diff --git a/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.hs b/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.hs
index 1788506df..4e7ef509f 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
-module Main
-  (module Hledger.UI)
+module Main (main)
 where
-import Hledger.UI (main)
+-- import Hledger.UI (main)
+-- workaround for GHC 9.0.1 https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/19397, #1503
+import qualified Hledger.UI.Main (main)
+main :: IO ()
+main = Hledger.UI.Main.main