diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 948ebc72..ed7bc57c 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ If neither -e, -f, or --socket-repl are specified, then the first argument that
   (handle-sigint!)
   (binding [*unrestricted* true]
     (sci/binding [reflection-var false
-                  core/data-readers @core/data-readers]
+                  core/data-readers @core/data-readers
+                  sci/ns @sci/ns]
       (let [{version-opt :version
              :keys [:shell-in :edn-in :shell-out :edn-out
                     :help? :file :command-line-args
diff --git a/test/babashka/impl/repl_test.clj b/test/babashka/impl/repl_test.clj
index 8c80e51b..4648a4a8 100644
--- a/test/babashka/impl/repl_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/impl/repl_test.clj
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
 (vars/bindRoot sci/err *err*)
 
 (defn repl! []
-  (sci/with-bindings {vars/current-ns (vars/->SciNamespace 'user nil)}
-    (start-repl! (init {:bindings {'*command-line-args*
-                                   ["a" "b" "c"]}
-                        :env (atom {})}))))
+  (start-repl! (init {:bindings {'*command-line-args*
+                                 ["a" "b" "c"]}
+                      :env (atom {})})))
 
 (defn assert-repl [expr expected]
   (is (str/includes? (sci/with-out-str
diff --git a/test/babashka/main_test.clj b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
index aed4bacd..6d3ec7ac 100644
--- a/test/babashka/main_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
@@ -538,6 +538,11 @@
          Exception #"preloads"
          (test-utils/bb nil (.getPath (io/file "test-resources" "babashka" "file_location_preloads.clj")))))))
 
+(deftest repl-test
+  (is (str/includes? (test-utils/bb "(ns foo) ::foo" "--repl") ":foo/foo"))
+  (is (str/includes? (test-utils/bb "[*warn-on-reflection* (set! *warn-on-reflection* true) *warn-on-reflection*]")
+                     "[false true true]")))
+
 ;;;; Scratch
 
 (comment