diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index fe13bd9b74..b93b01192e 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -7243,6 +7243,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "gosyn",
  "itertools 0.11.0",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "regex",
  "windmill-parser",
 ]
 
diff --git a/backend/parsers/windmill-parser-go/Cargo.toml b/backend/parsers/windmill-parser-go/Cargo.toml
index 83f95edd1a..ecba62cff4 100644
--- a/backend/parsers/windmill-parser-go/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/parsers/windmill-parser-go/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ path = "./src/lib.rs"
 windmill-parser.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
-gosyn.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
+gosyn.workspace = true
+lazy_static.workspace = true
+regex.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/parsers/windmill-parser-go/src/lib.rs b/backend/parsers/windmill-parser-go/src/lib.rs
index c7e06a102a..01012291f1 100644
--- a/backend/parsers/windmill-parser-go/src/lib.rs
+++ b/backend/parsers/windmill-parser-go/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ use gosyn::{
 };
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
+use regex::Regex;
 use windmill_parser::{Arg, MainArgSignature, ObjectProperty, Typ};
 
+lazy_static::lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref REQUIRE_PARSE: Regex = Regex::new(r"//require (.*)\n").unwrap();
+}
+
 pub fn parse_go_sig(code: &str) -> anyhow::Result<MainArgSignature> {
     let filtered_code = filter_non_main(code);
     let file = parse_source(&filtered_code).map_err(|x| anyhow::anyhow!(x.to_string()))?;
@@ -46,7 +51,14 @@ pub fn parse_go_imports(code: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<String>> {
         })
         .collect();
     imports.sort();
-    Ok(imports)
+    Ok([
+        imports,
+        REQUIRE_PARSE
+            .captures_iter(code)
+            .map(|x| x[1].to_string())
+            .collect_vec(),
+    ]
+    .concat())
 }
 
 fn get_name(param: &Field) -> String {
diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/go_executor.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/go_executor.rs
index 8a5a2ed67c..332de75481 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/go_executor.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/go_executor.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use windmill_common::{
     jobs::QueuedJob,
     utils::calculate_hash,
 };
-use windmill_parser_go::parse_go_imports;
+use windmill_parser_go::{parse_go_imports, REQUIRE_PARSE};
 
 use crate::{
     common::{
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ async fn gen_go_mod(
     }
 }
 
+use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+
 pub async fn install_go_dependencies(
     job_id: &Uuid,
     code: &str,
@@ -329,6 +332,16 @@ pub async fn install_go_dependencies(
             None,
         )
         .await?;
+
+        for x in REQUIRE_PARSE.captures_iter(code) {
+            let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
+                .write(true)
+                .append(true)
+                .open(format!("{job_dir}/go.mod"))
+                .unwrap();
+
+            writeln!(file, "require {}\n", &x[1])?;
+        }
     }
 
     let mut new_lockfile = false;
diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/js_eval.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/js_eval.rs
index c3a27110af..9360287e7f 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/js_eval.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/js_eval.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ impl TimersPermission for PermissionsContainer {
         ()
     }
 }
+
 pub struct OptAuthedClient(Option<AuthedClient>);
 pub async fn eval_timeout(
     expr: String,
@@ -122,8 +123,6 @@ pub async fn eval_timeout(
                 .enable_all()
                 .build()?;
 
-            let re = Regex::new(r"import (.*)\n").unwrap();
-            let expr = re.replace_all(&expr, "").to_string();
             // pretty frail but this it to make the expr more user friendly and not require the user to write await
             let expr = ["variable", "step", "resource", "result_by_id"]
                 .into_iter()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/script_helpers.ts b/frontend/src/lib/script_helpers.ts
index 1b3b383919..de7d800ab2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/script_helpers.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/script_helpers.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ import (
 	// wmill "github.com/windmill-labs/windmill-go-client"
 )
 
+// Pin dependencies partially in go.mod with a comment starting with "//require":
+//require rsc.io/quote v1.5.1
+
 // the main must return (interface{}, error)
 
 func main(x string, nested struct {