diff --git a/collects/honu/core/read.rkt b/collects/honu/core/read.rkt
index b169814433..1feb369686 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/read.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/read.rkt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
          (for-syntax racket/base
                      syntax/parse))
 
+(require "private/debug.rkt")
+
 (define-tokens honu-tokens (number identifier string))
 
 (define-empty-tokens honu-empty-tokens
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@
 (define (read-tokens port)
   (let loop ([tokens '()])
     (define next (honu-lexer port))
-    ;; (printf "next ~a\n" next)
+    ;; (debug "next token ~a\n" next)
     (match next
       [(struct* position-token ([token (? token-eof?)] [start-pos start] [end-pos end]))
        ; (printf "done lexing ~a\n" tokens)
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/runtime.rkt b/collects/honu/core/runtime.rkt
index 439689306e..258b2f8702 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/runtime.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/runtime.rkt
@@ -1,7 +1,27 @@
 #lang racket/base
 
-(require "read.rkt")
+(require "read.rkt"
+         "private/honu-typed-scheme.rkt"
+         racket/port)
+
+(define (read-one-line name input)
+  (define quit? #f)
+  (define one-line
+    (with-output-to-string
+      (lambda ()
+        (let loop ()
+          (define next (read-char input))
+          (when (eof-object? next)
+            (set! quit? #t))
+          (when (not (or (eof-object? next)
+                         (char=? next #\newline)))
+            (display next)
+            (loop))))))
+  (if quit?
+    ;; this isn't right, somehow communicate to the system that the repl should close
+    #'(exit)
+    (honu-read-syntax name (open-input-string one-line))))
 
 (provide configure)
 (define (configure . args)
-  (current-read-interaction honu-read-syntax))
+  (current-read-interaction read-one-line))