diff --git a/orx-olive/build.gradle b/orx-olive/build.gradle
index f669f5ad..db39aab2 100644
--- a/orx-olive/build.gradle
+++ b/orx-olive/build.gradle
@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(":orx-file-watcher")
 
     // -- JSR 223, old style script loader
-    api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-jsr223:$kotlinVersion"
-
-    api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$kotlinVersion"
-    api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-jvm-host-embeddable:$kotlinVersion"
-    api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-common:$kotlinVersion"
-    api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-compiler-embeddable:$kotlinVersion"
-    api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler-embeddable:$kotlinVersion"
-    api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler:$kotlinVersion"
-    api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-script-runtime:$kotlinVersion"
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-jvm:$kotlinVersion"
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-jvm-host:$kotlinVersion"
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$kotlinVersion"
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-jsr223:$kotlinVersion"
 }
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diff --git a/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/ScriptObjectLoaderKSH.kt b/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/ScriptObjectLoaderKSH.kt
index 9f16f063..41d1fdaa 100644
--- a/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/ScriptObjectLoaderKSH.kt
+++ b/orx-olive/src/main/kotlin/ScriptObjectLoaderKSH.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ fun <T> loadFromScriptKSH(
             }
 
         }
-): T = (evalScriptWithConfiguration(script.readText(), host, body).valueOrThrow().returnValue as ResultValue.Value).value as T
+): T = loadFromScriptKSH(script.readText(), host, body)
+
+@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+fun <T> loadFromScriptKSH(
+        script: String,
+        host: BasicScriptingHost = BasicJvmScriptingHost(),
+        body: ScriptCompilationConfiguration.Builder.() -> Unit = {
+
+            jvm {
+                dependenciesFromCurrentContext(wholeClasspath = true)
+            }
+
+        }
+): T = (evalScriptWithConfiguration(script, host, body).valueOrThrow().returnValue as ResultValue.Value).value as T
+
 
 
diff --git a/orx-olive/src/test/kotlin/TestLoadScript.kt b/orx-olive/src/test/kotlin/TestLoadScript.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26f7631d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orx-olive/src/test/kotlin/TestLoadScript.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import org.amshove.kluent.`should be equal to`
+import org.openrndr.extra.olive.ScriptObjectLoader
+import org.openrndr.extra.olive.loadFromScript
+import org.spekframework.spek2.Spek
+import org.spekframework.spek2.style.specification.describe
+
+object TestLoadScript : Spek({
+
+    describe("some script") {
+        val loader  = ScriptObjectLoader()
+
+        val number = loader.load<Int>("5")
+
+        it("should evaluate properly") {
+            number `should be equal to` 5
+        }
+    }
+})
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diff --git a/orx-olive/src/test/kotlin/TestLoadScriptKSH.kt b/orx-olive/src/test/kotlin/TestLoadScriptKSH.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39834653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orx-olive/src/test/kotlin/TestLoadScriptKSH.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import org.amshove.kluent.`should be equal to`
+import org.openrndr.extra.olive.ScriptObjectLoader
+import org.openrndr.extra.olive.loadFromScript
+import org.openrndr.extra.olive.loadFromScriptKSH
+import org.spekframework.spek2.Spek
+import org.spekframework.spek2.style.specification.describe
+
+object TestLoadScriptKSH : Spek({
+
+    describe("some script") {
+        val number = loadFromScriptKSH<Int>("5")
+
+        it("should evaluate properly") {
+            number `should be equal to` 5
+        }
+    }
+})
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