diff --git a/.emacs.d/lisp/init-sly.el b/.emacs.d/lisp/init-sly.el
index c34aa840..36aef944 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/lisp/init-sly.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/lisp/init-sly.el
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ If REFRESH is non-nil, rebuild the environment."
                           "--eval" "(in-package :ambrevar/shell)"
                           "--eval" "(named-readtables:in-readtable clesh:syntax)"))
           (sbcl (,@maybe-core-dumper "sbcl"))
+          (sbcl-failsafe ("sbcl"))
           (sbcl-nyxt (lambda () (ambrevar/sbcl-for-nyxt)))
           (sbcl-nyxt-refresh (lambda () (ambrevar/sbcl-for-nyxt :refresh)))
           ;; Simple REPL environment for Nyxt, in case sbcl-nyxt does not work.