diff --git a/lib/standard-clojure-style.js b/lib/standard-clojure-style.js
index d64cb80..bc19cae 100644
--- a/lib/standard-clojure-style.js
+++ b/lib/standard-clojure-style.js
@@ -720,6 +720,10 @@
     return node.name === 'token' && node.text === 'ns'
   }
 
+  function isUseNode (node) {
+    return node && isString(node.text) && (node.text === ':use' || node.text === 'use')
+  }
+
   function isRequireNode (node) {
     return node && isString(node.text) && (node.text === ':require' || node.text === 'require')
   }
@@ -2425,6 +2429,7 @@
         result.genClass.prefix.value = strConcat3('"', getTextFromStringNode(node), '"')
         genClassToggle = 0
         genClassValueLineNo = lineNo
+
       // other :gen-class values
       } else if (insideGenClass && idx > genClassNodeIdx && isTextNode && isTokenNode2 && genClassToggle === 1) {
         // :name, :extends, :init, :post-init, :factory, :state, :impl-ns
@@ -2447,6 +2452,10 @@
           }
         }
         // FIXME: we need to handle :implements, :constructors, :methods, :exposes, :exposes-methods, here
+
+      // throw an error if we encounter :use
+      } else if (insideNsForm && isTokenNode2 && parenNestingDepth >= 1 && isUseNode(node)) {
+        throw new Error('Standard Clojure Style does not support :use inside of the ns form. Please refactor with :require as appropriate.')
       }
 
       // increment the lineNo for the next node if we are on a newline node
@@ -3902,7 +3911,7 @@
         out: inputTxt
       }
     } else {
-    // parse the ns data structure from the nodes
+      // parse the ns data structure from the nodes
       let parsedNs = null
       try {
         parsedNs = parseNs(nodesArr)
diff --git a/test/parse_ns.test.js b/test/parse_ns.test.js
index 68d964a..5f15dc0 100644
--- a/test/parse_ns.test.js
+++ b/test/parse_ns.test.js
@@ -80,22 +80,27 @@ allTestCases.forEach(testCase => {
         expectedObj = JSON.parse(testCase.expectedTxt)
       } catch (e) {}
 
-      // expectedTxt should be valid JSON
+      // the Expected text should be valid JSON
       expect(expectedObj).not.toBeNull()
 
       const inputNodes = scsLib.parse(testCase.input)
       const flatNodes = scsLib._flattenTree(inputNodes)
-      const nsParsed1 = scsLib._parseNs(flatNodes)
+      try {
+        const nsParsed1 = scsLib._parseNs(flatNodes)
 
-      const nsParsed2 = immutable.fromJS(nsParsed1)
-      const nsExpected = immutable.fromJS(expectedObj)
-      const resultIsTheSame = immutable.is(nsParsed2, nsExpected)
+        const nsParsed2 = immutable.fromJS(nsParsed1)
+        const nsExpected = immutable.fromJS(expectedObj)
+        const resultIsTheSame = immutable.is(nsParsed2, nsExpected)
 
-      if (!resultIsTheSame) {
-        console.log('ns parsed:', JSON.stringify(nsParsed1, null, 2))
-      }
+        if (!resultIsTheSame) {
+          console.log('ns parsed:', JSON.stringify(nsParsed1, null, 2))
+        }
 
-      expect(resultIsTheSame).toBe(true)
+        expect(resultIsTheSame).toBe(true)
+      } catch (e) {
+        expect(expectedObj.parsingShouldError).toBe(true)
+        expect(e.message).toEqual(expectedObj.errorMessage)
+      }
     })
   }
 })
diff --git a/test_format/ns.eno b/test_format/ns.eno
index 53b9e47..9607a92 100644
--- a/test_format/ns.eno
+++ b/test_format/ns.eno
@@ -1903,3 +1903,32 @@
   (:require
    [other :refer :all :rename {foo bar}]))
 --Expected
+
+# GitHub Issue #152 - :use outside of the ns form should work normally
+
+--Input
+(ns com.example.my-app)
+
+  (use 'com.example.foo)
+--Input
+
+--Expected
+(ns com.example.my-app)
+
+(use 'com.example.foo)
+--Expected
+
+# GitHub Issue #152 - use symbol inside the ns form is ok
+
+--Input
+(ns com.example.my-app
+  (:require
+    [com.example.my-app.util :refer [use abc]
+    ]))
+--Input
+
+--Expected
+(ns com.example.my-app
+  (:require
+   [com.example.my-app.util :refer [abc use]]))
+--Expected
diff --git a/test_parse_ns/parse_ns.eno b/test_parse_ns/parse_ns.eno
index e9ee977..4850ecd 100644
--- a/test_parse_ns/parse_ns.eno
+++ b/test_parse_ns/parse_ns.eno
@@ -2970,3 +2970,53 @@
   ]
 }
 --Expected
+
+# GitHub Issue #152 - :use in the ns form should error
+
+> https://github.com/oakmac/standard-clojure-style-js/issues/152
+
+--Input
+(ns com.example.my-app
+  (:use com.example-my-app.util))
+--Input
+
+--Expected
+{
+  "parsingShouldError": true,
+  "errorMessage": "Standard Clojure Style does not support :use inside of the ns form. Please refactor with :require as appropriate."
+}
+--Expected
+
+# GitHub Issue #152 - :use outside of the ns form should work normally
+
+--Input
+(ns com.example.my-app)
+
+  (use 'com.example.foo)
+--Input
+
+--Expected
+{
+  "nsSymbol": "com.example.my-app"
+}
+--Expected
+
+# GitHub Issue #152 - use symbol inside the ns form is ok
+
+--Input
+(ns com.example.my-app
+  (:require
+    [com.example.my-app.util :refer [use]]))
+--Input
+
+--Expected
+{
+  "nsSymbol": "com.example.my-app",
+  "requires": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "com.example.my-app.util",
+      "refer": [{"symbol": "use"}]
+    }
+  ]
+}
+--Expected