diff --git a/src/api/fennel.c b/src/api/fennel.c
index 433c18f89..44cc3a4f4 100644
--- a/src/api/fennel.c
+++ b/src/api/fennel.c
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ static void evalFennel(tic_mem* tic, const char* code) {
     tic_core* core = (tic_core*)tic;
     lua_State* fennel = core->currentVM;
 
+    /* if we proceed with an uninitialized VM it will segfault; however */
+    /* it could be better just to initialize here when needed instead! */
+    if (!fennel) return;
+
     lua_settop(fennel, 0);
 
     if (luaL_loadbuffer(fennel, execute_fennel_src, strlen(execute_fennel_src), "execute_fennel") != LUA_OK)
diff --git a/src/studio/screens/console.c b/src/studio/screens/console.c
index 09efb37be..53f8ad04c 100644
--- a/src/studio/screens/console.c
+++ b/src/studio/screens/console.c
@@ -2667,6 +2667,23 @@ static void onRunCommand(Console* console)
 
 static void onResumeCommand(Console* console)
 {
+    if(console->desc->count)
+    {
+        const char* param = console->desc->params->key;
+
+        if(strcmp(param, "reload") == 0)
+        {
+            const tic_script* script_config = tic_get_script(console->tic);
+            if (script_config->eval)
+            {
+                script_config->eval(console->tic, console->tic->cart.code.data);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                printError(console, "eval not implemented for the script");
+            }
+        }
+    }
     commandDone(console);
 
     resumeGame(console->studio);