diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2c44d2..fa06b99 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "@lezer/highlight": "^1.0.0",
     "@lezer/lr": "^1.0.0",
     "@nextjournal/lezer-clojure": "1.0.0",
-    "squint-cljs": "0.4.58",
+    "squint-cljs": "0.4.81",
     "w3c-keyname": "^2.2.4"
   },
   "comments": {
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@codemirror/lang-javascript": "^6.0.0",
     "@nextjournal/clojure-mode": "link:.",
+    "@squint-cljs/macros": "0.1.0",
     "d3-require": "^1.2.4",
     "emoji-regex": "^10.0.0",
     "framer-motion": "^6.2.8",
@@ -54,8 +55,7 @@
     "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
     "rollup-plugin-analyzer": "^4.0.0",
     "shadow-cljs": "2.19.5",
-    "vite": "^4.4.9",
-    "@squint-cljs/macros": "0.1.0"
+    "vite": "^4.4.9"
   },
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/nextjournal/clojure_mode.mjs",
diff --git a/public/squint/index.html b/public/squint/index.html
index 9dc88f5..82fcadc 100644
--- a/public/squint/index.html
+++ b/public/squint/index.html
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <script type="importmap">
    {
      "imports": {
-       "squint-cljs/core.js": "https://unpkg.com/squint-cljs@0.4.57/core.js"
+       "squint-cljs/core.js": "https://unpkg.com/squint-cljs@0.4.81/core.js"
      }
    }
     </script>
diff --git a/public/squint/js/demo.mjs b/public/squint/js/demo.mjs
index 919e12b..85cd2ee 100644
--- a/public/squint/js/demo.mjs
+++ b/public/squint/js/demo.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { extension as eval_ext, cursor_node_string, top_level_string } from '@ne
 import { EditorView, drawSelection, keymap } from  '@codemirror/view';
 import { EditorState } from  '@codemirror/state';
 import { syntaxHighlighting, defaultHighlightStyle, foldGutter } from '@codemirror/language';
-import { compileString } from 'squint-cljs';
+import { compileStringEx } from 'squint-cljs';
 
 let theme = EditorView.theme({
   ".cm-content": {whitespace: "pre-wrap",
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ let theme = EditorView.theme({
   ".cm-cursor": {visibility: "hidden"},
   "&.cm-focused .cm-cursor": {visibility: "visible"}
 });
-
+let compilerState = null;
 let evalCode = async function (code) {
-  let js = compileString(`(do ${code})`, {repl: true,
-                                          context: 'return',
-                                          "elide-exports": true})
+  compilerState = compileStringEx(`(do ${code})`, {repl: true,
+                                                   context: 'return',
+                                                   "elide-exports": true}, compilerState)
+  let js = compilerState.javascript;
   let result;
   try {
     result = {value: await eval(`(async function() { ${js} })()`)};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5ef76cb..86e6792 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1176,10 +1176,10 @@ source-map@^0.5.6:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.5.7.tgz"
   integrity sha1-igOdLRAh0i0eoUyA2OpGi6LvP8w=
 
-squint-cljs@0.4.58:
-  version "0.4.58"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/squint-cljs/-/squint-cljs-0.4.58.tgz#9dde3c431661ffd8f2596ad397e3c657bf91ffe9"
-  integrity sha512-X/F8gQfemySHHP6+nuQKUc6s+/3bYYGbKyiJDRqtyzbOYH/AIwaJM3RCGF7gAu99jSCcLrSh6NjIuwDKQicMXg==
+squint-cljs@0.4.81:
+  version "0.4.81"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/squint-cljs/-/squint-cljs-0.4.81.tgz#b1926c112a5caa12ed4ecc6f9035827dc4270bb7"
+  integrity sha512-ffMxWbL901+xHMlaXeUavfrhK+uX7tsZYzF9/kxJYGZ6+KLOGy1Ke9+osbVNR+Vd/uszX6O/YcpNxCJzThgTUA==
   dependencies:
     chokidar "^3.5.3"