diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4e1252df97..226b21f891 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ project(":core"){
         compileJava.dependsOn(preGen)
 
         compile "org.lz4:lz4-java:1.4.1"
+        compile "org.graalvm.js:js:19.3.0"
         compile arcModule("arc-core")
         compile arcModule("extensions:freetype")
         compile arcModule("extensions:arcnet")
diff --git a/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Mod.java b/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Mod.java
index 5ee0f699c4..aa4d8198f5 100644
--- a/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Mod.java
+++ b/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Mod.java
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ public class Mod{
 
     }
 
-    /** Create any content needed here. */
-    public void loadContent(){
-
-    }
-
     /** Register any commands to be used on the server side, e.g. from the console. */
     public void registerServerCommands(CommandHandler handler){
 
diff --git a/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Mods.java b/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Mods.java
index 37a35e6f53..0107e5072f 100644
--- a/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Mods.java
+++ b/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Mods.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import static io.anuke.mindustry.Vars.*;
 
 public class Mods implements Loadable{
     private Json json = new Json();
+    private Scripts scripts = new Scripts();
     private ContentParser parser = new ContentParser();
     private ObjectMap<String, Array<FileHandle>> bundles = new ObjectMap<>();
     private ObjectSet<String> specialFolders = ObjectSet.with("bundles", "sprites");
@@ -362,6 +363,31 @@ public class Mods implements Loadable{
 
     /** Creates all the content found in mod files. */
     public void loadContent(){
+
+        Time.mark();
+
+        for(LoadedMod mod : loaded){
+            if(mod.root.child("scripts").exists()){
+                mod.scripts = mod.root.child("scripts").findAll(f -> f.extension().equals("js"));
+                Log.info("[{0}] Found {1} scripts.", mod.meta.name, mod.scripts.size);
+
+                for(FileHandle file : mod.scripts){
+                    try{
+                        scripts.run(file.readString());
+                    }catch(Throwable e){
+                        Core.app.post(() -> {
+                            Log.err("Error loading script {0} for mod {1}.", file.name(), mod.meta.name);
+                            e.printStackTrace();
+                            if(!headless) ui.showException(e);
+                        });
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Log.info("Time to initialize modded scripts: {0}", Time.elapsed());
+
         class LoadRun implements Comparable<LoadRun>{
             final ContentType type;
             final FileHandle file;
@@ -414,9 +440,6 @@ public class Mods implements Loadable{
 
         //this finishes parsing content fields
         parser.finishParsing();
-
-        //load content for code mods
-        each(Mod::loadContent);
     }
 
     /** @return all loaded mods. */
@@ -582,6 +605,8 @@ public class Mods implements Loadable{
         public Array<LoadedMod> dependencies = new Array<>();
         /** All missing dependencies of this mod as strings. */
         public Array<String> missingDependencies = new Array<>();
+        /** Script files to run. */
+        public Array<FileHandle> scripts = new Array<>();
 
         public LoadedMod(FileHandle file, FileHandle root, Mod mod, ModMeta meta){
             this.root = root;
diff --git a/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Scripts.java b/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Scripts.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4de51215a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/mod/Scripts.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package io.anuke.mindustry.mod;
+
+import org.graalvm.polyglot.*;
+
+public class Scripts{
+    //TODO allowHostAccess(...) is obviously insecure
+    private Context context = Context.newBuilder("js").allowHostClassLookup(s -> s.startsWith("io.anuke.mindustry")).allowHostAccess(HostAccess.ALL).build();
+
+    public Scripts(){
+        context.eval("js", "console.log(\"Initialized JS context.\")");
+    }
+
+    public void run(String script){
+        context.eval("js", script);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c5b304340a..8b7352fd6a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms256m -Xmx1024m
-archash=ed17a2654951d1131bb6af71db6dea588df55b19
+archash=c7f3d8125c8d13c0a31c5f14fdabdb3d0efbd676