diff --git a/orx-olive/build.gradle b/orx-olive/build.gradle
index 566a9de4..64043e6a 100644
--- a/orx-olive/build.gradle
+++ b/orx-olive/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 dependencies {
     compile project(":orx-file-watcher")
+
+    // -- JSR 223, old style script loader
     compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-jsr223:$kotlinVersion"
+
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$kotlinVersion"
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-jvm-host-embeddable:$kotlinVersion"
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-common:$kotlinVersion"
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-compiler-embeddable:$kotlinVersion"
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler-embeddable:$kotlinVersion"
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler:$kotlinVersion"
+//    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-script-util:$kotlinVersion"
+//    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-main-kts:$kotlinVersion"
+ //   compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-dependencies:$kotlinVersion"
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/Olive.kt b/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/Olive.kt
index a39eb50d..6645ca92 100644
--- a/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/Olive.kt
+++ b/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/Olive.kt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class Olive<P : Program>(val resources: Resources? = null) : Extension {
                 try {
                     val futureFunc = GlobalScope.async {
                         val start = System.currentTimeMillis()
-                        val f = loadFromScript<P.() -> Unit>(it)
+                        val f = loadFromScriptKSH<P.() -> Unit>(it)
                         val end = System.currentTimeMillis()
                         logger.info { "loading script took ${end - start}ms" }
                         f
diff --git a/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/ScriptObjectLoaderKSH.kt b/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/ScriptObjectLoaderKSH.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..796f776c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/ScriptObjectLoaderKSH.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package org.openrndr.extra.olive
+
+import java.io.File
+import kotlin.script.experimental.api.*
+import kotlin.script.experimental.host.BasicScriptingHost
+import kotlin.script.experimental.host.toScriptSource
+import kotlin.script.experimental.jvm.dependenciesFromCurrentContext
+import kotlin.script.experimental.jvm.jvm
+import kotlin.script.experimental.jvmhost.BasicJvmScriptingHost
+import kotlin.script.experimental.jvmhost.createJvmCompilationConfigurationFromTemplate
+import kotlin.script.templates.standard.SimpleScriptTemplate
+
+internal fun evalScriptWithConfiguration(
+        script: String,
+        host: BasicScriptingHost = BasicJvmScriptingHost(),
+        body: ScriptCompilationConfiguration.Builder.() -> Unit = {}
+): ResultWithDiagnostics<EvaluationResult> {
+    val compilationConfiguration = createJvmCompilationConfigurationFromTemplate<SimpleScriptTemplate>(body = body)
+    return host.eval(script.toScriptSource(), compilationConfiguration, null)
+}
+
+fun <T> loadFromScriptKSH(
+        script: File,
+        host: BasicScriptingHost = BasicJvmScriptingHost(),
+        body: ScriptCompilationConfiguration.Builder.() -> Unit = {
+
+            jvm {
+                dependenciesFromCurrentContext(wholeClasspath = true)
+            }
+
+        }
+): T = (evalScriptWithConfiguration(script.readText(), host, body).valueOrThrow().returnValue as ResultValue.Value).value as T
+
+