diff --git a/script/lib_tests/babashka_curl_test b/script/lib_tests/babashka_curl_test
index 7620200e..3605234f 100755
--- a/script/lib_tests/babashka_curl_test
+++ b/script/lib_tests/babashka_curl_test
@@ -11,23 +11,23 @@ else
 fi
 
 $BB_CMD -e "
-(require '[babashka.curl :as curl])
+(require '[babashka.curl :as curl] :reload-all)
 
-(prn (subs (curl/get \"https://www.clojure.org\") 0 10))
+(prn (:status (curl/get \"https://www.clojure.org\")))
 
-(prn (subs (curl/get \"https://postman-echo.com/get?foo1=bar1&foo2=bar2\") 0 10))
+(prn (:status (curl/get \"https://postman-echo.com/get?foo1=bar1&foo2=bar2\")))
 
-(prn (subs (curl/post \"https://postman-echo.com/post\") 0 10))
+(prn (:status (curl/post \"https://postman-echo.com/post\")))
 
-(prn (subs (curl/post \"https://postman-echo.com/post\"
-                {:body (json/generate-string {:a 1})
+(prn (:status (curl/post \"https://postman-echo.com/post\"
+                 {:body (json/generate-string {:a 1})
                  :headers {\"X-Hasura-Role\" \"admin\"}
                  :content-type :json
-                 :accept :json}) 0 10))
+                 :accept :json})))
 
-(prn (subs (curl/put \"https://postman-echo.com/put\"
+(prn (:status (curl/put \"https://postman-echo.com/put\"
                           {:body (json/generate-string {:a 1})
                  :headers {\"X-Hasura-Role\" \"admin\"}
                  :content-type :json
-                 :accept :json}) 0 10))
+                 :accept :json})))
 "
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index e5f48a4c..29fbc403 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
           java.io.IOException
           java.io.OutputStream
           java.io.FileReader
+          java.io.PushbackInputStream
           java.io.Reader
           java.io.StringReader
           java.io.StringWriter
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/curl.clj b/src/babashka/impl/curl.clj
index fa036ff7..cf24bc60 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/curl.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/curl.clj
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 (ns babashka.impl.curl
   {:no-doc true}
-  (:require [babashka.curl :as curl]))
+  (:require [babashka.curl :as curl]
+            [sci.impl.namespaces :refer [copy-var]]
+            [sci.impl.vars :as vars]))
+
+(def tns (vars/->SciNamespace 'babashka.curl nil))
 
 (def curl-namespace
-  {'request curl/request
-   'get curl/get
-   'patch curl/patch
-   'post curl/post
-   'put curl/put
-   'head curl/head
-   'curl-command curl/curl-command})
+  {'request (copy-var curl/request tns)
+   'get (copy-var curl/get tns)
+   'patch (copy-var curl/patch tns)
+   'post (copy-var curl/post tns)
+   'put (copy-var curl/put tns)
+   'head (copy-var curl/head tns)
+   'curl-command (copy-var curl/curl-command tns)})