diff --git a/lib/quibble.mjs b/lib/quibble.mjs
index 125db13..8450361 100644
--- a/lib/quibble.mjs
+++ b/lib/quibble.mjs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'; // FIXME: remove
+
 import quibble from './quibble.js'
 import { thisWillRunInUserThread } from './thisWillRunInUserThread.js'
 
@@ -20,63 +22,55 @@ const quibbleLoaderState = {
   stubModuleGeneration: 0
 }
 
-export async function resolve (specifier, context, nextResolve) {
-  const resolve = () =>
-    nextResolve(
-      specifier.includes('__quibble')
-        ? specifier
-          .replace(/[?&]__quibbleresolveurl/, '')
-          .replace(/[?&]__quibbleoriginal/, '')
-        : specifier,
-      context
-    )
+export async function resolve (specifier, { parentURL }, nextResolve) {
+  const { stubModuleGeneration } = quibbleLoaderState
+
+  const { url, ...ctx } = await nextResolve(
+    specifier.includes('__quibble')
+      ? specifier
+        .replace(/[?&]__quibbleresolveurl/, '')
+        .replace(/[?&]__quibbleoriginal/, '')
+      : specifier
+  )
+  .catch((error) => {
+    if (error.code === 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
+      return {
+        url: parentURL
+          ? addQueryToUrl(
+              new URL(specifier, parentURL).href,
+              '__quibble',
+              stubModuleGeneration
+            )
+          : new URL(specifier).href
+      }
+    } else {
+      throw error
+    }
+  });
+  let resolvedUrl = url;
 
   if (specifier.includes('__quibbleresolveurl')) {
-    const resolvedUrl = (await resolve()).url
     const error = new Error()
     error.code = 'QUIBBLE_RESOLVED_URL'
     error.resolvedUrl = resolvedUrl
     throw error
   }
 
-  if (!quibbleLoaderState.quibbledModules) {
-    return resolve()
-  }
-
-  if (specifier === 'quibble') {
-    return resolve()
+  if (
+    quibbleLoaderState.quibbledModules.size
+    && specifier !== 'quibble'
+    && !specifier.includes('__quibbleoriginal')
+  ) {
+    const quibbledUrl = addQueryToUrl(url, '__quibble', stubModuleGeneration)
+    if (!url.startsWith('node:') || getStubsInfo(quibbledUrl)) resolvedUrl = quibbledUrl
   }
 
-  if (specifier.includes('__quibbleoriginal')) {
-    return resolve()
+  // FIXME: remove
+  if (specifier.includes('is-promise')) {
+    writeFileSync(1, `\n[QBL]:\nresolved: ${resolvedUrl}\nsize: ${quibbleLoaderState.quibbledModules.size}\n\n`)
   }
 
-  const stubModuleGeneration = quibbleLoaderState.stubModuleGeneration
-  const { parentURL } = context
-
-  try {
-    const { url, ...ctx } = await resolve()
-
-    const quibbledUrl = addQueryToUrl(url, '__quibble', stubModuleGeneration)
-
-    if (url.startsWith('node:') && !getStubsInfo(quibbledUrl)) {
-      return { ...ctx, url } // It's allowed to change ctx for a builtin (but unlikely)
-    }
-
-    return { ...ctx, url: quibbledUrl }
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (error.code === 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
-      return {
-        url: parentURL
-          ? addQueryToUrl(
-            new URL(specifier, parentURL).href
-            , '__quibble', stubModuleGeneration)
-          : new URL(specifier).href
-      }
-    } else {
-      throw error
-    }
-  }
+  return { ...ctx, url: resolvedUrl }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/esm-lib/quibble-cjs-esmImportWithPath.test.js b/test/esm-lib/quibble-cjs-esmImportWithPath.test.js
index b18b149..8c20ddd 100644
--- a/test/esm-lib/quibble-cjs-esmImportWithPath.test.js
+++ b/test/esm-lib/quibble-cjs-esmImportWithPath.test.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   'support importing esm and returning the path even when bare-specifier quibbled': async function () {
     // This test that `is-promise` is a dual-mode module where
-    // the entry points are index.js and index.mjs. If thie changes in the future, you
+    // the entry points are index.js and index.mjs. If this changes in the future, you
     // can always create a module of your own and put it in node_modules.
     await quibble.esm('is-promise', undefined, 42)
     const { modulePath, module } = await quibble.esmImportWithPath('is-promise')