diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/nrepl_server.clj b/src/babashka/impl/nrepl_server.clj
index cb90065a..096981b5 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/nrepl_server.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/nrepl_server.clj
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
    (server/start-server! @common/ctx opts)))
 
 (def nrepl-server-namespace
-  (let [ns-sci (create-ns 'babashka.nrepl.server)]
+  (let [ns-sci (sci/create-ns 'babashka.nrepl.server)]
     {'start-server! (sci/copy-var start-server! ns-sci)
      'stop-server! (sci/copy-var server/stop-server! ns-sci)}))