diff --git a/plugins/jsvm/binds.go b/plugins/jsvm/binds.go
index 5abf6163..e4352961 100644
--- a/plugins/jsvm/binds.go
+++ b/plugins/jsvm/binds.go
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ func routerBinds(app core.App, loader *goja.Runtime, executors *vmsPool) {
 }
 
 func wrapHandler(executors *vmsPool, handler goja.Value) (echo.HandlerFunc, error) {
+	if handler == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("handler must be non-nil")
+	}
+
 	switch h := handler.Export().(type) {
 	case echo.HandlerFunc:
 		// "native" handler - no need to wrap
@@ -222,6 +226,10 @@ func wrapMiddlewares(executors *vmsPool, rawMiddlewares ...goja.Value) ([]echo.M
 	wrappedMiddlewares := make([]echo.MiddlewareFunc, len(rawMiddlewares))
 
 	for i, m := range rawMiddlewares {
+		if m == nil {
+			return nil, errors.New("middleware func must be non-nil")
+		}
+
 		switch v := m.Export().(type) {
 		case echo.MiddlewareFunc:
 			// "native" middleware - no need to wrap
@@ -271,7 +279,7 @@ func baseBinds(vm *goja.Runtime) {
 	vm.Set("DynamicModel", func(call goja.ConstructorCall) *goja.Object {
 		shape, ok := call.Argument(0).Export().(map[string]any)
 		if !ok || len(shape) == 0 {
-			panic("missing shape data")
+			panic("[DynamicModel] missing shape data")
 		}
 
 		instance := newDynamicModel(shape)
@@ -364,7 +372,7 @@ func baseBinds(vm *goja.Runtime) {
 	vm.Set("Dao", func(call goja.ConstructorCall) *goja.Object {
 		concurrentDB, _ := call.Argument(0).Export().(dbx.Builder)
 		if concurrentDB == nil {
-			panic("missing required Dao(concurrentDB, [nonconcurrentDB]) argument")
+			panic("[Dao] missing required Dao(concurrentDB, [nonconcurrentDB]) argument")
 		}
 
 		nonConcurrentDB, _ := call.Argument(1).Export().(dbx.Builder)
diff --git a/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go b/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go
index 2b4d7f1e..94ab495e 100644
--- a/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go
+++ b/plugins/jsvm/jsvm.go
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	hooksExtension      = ".pb.js"
-	migrationsExtension = ".js"
-
 	typesFileName = "types.d.ts"
 )
 
@@ -53,6 +50,13 @@ type Config struct {
 	// If not set it fallbacks to a relative "pb_data/../pb_hooks" directory.
 	HooksDir string
 
+	// HooksFilesPattern specifies a regular expression pattern that
+	// identify which file to load by the hook vm(s).
+	//
+	// If not set it fallbacks to `^.*(\.pb\.js|\.pb\.ts)$`, aka. any
+	// HookdsDir file ending in ".pb.js" or ".pb.ts" (the last one is to enforce IDE linters).
+	HooksFilesPattern string
+
 	// HooksPoolSize specifies how many goja.Runtime instances to prewarm
 	// and keep for the JS app hooks gorotines execution.
 	//
@@ -65,6 +69,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// If not set it fallbacks to a relative "pb_data/../pb_migrations" directory.
 	MigrationsDir string
 
+	// If not set it fallbacks to `^.*(\.js|\.ts)$`, aka. any MigrationDir file
+	// ending in ".js" or ".ts" (the last one is to enforce IDE linters).
+	MigrationsFilesPattern string
+
 	// TypesDir specifies the directory where to store the embedded
 	// TypeScript declarations file.
 	//
@@ -96,6 +104,14 @@ func Register(app core.App, config Config) error {
 		p.config.MigrationsDir = filepath.Join(app.DataDir(), "../pb_migrations")
 	}
 
+	if p.config.HooksFilesPattern == "" {
+		p.config.HooksFilesPattern = `^.*(\.pb\.js|\.pb\.ts)$`
+	}
+
+	if p.config.MigrationsFilesPattern == "" {
+		p.config.MigrationsFilesPattern = `^.*(\.js|\.ts)$`
+	}
+
 	if p.config.TypesDir == "" {
 		p.config.TypesDir = app.DataDir()
 	}
@@ -129,7 +145,7 @@ type plugin struct {
 // registerMigrations registers the JS migrations loader.
 func (p *plugin) registerMigrations() error {
 	// fetch all js migrations sorted by their filename
-	files, err := filesContent(p.config.MigrationsDir, `^.*`+regexp.QuoteMeta(migrationsExtension)+`$`)
+	files, err := filesContent(p.config.MigrationsDir, p.config.MigrationsFilesPattern)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -168,7 +184,7 @@ func (p *plugin) registerMigrations() error {
 // registerHooks registers the JS app hooks loader.
 func (p *plugin) registerHooks() error {
 	// fetch all js hooks sorted by their filename
-	files, err := filesContent(p.config.HooksDir, `^.*`+regexp.QuoteMeta(hooksExtension)+`$`)
+	files, err := filesContent(p.config.HooksDir, p.config.HooksFilesPattern)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -250,14 +266,24 @@ func (p *plugin) registerHooks() error {
 	routerBinds(p.app, loader, executors)
 
 	for file, content := range files {
-		_, err := loader.RunString(string(content))
-		if err != nil {
-			if p.config.HooksWatch {
-				color.Red("Failed to execute %s: %v", file, err)
-			} else {
+		func() {
+			defer func() {
+				if err := recover(); err != nil {
+					fmtErr := fmt.Errorf("Failed to execute %s:\n - %v", file, err)
+
+					if p.config.HooksWatch {
+						color.Red("%v", fmtErr)
+					} else {
+						panic(fmtErr)
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+
+			_, err := loader.RunString(string(content))
+			if err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}
-		}
+		}()
 	}
 
 	return nil