diff --git a/pods b/pods
index 82aa3627..1fdd8231 160000
--- a/pods
+++ b/pods
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 82aa3627106181a0ad58c289cd45129603e4fa24
+Subproject commit 1fdd8231bd3a396c4d12c40fecc9dd0328b288d3
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/pods.clj b/src/babashka/impl/pods.clj
index d7e579f2..cf23c0c7 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/pods.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/pods.clj
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@
   {:no-doc true}
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [read])
   (:require [babashka.impl.common :refer [ctx]]
-            [babashka.pods.sci :as pods]))
+            [babashka.pods.sci :as pods]
+            [sci.core :as sci]))
+
+(defn load-pod [& args]
+  (apply pods/load-pod @ctx args))
+
+(def podns (sci/create-ns 'babashka.pods nil))
 
 (def pods-namespace
-  {'load-pod (fn [& args]
-               (apply pods/load-pod @ctx args))
-   'invoke pods/invoke
-   'unload-pod pods/unload-pod})
+  {'load-pod (sci/copy-var load-pod podns)
+   'invoke (sci/copy-var pods/invoke podns)
+   'unload-pod (sci/copy-var pods/unload-pod podns)
+   'add-transit-read-handler (sci/copy-var pods/add-transit-read-handler podns)
+   'add-transit-write-handler (sci/copy-var pods/add-transit-write-handler podns)})