diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d160020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+((clojure-mode
+  (cider-clojure-cli-aliases . "test-common:1.10")))
diff --git a/src/rewrite_clj/node/reader_macro.cljc b/src/rewrite_clj/node/reader_macro.cljc
index 5a0e944..19f1465 100644
--- a/src/rewrite_clj/node/reader_macro.cljc
+++ b/src/rewrite_clj/node/reader_macro.cljc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   (node-type [_node] :reader-macro)
   (printable-only?[_node] false)
   (sexpr* [node _opts]
-    (list 'read-string (node/string node)))
+    (list `read-string (node/string node)))
   (length [_node]
     (inc (node/sum-lengths children)))
   (string [_node]
diff --git a/test/rewrite_clj/node_test.cljc b/test/rewrite_clj/node_test.cljc
index f571e18..1bf57ee 100644
--- a/test/rewrite_clj/node_test.cljc
+++ b/test/rewrite_clj/node_test.cljc
@@ -220,3 +220,6 @@
       (is (= expected-node-type (proto/node-type n)))
       (is (= expected-str (n/string n)))
       (is (= expected-sexpr (n/sexpr n))))))
+
+(deftest reader-macro-sexpr-test
+  (is (= `read-string (first (n/sexpr (p/parse-string "#booya 32"))))))