diff --git a/src/a1.clj b/src/aaaa_this_has_to_be_first_because_patches.clj
similarity index 72%
rename from src/a1.clj
rename to src/aaaa_this_has_to_be_first_because_patches.clj
index 2bc7d3c4..9dbccb60 100644
--- a/src/a1.clj
+++ b/src/aaaa_this_has_to_be_first_because_patches.clj
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-(ns a1
+(ns aaaa-this-has-to-be-first-because-patches
   ;; we need pprint loaded first, it patches pprint to not bloat the GraalVM binary
   (:require [babashka.impl.pprint]))
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 0bbed42f..1f4e0716 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
   {:no-doc true}
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [error-handler])
   (:require
-   ;; we name this ns a01 to always have it on top and sorting won't mess with it
-   ;; it loads patches
-   [a1]
+   [aaaa-this-has-to-be-first-because-patches]
    [babashka.fs :as fs]
    [babashka.impl.bencode :refer [bencode-namespace]]
    [babashka.impl.cheshire :refer [cheshire-core-namespace]]