diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65749e3..5b0dda2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 A library to load babashka pods. Used by babashka but also usable from the JVM
 or other [sci](https://github.com/borkdude/sci)-based projects.
 
+More information about babashka pods can be found
+[here](https://github.com/borkdude/babashka/blob/master/doc/pods.md).
+
 ## Usage
 
+Using [pod-babashka-hsqldb](https://github.com/borkdude/pod-babashka-hsqldb) as
+an example pod.
+
 On the JVM:
 
 ``` clojure
diff --git a/test/babashka/pods/jvm_test.clj b/test/babashka/pods/jvm_test.clj
index 4090d72..f18d6c2 100644
--- a/test/babashka/pods/jvm_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/pods/jvm_test.clj
@@ -1,36 +1,15 @@
 (ns babashka.pods.jvm-test
-  (:require [clojure.test :refer [deftest is]]))
+  (:require [babashka.pods.test-common :refer [test-program]]
+            [clojure.string :as str]
+            [clojure.test :refer [deftest is]]))
 
-(deftest jvm-test2
+(deftest jvm-test
   (let [out (java.io.StringWriter.)
         err (java.io.StringWriter.)
         ret (binding [*out* out
                       *err* err]
               (try (load-string
-                    "
-(require '[babashka.pods.jvm :as pods])
-
-(require '[clojure.core.async :as async])
-
-(pods/load-pod [\"clojure\" \"-A:test-pod\" \"--run-as-pod\"])
-
-(require '[pod.test-pod :as pod])
-(def stream-results (atom []))
-(let [chan (pod.test-pod/range-stream 1 10)]
-  (loop []
-    (when-let [x (async/<!! chan)]
-      (swap! stream-results conj x)
-      (recur))))
-(def ex-result
-  (try (pod.test-pod/error 1 2 3)
-    (catch clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo e
-      (str (ex-message e) \" / \" (ex-data e)))))
-(pod.test-pod/print \"hello\" \"print\" \"this\" \"debugging\" \"message\")
-(pod.test-pod/print-err \"hello\" \"print\" \"this\" \"error\")
-[(pod/assoc {:a 1} :b 2)
- (pod.test-pod/add-sync 1 2 3)
-  @stream-results
-  ex-result]")
+                    (str/replace test-program "babashka.pods" "babashka.pods.jvm"))
                    (catch Exception e (prn e))))]
 
     (is (= '[{:a 1, :b 2}
diff --git a/test/babashka/pods/sci_test.clj b/test/babashka/pods/sci_test.clj
index 6b63527..a32aa7b 100644
--- a/test/babashka/pods/sci_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/pods/sci_test.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (ns babashka.pods.sci-test
   (:require [babashka.pods.sci :as pods]
+            [babashka.pods.test-common :refer [test-program]]
             [clojure.core.async :as async]
             [clojure.test :refer [deftest is]]
             [sci.core :as sci]))
@@ -10,28 +11,7 @@
         ret (sci/binding [sci/out out
                           sci/err err]
               (sci/eval-string
-               "
-(require '[babashka.pods :as pods])
-(require '[clojure.core.async :as async])
-
-(pods/load-pod [\"clojure\" \"-A:test-pod\" \"--run-as-pod\"])
-(require '[pod.test-pod :as pod])
-(def stream-results (atom []))
-(let [chan (pod.test-pod/range-stream 1 10)]
-  (loop []
-    (when-let [x (async/<!! chan)]
-      (swap! stream-results conj x)
-      (recur))))
-(def ex-result
-  (try (pod.test-pod/error 1 2 3)
-    (catch clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo e
-      (str (ex-message e) \" / \" (ex-data e)))))
-(pod.test-pod/print \"hello\" \"print\" \"this\" \"debugging\" \"message\")
-(pod.test-pod/print-err \"hello\" \"print\" \"this\" \"error\")
-[(pod/assoc {:a 1} :b 2)
- (pod.test-pod/add-sync 1 2 3)
-  @stream-results
-  ex-result]"
+               test-program
                {:namespaces {'babashka.pods
                              {'load-pod pods/load-pod}
                              'clojure.core.async
diff --git a/test/babashka/pods/test_common.clj b/test/babashka/pods/test_common.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cbc179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/babashka/pods/test_common.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+(ns babashka.pods.test-common)
+
+(def test-program
+  "
+(require '[babashka.pods :as pods])
+(require '[clojure.core.async :as async])
+
+(pods/load-pod [\"clojure\" \"-A:test-pod\" \"--run-as-pod\"])
+(require '[pod.test-pod :as pod])
+(def stream-results (atom []))
+(let [chan (pod.test-pod/range-stream 1 10)]
+  (loop []
+    (when-let [x (async/<!! chan)]
+      (swap! stream-results conj x)
+      (recur))))
+(def ex-result
+  (try (pod.test-pod/error 1 2 3)
+    (catch clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo e
+      (str (ex-message e) \" / \" (ex-data e)))))
+(pod.test-pod/print \"hello\" \"print\" \"this\" \"debugging\" \"message\")
+(pod.test-pod/print-err \"hello\" \"print\" \"this\" \"error\")
+[(pod/assoc {:a 1} :b 2)
+ (pod.test-pod/add-sync 1 2 3)
+  @stream-results
+  ex-result]")