diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index fa0a3d8..3666700 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
-  <component name="ConnektScriptState">
-    <option name="scriptFileState">
-      <list>
-        <ConnektScriptState>
-          <option name="fileUrl" value="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/conference.connekt.kts" />
-        </ConnektScriptState>
-        <ConnektScriptState>
-          <option name="fileUrl" value="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/http.connekt.kts" />
-        </ConnektScriptState>
-        <ConnektScriptState>
-          <option name="fileUrl" value="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/scenario.connekt.kts" />
-        </ConnektScriptState>
-      </list>
-    </option>
-  </component>
   <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
   <component name="FrameworkDetectionExcludesConfiguration">
     <file type="web" url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$" />
@@ -24,4 +10,4 @@
   <component name="ProjectType">
     <option name="id" value="jpab" />
   </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/connekt-scripting-host/build.gradle.kts b/connekt-scripting-host/build.gradle.kts
index 13768d3..1eddffc 100644
--- a/connekt-scripting-host/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/connekt-scripting-host/build.gradle.kts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-jvm")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-jvm-host")
     implementation("com.github.ajalt.clikt:clikt:5.0.1")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-power-assert-compiler-plugin-embeddable:2.0.21")
 
     // Implementation for slf4j to disable warning
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-nop:2.0.7")
diff --git a/connekt-scripting-host/src/main/java/io/amplicode/connekt/ConnektScriptingHost.kt b/connekt-scripting-host/src/main/java/io/amplicode/connekt/ConnektScriptingHost.kt
index bac1c04..0043a50 100644
--- a/connekt-scripting-host/src/main/java/io/amplicode/connekt/ConnektScriptingHost.kt
+++ b/connekt-scripting-host/src/main/java/io/amplicode/connekt/ConnektScriptingHost.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package io.amplicode.connekt
 
 import io.amplicode.connekt.dsl.ConnektBuilder
 import java.io.File
+import java.io.File.pathSeparator
 import kotlin.script.experimental.api.*
 import kotlin.script.experimental.host.ScriptingHostConfiguration
 import kotlin.script.experimental.jvm.BasicJvmScriptEvaluator
@@ -25,6 +26,14 @@ class ConnektScriptingHost(
     // that should be used to run the Evaluator.
     private val jvmTarget = "1.8"
 
+    private val powerAssertJar by lazy {
+        System.getProperty("java.class.path")
+            .split(pathSeparator)
+            .map(::File)
+            .firstOrNull { it.name.startsWith("kotlin-power-assert-compiler-plugin-embeddable") && it.extension == "jar" }
+            ?: error("Power-Assert plugin jar not found on classpath")
+    }
+
     private val compilationConfiguration =
         createJvmCompilationConfigurationFromTemplate<Connekt> {
             compilerOptions(
@@ -32,7 +41,11 @@ class ConnektScriptingHost(
                     "use-fast-jar-file-system",
                     "false",
                     "-Xadd-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH",
-                    "-jvm-target=$jvmTarget"
+                    "-jvm-target=$jvmTarget",
+                    "-Xplugin=${powerAssertJar.absolutePath}",
+                    "-P",
+                    "plugin:org.jetbrains.kotlin.powerassert:function=kotlin.assert",
+                    "plugin:org.jetbrains.kotlin.powerassert:function=kotlin.require",
                 )
             )
         }
@@ -109,4 +122,4 @@ private class NoopScriptEvaluator(
             )
         )
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}