\" (second %)) (first %)) *in*)"))))))