diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index fa24a181..df8b3807 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
          "impl-java/src"],
  :deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.1"},
         org.babashka/sci {:local/root "sci"}
-        org.babashka/babashka.impl.java {:mvn/version "0.1.6"}
+        org.babashka/babashka.impl.java {:mvn/version "0.1.8"}
         org.babashka/sci.impl.types {:mvn/version "0.0.2"}
         babashka/babashka.curl {:local/root "babashka.curl"}
         babashka/fs {:local/root "fs"}
diff --git a/impl-java/build.clj b/impl-java/build.clj
index 3d256312..b2688a9c 100644
--- a/impl-java/build.clj
+++ b/impl-java/build.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
             [clojure.tools.build.api :as b]))
 
 (def lib 'org.babashka/babashka.impl.java)
-(def version "0.1.6")
+(def version "0.1.8")
 (def class-dir "target/classes")
 (def basis (b/create-basis {:project "deps.edn"}))
 (def jar-file (format "target/%s-%s.jar" (name lib) version))
diff --git a/impl-java/src-java/babashka/impl/URLClassLoader.java b/impl-java/src-java/babashka/impl/URLClassLoader.java
index d2cf476e..9416f2b9 100644
--- a/impl-java/src-java/babashka/impl/URLClassLoader.java
+++ b/impl-java/src-java/babashka/impl/URLClassLoader.java
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
+// This file is mostly a workaround for https://github.com/oracle/graal/issues/1956
+
 package babashka.impl;
 
-public class URLClassLoader extends java.net.URLClassLoader {
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.net.*;
+import java.util.jar.*;
+
+public class URLClassLoader extends java.net.URLClassLoader implements Closeable {
+
+    private WeakHashMap<Closeable,Void>
+        closeables = new WeakHashMap<>();
 
     public URLClassLoader(java.net.URL[] urls) {
         super(urls);
@@ -13,4 +24,71 @@ public class URLClassLoader extends java.net.URLClassLoader {
     public void _addURL(java.net.URL url) {
         super.addURL(url);
     }
+
+    // calling super.getResource() returned nil in native-image
+    public java.net.URL getResource(String name) {
+        return findResource(name);
+    }
+
+    // calling super.getResourceAsStream() returned nil in native-image
+    public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(name);
+        URL url = getResource(name);
+        try {
+            if (url == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            URLConnection urlc = url.openConnection();
+            InputStream is = urlc.getInputStream();
+            if (urlc instanceof JarURLConnection) {
+                JarFile jar = ((JarURLConnection)urlc).getJarFile();
+                synchronized (closeables) {
+                    if (!closeables.containsKey(jar)) {
+                        closeables.put(jar, null);
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                synchronized (closeables) {
+                    closeables.put(is, null);
+                }
+            }
+            return is;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public java.util.Enumeration<java.net.URL> getResources(String name) throws java.io.IOException {
+        return findResources(name);
+    }
+
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        super.close();
+
+        java.util.List<IOException> errors = new java.util.ArrayList<IOException>();
+
+        synchronized (closeables) {
+            java.util.Set<Closeable> keys = closeables.keySet();
+            for (Closeable c : keys) {
+                try {
+                    c.close();
+                } catch (IOException ex) {
+                    errors.add(ex);
+                }
+            }
+            closeables.clear();
+        }
+
+        if (errors.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        IOException firstEx = errors.remove(0);
+
+        for (IOException error: errors) {
+            firstEx.addSuppressed(error);
+        }
+        throw firstEx;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index c4aa233f..e3c3672e 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                  [nrepl/bencode "1.1.0"]
                  [borkdude/sci.impl.reflector "0.0.1"]
                  [org.babashka/sci.impl.types "0.0.2"]
-                 [org.babashka/babashka.impl.java "0.1.6"]
+                 [org.babashka/babashka.impl.java "0.1.8"]
                  [org.clojure/core.async "1.6.673"]
                  [org.clojure/test.check "1.1.1"]
                  [com.github.clj-easy/graal-build-time "0.1.0"]
diff --git a/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn b/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
index fa24a181..df8b3807 100644
--- a/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
+++ b/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
          "impl-java/src"],
  :deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.1"},
         org.babashka/sci {:local/root "sci"}
-        org.babashka/babashka.impl.java {:mvn/version "0.1.6"}
+        org.babashka/babashka.impl.java {:mvn/version "0.1.8"}
         org.babashka/sci.impl.types {:mvn/version "0.0.2"}
         babashka/babashka.curl {:local/root "babashka.curl"}
         babashka/fs {:local/root "fs"}
diff --git a/resources/UrlClassLoaderSubstitutions.java b/resources/UrlClassLoaderSubstitutions.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53bb1a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/UrlClassLoaderSubstitutions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.security.AccessControlContext;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+
+import com.oracle.svm.core.annotate.Alias;
+import com.oracle.svm.core.annotate.RecomputeFieldValue;
+import com.oracle.svm.core.annotate.Substitute;
+import com.oracle.svm.core.annotate.TargetClass;
+
+@TargetClass(URLClassLoader.class)
+@SuppressWarnings({"unused", "static-method"})
+final class Target_java_net_URLClassLoader {
+    @Alias//
+    @RecomputeFieldValue(kind = RecomputeFieldValue.Kind.NewInstance, declClass = WeakHashMap.class)//
+    private WeakHashMap<Closeable, Void> closeables;
+
+    @Substitute
+    public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name) throws IOException {
+        System.out.println("getResource");
+        return null;
+        // return Resources.createInputStream(name);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/script/compile b/script/compile
index 17b7dc76..b92abeb3 100755
--- a/script/compile
+++ b/script/compile
@@ -26,17 +26,6 @@ fi
 export JAVA_HOME=$GRAALVM_HOME
 export PATH=$GRAALVM_HOME/bin:$PATH
 
-rm -rf resources/*.class
-# SVM_JAR=$(find -L "$GRAALVM_HOME" | grep svm.jar)
-# "$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/javac" -cp "$SVM_JAR" resources/CutOffCoreServicesDependencies.java
-# "$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/javac" -cp "$SVM_JAR" resources/CutOffSunAwtWwwContentAudioAiff.java
-# "$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/javac" -cp "$SVM_JAR" resources/CutOffMisc.java
-if [ -z "$BABASHKA_JAR" ]; then
-    lein with-profiles +reflection,+native-image "do" run
-    lein "do" clean, uberjar, metabom
-    BABASHKA_JAR=${BABASHKA_JAR:-"target/babashka-$BABASHKA_VERSION-standalone.jar"}
-fi
-
 # because script/test cleans target during ci before the jar can we saved
 cp target/metabom.jar .
 
diff --git a/script/uberjar b/script/uberjar
index f56cbc29..525a2d71 100755
--- a/script/uberjar
+++ b/script/uberjar
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ fi
 mkdir -p resources/META-INF/babashka
 cp deps.edn resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
 
+rm -rf resources/*.class
+# SVM_JAR=$(find -L "$GRAALVM_HOME" | grep svm.jar)
+# "$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/javac" -cp "$SVM_JAR" resources/UrlClassLoaderSubstitutions.java
+# "$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/javac" -cp "$SVM_JAR" resources/CutOffSunAwtWwwContentAudioAiff.java
+# "$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/javac" -cp "$SVM_JAR" resources/CutOffMisc.java
+
 if [ -z "$BABASHKA_JAR" ]; then
     lein with-profiles "$BABASHKA_LEIN_PROFILES,+reflection,-uberjar" do run
     lein with-profiles "$BABASHKA_LEIN_PROFILES" do clean, uberjar, metabom
diff --git a/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj b/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj
index 3b4beeff..5c5daa0d 100644
--- a/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj
@@ -76,4 +76,9 @@
         (tu/bb nil "--classpath" "test-resources/babashka/src_for_classpath_test/foo.jar"
                "(first (map str (.getURLs (clojure.lang.RT/baseLoader))))")]
     (is (str/includes? url "file:"))
-    (is (str/includes? url "foo.jar"))))
+    (is (str/includes? url "foo.jar")))
+  (let [results (tu/bb nil "--classpath" "test-resources/babashka/src_for_classpath_test/foo.jar"
+               "(map some? [(.getResource (clojure.lang.RT/baseLoader) \"foo.clj\")
+                 (.getResourceAsStream (clojure.lang.RT/baseLoader) \"foo.clj\")
+                 (.getResources (clojure.lang.RT/baseLoader) \"foo.clj\")])")]
+    (is (= [true true true] (edn/read-string results)))))