diff --git a/racket-hash-lang.el b/racket-hash-lang.el
index 9113947b..5c02d11d 100644
--- a/racket-hash-lang.el
+++ b/racket-hash-lang.el
@@ -931,6 +931,27 @@ rhombus\"."
                            ,input
                            t))))
 
+(defun org-babel-edit-prep:racket-hash-lang (babel-info)
+  "Recreate back-end hash-lang object using :shebang property.
+
+`org-edit-src-code' calls us AFTER the `racket-hash-lang-mode'
+buffer is created. So if there is a :shebang property with
+\"#lang foo\", we need to recreate the back end object using the
+option where we can supply this."
+  (pcase babel-info
+    (`(,_racket-hash-lang ,_contents ,props . ,_)
+     (when-let (shebang (cdr (assq :shebang props)))
+       ;; re-create back end hash-lang object
+       (racket--hash-lang-delete)
+       (setq-local racket--hash-lang-id
+                   (racket--cmd/await
+                    nil
+                    `(hash-lang
+                      create
+                      ,(cl-incf racket--hash-lang-next-id)
+                      ,shebang
+                      ,(buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (point-max)))))))))
+
 (provide 'racket-hash-lang)
 
 ;; racket-hash-lang.el ends here