diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16d876e..3cb9c9f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 [](dependency)
 ```clojure
-[seancorfield/boot-expectations "1.0.2"] ;; latest release
+[seancorfield/boot-expectations "1.0.3"] ;; latest release
 ```
 [](/dependency)
 
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ boot watch speak expectations
 
 ## Changes
 
+1.0.3 - 12/25/2015 - Add `--requires` / `--shutdown` options.
 1.0.2 - 12/24/2015 - Create pod before task body for efficiency.
 1.0.1 - 12/20/2015 - Add `distinct` to dedupe list of namespaces (#7).
 1.0.0 - 12/19/2015 - Initial public release.
diff --git a/build.boot b/build.boot
index d141309..c621b94 100644
--- a/build.boot
+++ b/build.boot
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (set-env!
  :resource-paths #{"src"})
 
-(def version "1.0.2")
+(def version "1.0.3")
 
 (task-options!
  pom {:project     'seancorfield/boot-expectations
diff --git a/src/seancorfield/boot_expectations.clj b/src/seancorfield/boot_expectations.clj
index cde4f5c..c96e123 100644
--- a/src/seancorfield/boot_expectations.clj
+++ b/src/seancorfield/boot_expectations.clj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
           '[[expectations "2.1.4"]
             [org.clojure/tools.namespace "0.2.11"]]))
 
-(defn init [fresh-pod]
+(defn init [requires fresh-pod]
   (doseq [r '[[clojure.java.io :as io]
               [clojure.tools.namespace.find :as f]]]
     (pod/require-in fresh-pod r)))
@@ -28,19 +28,23 @@
   will be used.
 
   You can specify regular expressions for namespaces to include and exclude."
-  [c clojure VERSION str   "the version of Clojure for testing."
-   e exclude REGEX   regex "the filter for excluded namespaces"
-   i include REGEX   regex "the filter for included namespaces"
-   v verbose         bool  "Display each namespace completed"]
-  (let [pod-deps (update-in (core/get-env) [:dependencies]
+  [c clojure  VERSION str    "the version of Clojure for testing."
+   e exclude  REGEX   regex  "the filter for excluded namespaces"
+   i include  REGEX   regex  "the filter for included namespaces"
+   r requires NS      #{sym} "namespaces to be required at pod startup"
+   s shutdown FN      #{sym} "functions to be called prior to pod shutdown"
+   v verbose          bool   "Display each namespace completed"]
+  (let [exclude  (or exclude #"^$")
+        include  (or include #".*")
+        requires (or requires #{})
+        shutdown (or shutdown #{})
+        pod-deps (update-in (core/get-env) [:dependencies]
                             (fn [deps]
                               (cond->> (into deps (pod-deps))
                                 clojure (mapv (partial replace-clojure-version clojure)))))
-        pods     (pod/pod-pool pod-deps :init init)]
+        pods     (pod/pod-pool pod-deps :init (partial init requires))]
     (core/with-pass-thru [fs]
-      (let [dirs     (mapv (memfn getPath) (core/input-dirs fs))
-            include  (or include #".*")
-            exclude  (or exclude #"^$")]
+      (let [dirs (mapv (memfn getPath) (core/input-dirs fs))]
         (core/cleanup (pods :shutdown))
         (let [{:keys [fail error] :as summary}
               (pod/with-eval-in (pods :refresh)
@@ -50,7 +54,11 @@
                         :when (and (re-find ~include (name n))
                                    (not (re-find ~exclude (name n))))]
                   (require n))
-                (binding [e/ns-finished (if ~verbose (fn [ns] (println "\nCompleted" ns)) (constantly nil))]
-                  (e/run-all-tests)))]
+                (try
+                  (binding [e/ns-finished (if ~verbose (fn [ns] (println "\nCompleted" ns)) (constantly nil))]
+                    (e/run-all-tests))
+                  (finally
+                    (doseq [f ~shutdown]
+                      (f)))))]
           (when (pos? (+ fail error))
             (throw (ex-info "Some tests failed or errored" summary))))))))