diff --git a/framework/hot.ts b/framework/hot.ts
index aaf936c1d35c4337f173bccd70b6f02edbdd5e5d..c5560d757bb19ba6e4dc9b90967afadb5254ee25 100644
--- a/framework/hot.ts
+++ b/framework/hot.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ export const load = createRequire(
 };
 export const { cache } = load;
 
-load<any>("source-map-support").install({ hookRequire: true });
-
 // Register extensions by overwriting `require.extensions`
 const require = load;
 const exts = require.extensions;
diff --git a/run.js b/run.js
index a2ac3b0364fb296a90786dda0291530e9bd9ccfb..ea0c1ddd54dc96ac852f85ae276f85c73f5d1e58 100644
--- a/run.js
+++ b/run.js
@@ -3,37 +3,44 @@
 import * as util from "node:util";
 import * as zlib from "node:zlib";
 import * as url from "node:url";
+import * as module from "node:module";
 import process from "node:process";
 
-if (!zlib.zstdCompress) {
+// Disable experimental warnings (Type Stripping, etc)
+const { emit: originalEmit } = process;
+const warnings = ["ExperimentalWarning"];
+process.emit = function (event, error) {
+  return event === "warning" && warnings.includes(error.name)
+    ? false
+    : originalEmit.apply(process, arguments);
+};
+
+try {
+  // fails in a runtime without ts support
+  await import("#debug");
+
+  // required APIs
+  ASSERT(zlib.zstdCompress);
+
+  // seems to fail in bun
+  (await import("source-map-support")).install({ hookRequire: true });
+} catch {
   const brand = process.versions.bun
     ? `bun ${process.versions.bun}`
     : process.versions.deno
     ? `deno ${process.versions.deno}`
     : null;
-
+  const brandText = brand ? ` (${brand})` : "";
   globalThis.console.error(
-    `sitegen depends on a node.js v24. your runtime is missing feature\n` +
-      `this is node.js version ${process.version}${
-        brand ? ` (${brand})` : ""
-      }\n\n` +
+    `sitegen depends on a node.js v24. your runtime is missing features.\n` +
+      `this is node.js version ${process.version}${brandText}\n\n` +
       `get node.js --> https://nodejs.org/en/download/current`,
   );
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
-// Disable experimental warnings (Type Stripping, etc)
-const { emit: originalEmit } = process;
-const warnings = ["ExperimentalWarning"];
-process.emit = function (event, error) {
-  return event === "warning" && warnings.includes(error.name)
-    ? false
-    : originalEmit.apply(process, arguments);
-};
-
 // Init hooks
 const hot = await import("./framework/hot.ts");
-await import("#debug");
 
 const console = hot.load("@paperclover/console");
 globalThis.console["log"] = console.info;