diff --git a/bb/tasks.clj b/bb/tasks.clj
index 95299063..0c074910 100644
--- a/bb/tasks.clj
+++ b/bb/tasks.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
    [babashka.fs :as fs]
    [babashka.process :refer [shell]]
    [cheshire.core :as json]
-   [node-repl-tests]))
+   [node-repl-tests]
+   [clojure.string :as str]))
 
 (def test-config
   '{:compiler-options {:load-tests true}
@@ -44,10 +45,24 @@
   (bump-core-vars)
   (shell "npx shadow-cljs --aliases :dev --config-merge .work/config-merge.edn watch squint"))
 
+(defn test-project [_]
+  (let [dir "test-project"]
+    (fs/delete-tree (fs/path dir "lib"))
+    (shell {:dir dir} "npx squint compile")
+    (let [output (:out (shell {:dir dir :out :string} "node lib/main.mjs"))]
+      (println output)
+      (assert (str/includes? output "macros2/debug 10"))
+      (assert (str/includes? output "macros2/debug 6"))
+      (assert (str/includes? output "macros/debug 10",))
+      (assert (str/includes? output "macros/debug 6")))))
+
 (defn test-squint []
   (fs/create-dirs ".work")
   (spit ".work/config-merge.edn" (shadow-extra-test-config))
   (bump-core-vars)
   (shell "npx shadow-cljs --config-merge .work/config-merge.edn compile squint")
   (shell "node lib/squint_tests.js")
-  (node-repl-tests/run-tests {}))
+  (node-repl-tests/run-tests {})
+  (test-project {}))
+
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 81f6a3eb..0a9a1166 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "squint-cljs": "."
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "chokidar": "^3.5.3"
+    "chokidar": "^3.5.3",
+    "glob": "^10.3.10"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/squint/internal/cli.cljs b/src/squint/internal/cli.cljs
index 5eab457d..55ad6d72 100644
--- a/src/squint/internal/cli.cljs
+++ b/src/squint/internal/cli.cljs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   (:require
    ["fs" :as fs]
    ["path" :as path]
+   ["glob" :as glob]
    [babashka.cli :as cli]
    [shadow.esm :as esm]
    [squint.compiler :as cc]
@@ -21,10 +22,19 @@
           ext' (path/extname resolved)]
       (str "./" (str/replace resolved (re-pattern (str ext' "$")) ext)))))
 
+(defn glob-cljs-files [dir]
+  (glob/globSync (str dir "/**/*.{cljs,cljc}")))
+
+(defn files-from-paths [paths]
+  (mapcat glob-cljs-files paths))
+
 (defn compile-files
   [opts files]
   (let [cfg @utils/!cfg
-        opts (merge cfg opts)]
+        opts (merge cfg opts)
+        files (if (empty? files)
+                (files-from-paths (:paths cfg))
+                files)]
     ;; shouldn't need this if :coerce worked in babashka.cli
     (when-let [out-dir (:output-dir opts)]
       (when-not (string? out-dir)
diff --git a/test-project/src/macros.cljc b/test-project/src/macros.cljc
index bd0d9df4..e0e883c4 100644
--- a/test-project/src/macros.cljc
+++ b/test-project/src/macros.cljc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 (ns macros)
 
 (defmacro debug [_kwd body]
-  [::debug body])
+  `(println ::debug ~body))
diff --git a/test-project/src/macros2.cljc b/test-project/src/macros2.cljc
index 4e503f64..dec14b28 100644
--- a/test-project/src/macros2.cljc
+++ b/test-project/src/macros2.cljc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 (ns macros2)
 
 (defmacro debug [_kwd body]
-  [::debug body])
+  `(println ::debug ~body))
diff --git a/test-project/src/main.cljs b/test-project/src/main.cljs
index 61d41715..26010b1e 100644
--- a/test-project/src/main.cljs
+++ b/test-project/src/main.cljs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   (:require [other-ns]))
 
 (defn foo []
-  (m/debug :foo (+ 1 2 3 4)))
+  (m/debug :foo (+ 1 2 3)))
 
-(prn (foo))
-(prn (debug :foo (+ 1 2 3 4)))
+(foo)
+(debug :foo (+ 1 2 3 4))
diff --git a/test-project/src/other_ns.cljs b/test-project/src/other_ns.cljs
index 36340a2b..66431e17 100644
--- a/test-project/src/other_ns.cljs
+++ b/test-project/src/other_ns.cljs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (ns other-ns
   (:require-macros [macros2 :as m :refer [debug]]))
 
-(prn (debug :foo (+ 1 2 3)))
-(prn (m/debug :foo (+ 1 2 3)))
+(debug :foo (+ 1 2 3 4))
+(m/debug :foo (+ 1 2 3))