diff --git a/src/invoke-lambda/run-in-deno.js b/src/invoke-lambda/run-in-deno.js
index f43585b3..800a4524 100644
--- a/src/invoke-lambda/run-in-deno.js
+++ b/src/invoke-lambda/run-in-deno.js
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ let spawn = require('./spawn')
 
 module.exports = function runInNode (params, callback) {
   let deno = join(__dirname, 'runtimes', 'deno.js')
+  let root = params.options.env.LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT
+  params.options.env = { ...params.options.env, 'DENO_DIR': join(root, 'vendor', '.deno_cache') }
   spawn({
     command: 'deno',
     args: [
-      'run', '-A', '--unstable', '--reload', deno
+      'run', '-A', '--unstable', deno
     ],
     ...params,
   }, callback)
diff --git a/src/lib/maybe-hydrate.js b/src/lib/maybe-hydrate.js
index 2c913cda..39f907d0 100644
--- a/src/lib/maybe-hydrate.js
+++ b/src/lib/maybe-hydrate.js
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ module.exports = function maybeHydrate ({ cwd, inventory }, callback) {
             }
             else callback()
           },
+          function _deno (callback) {
+            let isDenoRuntime = (path !== shared && path !== views && inv.lambdasBySrcDir[path].config.runtime === 'deno')
+            if (isDenoRuntime) {
+              install(callback)
+            }
+            else callback()
+          }
         ], callback)
       }
     })