diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a4b9abec..885d9f9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## v0.25.5 (WIP)
+
+- Specified a default goja script name when executing plain JS strings to allow traversing parent `node_modules` directories.
+
+
 ## v0.25.4
 
 - Downgraded `aws-sdk-go-v2` to the version before the default data integrity checks because there have been reports for non-AWS S3 providers in addition to Backblaze (IDrive, R2) that no longer or partially work with the latest AWS SDK changes.
diff --git a/plugins/jsvm/binds.go b/plugins/jsvm/binds.go
index ae8184ee..23a90211 100644
--- a/plugins/jsvm/binds.go
+++ b/plugins/jsvm/binds.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func hooksBinds(app core.App, loader *goja.Runtime, executors *vmsPool) {
 		loader.Set(jsName, func(callback string, tags ...string) {
 			// overwrite the global $app with the hook scoped instance
 			callback = `function(e) { $app = e.app; return (` + callback + `).call(undefined, e) }`
-			pr := goja.MustCompile("", "{("+callback+").apply(undefined, __args)}", true)
+			pr := goja.MustCompile(defaultScriptPath, "{("+callback+").apply(undefined, __args)}", true)
 
 			tagsAsValues := make([]reflect.Value, len(tags))
 			for i, tag := range tags {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func hooksBinds(app core.App, loader *goja.Runtime, executors *vmsPool) {
 
 func cronBinds(app core.App, loader *goja.Runtime, executors *vmsPool) {
 	loader.Set("cronAdd", func(jobId, cronExpr, handler string) {
-		pr := goja.MustCompile("", "{("+handler+").apply(undefined)}", true)
+		pr := goja.MustCompile(defaultScriptPath, "{("+handler+").apply(undefined)}", true)
 
 		err := app.Cron().Add(jobId, cronExpr, func() {
 			err := executors.run(func(executor *goja.Runtime) error {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func wrapHandlerFunc(executors *vmsPool, handler goja.Value) (func(*core.Request
 		// "native" handler func - no need to wrap
 		return h, nil
 	case func(goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value, string:
-		pr := goja.MustCompile("", "{("+handler.String()+").apply(undefined, __args)}", true)
+		pr := goja.MustCompile(defaultScriptPath, "{("+handler.String()+").apply(undefined, __args)}", true)
 
 		wrappedHandler := func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			return executors.run(func(executor *goja.Runtime) error {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func wrapMiddlewares(executors *vmsPool, rawMiddlewares ...goja.Value) ([]*hook.
 				return nil, errors.New("missing or invalid Middleware function")
 			}
 
-			pr := goja.MustCompile("", "{("+v.serializedFunc+").apply(undefined, __args)}", true)
+			pr := goja.MustCompile(defaultScriptPath, "{("+v.serializedFunc+").apply(undefined, __args)}", true)
 
 			wrappedMiddlewares[i] = &hook.Handler[*core.RequestEvent]{
 				Id:       v.id,
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func wrapMiddlewares(executors *vmsPool, rawMiddlewares ...goja.Value) ([]*hook.
 				},
 			}
 		case func(goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value, string:
-			pr := goja.MustCompile("", "{("+m.String()+").apply(undefined, __args)}", true)
+			pr := goja.MustCompile(defaultScriptPath, "{("+m.String()+").apply(undefined, __args)}", true)
 
 			wrappedMiddlewares[i] = &hook.Handler[*core.RequestEvent]{
 				Func: func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
diff --git a/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go b/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go
index ba5385b6..5ef610e8 100644
--- a/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go
+++ b/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go
@@ -35,6 +35,24 @@ import (
 
 const typesFileName = "types.d.ts"
 
+var defaultScriptPath = "pb.js"
+
+func init() {
+	// For backward compatibility and consistency with the Go exposed
+	// methods that accepts relative paths (e.g. `$os.writeFile`),
+	// we define the "current JS module" as if it is a file in the current working directory
+	// (the filename itself doesn't really matter and in our case the hook handlers are executed as separate "programs").
+	//
+	// This is necessary for `require(module)` to properly traverse parents node_modules (goja_nodejs#95).
+	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		// truly rare case, log just for debug purposes
+		color.Yellow("Failed to retrieve the current working directory: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		defaultScriptPath = filepath.Join(cwd, defaultScriptPath)
+	}
+}
+
 // Config defines the config options of the jsvm plugin.
 type Config struct {
 	// OnInit is an optional function that will be called
@@ -191,7 +209,7 @@ func (p *plugin) registerMigrations() error {
 			p.config.OnInit(vm)
 		}
 
-		_, err := vm.RunString(string(content))
+		_, err := vm.RunScript(defaultScriptPath, string(content))
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to run migration %s: %w", file, err)
 		}
@@ -306,7 +324,7 @@ func (p *plugin) registerHooks() error {
 				}
 			}()
 
-			_, err := loader.RunString(string(content))
+			_, err := loader.RunScript(defaultScriptPath, string(content))
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}