diff --git a/src/botscript.rs b/src/botscript.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8724e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/botscript.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+use quickjs_rusty::Context;
+use quickjs_rusty::ContextError;
+use quickjs_rusty::ExecutionError;
+use quickjs_rusty::OwnedJsValue as JsValue;
+
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+pub enum ScriptError {
+    #[error("error context: {0:?}")]
+    ContextError(#[from] ContextError),
+    #[error("error running: {0:?}")]
+    ExecutionError(#[from] ExecutionError),
+}
+
+pub type ScriptResult<T> = Result<T, ScriptError>;
+
+// TODO: remove this function since it is suitable only for early development
+#[allow(clippy::print_stdout)]
+fn print(s: String) {
+    println!("{s}");
+}
+
+pub struct Runner {
+    context: Context,
+}
+
+impl Runner {
+    pub fn init() -> ScriptResult<Self> {
+        let context = Context::new(None)?;
+
+        context.add_callback("print", |a: String| {
+            print(a);
+
+            None::<bool>
+        })?;
+
+        Ok(Runner { context })
+    }
+
+    pub fn run_script(&self, content: &str) -> ScriptResult<JsValue> {
+        let ctx = &self.context;
+
+        let val = ctx.eval(content, false)?;
+
+        Ok(val)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+// allowing this since it is better for debugging tests)
+#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+#[allow(clippy::print_stdout)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_run_script_valid() {
+        let runner = Runner::init().unwrap();
+        let val = runner.run_script(r#"print"#).unwrap();
+        println!("Val: {:?}", val);
+        let val = runner.run_script(r#"print('Hello from JS!');"#).unwrap();
+        println!("Val: {:?}", val);
+        assert!(val.is_null());
+        let val = runner.run_script(r#"const a = 1+2; a"#).unwrap();
+        println!("Val: {:?}", val);
+        assert_eq!(val.to_int(), Ok(3));
+        let val = runner.run_script(r#"a + 39"#).unwrap();
+        println!("Val: {:?}", val);
+        assert_eq!(val.to_int(), Ok(42));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_run_script_file_main() {
+        let runner = Runner::init().unwrap();
+        let val = runner.run_script(include_str!("../mainbot.js")).unwrap();
+        println!("config: {:?}", val);
+        let val = runner.run_script("start_buttons()").unwrap();
+        println!("Val: {:?}", val.to_string());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_run_script_invalid() {
+        let runner = Runner::init().unwrap();
+        let result = runner.run_script(r#"invalid_script();"#);
+
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        let errstr =
+            if let Err(ScriptError::ExecutionError(ExecutionError::Exception(errstr))) = result {
+                errstr.to_string().unwrap()
+            } else {
+                panic!("test returned wrong error!, {result:?}");
+            };
+        if errstr != "ReferenceError: invalid_script is not defined" {
+            panic!("test returned an error, but the wrong one, {errstr}")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a5fd667..1e47d0b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod admin;
+pub mod botscript;
 pub mod db;
 pub mod mongodb_storage;
 pub mod utils;