diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70f8e55b..f4b4d3e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ A preview of the next release can be installed from
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-- [#1815](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1815): Make install-script wget-compatible
+- [#1818](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1818): wrong argument order in `clojure.java.io/resource` implementation
+- Add `java.text.BreakIterator`
 - Bump `fs` to `0.5.25`
 - Bump `jsoup` to `1.20.1`
 - Bump `edamame` to `1.4.30`
+- [#1815](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1815): Make install-script wget-compatible ([@eval](https://github.com/eval))
+
 
 ## 1.12.200 (2025-04-26)
 
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index a7bda5e9..129e15ff 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@
           java.text.ParsePosition
           ;; adds about 200kb, same functionality provided by java.time:
           java.text.SimpleDateFormat
+          java.text.BreakIterator
           ~@(when features/java-time?
               `[java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
                 java.time.Clock
@@ -824,6 +825,8 @@
                                    (and thread-builder
                                         (instance? thread-builder v))
                                    thread-builder
+                                   (instance? java.text.BreakIterator v)
+                                   java.text.BreakIterator
                                    ;; keep commas for merge friendliness
                                    ,)]
                      ;; (prn :res res)
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classpath.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classpath.clj
index 6da8b59f..55597802 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classpath.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classpath.clj
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
       cp)))
 
 (defn resource
-  (^URL [path] (resource @the-url-loader path))
-  (^URL [loader path]
+  (^URL [path] (resource path @the-url-loader))
+  (^URL [path loader]
    (if (str/starts-with? path "/") nil ;; non-relative paths always return nil
        (getResource loader [path] true))))
 
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 9a8c554d..82a4eb2f 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
                                 (println "[babashka] WARNING: config file does not exist:" config))
                               nil))
                  jar (let [jar (resolve-symbolic-link jar)]
-                       (some-> [jar] cp/new-loader (cp/resource "META-INF/bb.edn") .toString))
+                       (some->> [jar] cp/new-loader (cp/resource "META-INF/bb.edn") .toString))
                  :else (if (and file (fs/exists? file))
                          ;; file relative to bb.edn
                          (let [file (abs-path file) ;; follow symlink
diff --git a/test/babashka/interop_test.clj b/test/babashka/interop_test.clj
index e10f8d09..8ea97b6b 100644
--- a/test/babashka/interop_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/interop_test.clj
@@ -250,3 +250,19 @@
   (is (nil? (bb nil "(import '(java.util.concurrent Executors ExecutorService))
                      (let [fut (.submit ^ExecutorService (Executors/newCachedThreadPool) ^Runnable (fn [] 3))]
                        (.get fut))"))))
+
+(deftest break-iterator-test
+  (is (= 1 (bb nil "(ns dude
+  (:import [java.text BreakIterator]))
+
+(defn count-characters
+  [^String text]
+  (let [it (BreakIterator/getCharacterInstance)]
+    (.setText it text)
+    (loop [count 0]
+      (if (= (.next it) BreakIterator/DONE)
+        count
+        (recur (inc count))))))
+
+(prn
+ (count-characters \"🇨🇦\"))"))))