@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@
 			"-main"
 			"-v"
 			"-q"
 			"-use-local"
 			"-skip-version-check"
+			"-repl"
 			)
 		 args:arg-hash
 		 0))
 
 (if (not (null? remargs))
@@ -3355,7 +3356,9 @@
 ;; ease debugging by loading ~/.dashboardrc
 (let ((debugcontrolf (conc (get-environment-variable "HOME") "/.dashboardrc")))
   (if (file-exists? debugcontrolf)
       (load debugcontrolf)))
 
-(main)
+(if (args:get-arg "-repl")
+    (repl)
+    (main))