diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 141358e6..a5f0d356 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -564,6 +564,25 @@ less
 ...
 ```
 
+### Portable tree command
+
+``` shellsession
+$ clojure -Sdeps '{:deps {org.clojure/tools.cli {:mvn/version "0.4.2"}}}' examples/tree.clj src
+src
+└── babashka
+    ├── impl
+    │   ├── tools
+    │   │   └── cli.clj
+...
+
+$ examples/tree.clj src
+src
+└── babashka
+    ├── impl
+    │   ├── tools
+    │   │   └── cli.clj
+```
+
 ## Thanks
 
 - [adgoji](https://www.adgoji.com/) for financial support
diff --git a/examples/tree.clj b/examples/tree.clj
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..221efb15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tree.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bb
+
+;; to run with clojure: clojure -Sdeps '{:deps {org.clojure/tools.cli {:mvn/version "0.4.2"}}}' examples/tree.clj src
+;; to run with babashka: examples/tree.clj src
+
+(ns tree
+  "Tree command, inspired by https://github.com/lambdaisland/birch."
+  (:require [clojure.java.io :as io]
+            [clojure.tools.cli :refer [parse-opts]]))
+
+(def I-branch "│   ")
+
+(def T-branch "├── ")
+
+(def L-branch "└── ")
+
+(def SPACER   "    ")
+
+(defn file-tree
+  [^java.io.File path]
+  (let [children (.listFiles path)
+        dir? (.isDirectory path)]
+    (cond->
+     {:name (.getName path)
+      :type (if dir? "directory" "file")}
+      dir? (assoc :contents
+                  (map file-tree children)))))
+
+(defn render-tree
+  [{:keys [:name :contents]}]
+  (cons name
+        (mapcat
+         (fn [child index]
+           (let [subtree (render-tree child)
+                 last? (= index (dec (count contents)))
+                 prefix-first (if last? L-branch T-branch)
+                 prefix-rest  (if last? SPACER I-branch)]
+             (cons (str prefix-first (first subtree))
+                   (map #(str prefix-rest %) (next subtree)))))
+         contents
+         (range))))
+
+(defn stats
+  [file-tree]
+  (apply merge-with +
+         {:total 1
+          :directories (case (:type file-tree)
+                         "directory" 1
+                         0)}
+         (map stats (:contents file-tree))))
+
+(def cli-options [["-E" "--edn" "Output tree as EDN"]])
+
+(defn -main [& args]
+  (let [{:keys [options arguments]}
+        (parse-opts args cli-options)
+        path (io/file
+              (or (first arguments)
+                  "."))
+        tree (file-tree path)
+        {:keys [total directories]}
+        (stats tree)]
+    (if (:edn options)
+      (prn tree)
+      (do
+        (doseq [l (render-tree tree)]
+          (println l))
+        (println)
+        (println
+         (str directories " directories, " (- total directories) " files"))))))
+
+(apply -main *command-line-args*)
+
+;;;; Scratch
+
+(comment
+  (-main "src" "-e" "-c"))
diff --git a/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION b/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION
index 57ba8bad..1435d6cf 100644
--- a/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION
+++ b/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.37-SNAPSHOT
+0.0.37
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 5199e100..b9e2e29e 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ Everything after that is bound to *command-line-args*."))
                         conch me.raynes.conch.low-level
                         async clojure.core.async
                         csv clojure.data.csv}
-             :namespaces {'clojure.core core-extras
+             :namespaces {'clojure.core (assoc core-extras
+                                               '*command-line-args* command-line-args)
                           'clojure.tools.cli tools-cli-namespace
                           'clojure.edn {'read-string edn/read-string}
                           'clojure.java.shell {'sh shell/sh}
@@ -206,8 +207,7 @@ Everything after that is bound to *command-line-args*."))
                           'me.raynes.conch.low-level conch-namespace
                           'clojure.core.async async-namespace
                           'clojure.data.csv csv/csv-namespace}
-             :bindings {'*command-line-args* command-line-args
-                        'java.lang.System/exit exit ;; override exit, so we have more control
+             :bindings {'java.lang.System/exit exit ;; override exit, so we have more control
                         'System/exit exit}
              :env env
              :features #{:bb}