diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 7c22550..b29c190 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
             :url  "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure    "1.4.0"]
-                 [expectations           "1.4.49"]
-                 [org.iq80.snappy/snappy "0.3"]]
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure      "1.4.0"]
+                 [org.clojure/tools.reader "0.7.5"]
+                 [expectations             "1.4.49"]
+                 [org.iq80.snappy/snappy   "0.3"]]
   :profiles {:1.4   {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.4.0"]]}
              :1.5   {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]]}
              :1.6   {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.6.0-master-SNAPSHOT"]]}
diff --git a/src/taoensso/nippy.clj b/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
index 9a6a541..a1f4262 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
   (:require [taoensso.nippy
              (utils       :as utils)
              (compression :as compression :refer (snappy-compressor))
-             (encryption  :as encryption  :refer (aes128-encryptor))])
+             (encryption  :as encryption  :refer (aes128-encryptor))]
+            [clojure.tools.reader
+             (edn         :as edn)])
   (:import  [java.io DataInputStream DataOutputStream ByteArrayOutputStream
              ByteArrayInputStream]
             [clojure.lang Keyword BigInt Ratio PersistentQueue PersistentTreeMap
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@
   (let [type-id (.readByte s)]
     (utils/case-eval type-id
 
-     id-reader  (read-string (read-utf8 s))
+     id-reader  (edn/read-string (read-utf8 s))
      id-bytes   (read-bytes s)
      id-nil     nil
      id-boolean (.readBoolean s)
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@
                  (bigint (read-biginteger s)))
 
      ;;; DEPRECATED
-     id-old-reader (read-string (.readUTF s))
+     id-old-reader (edn/read-string (.readUTF s))
      id-old-string (.readUTF s)
      id-old-map    (apply hash-map (utils/repeatedly-into []
                      (* 2 (.readInt s)) (thaw-from-stream s)))