diff --git a/JsEngine.d.ts b/JsEngine.d.ts
index 5cbf381..8e9c1a9 100644
--- a/JsEngine.d.ts
+++ b/JsEngine.d.ts
@@ -896,15 +896,15 @@ declare module 'jsEngine/api/Internal' {
 	import type { API } from 'jsEngine/api/API';
 	import type { EngineExecutionParams } from 'jsEngine/engine/Engine';
 	import type {
-		JsExecution,
 		ExecutionContext,
+		JsExecution,
 		JsExecutionGlobals,
 		JsExecutionGlobalsConstructionOptions,
-		MarkdownCodeBlockExecutionContext,
 		JSFileExecutionContext,
-		UnknownExecutionContext,
 		MarkdownCallingJSFileExecutionContext,
+		MarkdownCodeBlockExecutionContext,
 		MarkdownOtherExecutionContext,
+		UnknownExecutionContext,
 	} from 'jsEngine/engine/JsExecution';
 	import { ResultRenderer } from 'jsEngine/engine/ResultRenderer';
 	import { Component } from 'obsidian';
@@ -1303,8 +1303,9 @@ declare module 'jsEngine/api/API' {
 		 * you might need to reload Obsidian to see changes made to the imported file.
 		 *
 		 * @param path the vault relative path of the file to import
+		 * @param hotReload whether to reload the imported module (may cause memory shortage if abused)
 		 */
-		importJs(path: string): Promise<unknown>;
+		importJs(path: string, hotReload?: boolean): Promise<unknown>;
 		/**
 		 * Gets a plugin by its id. A plugin id can be found by looking at its manifest.
 		 * If the plugin is not enabled, this will return undefined.
@@ -1354,8 +1355,8 @@ declare module 'jsEngine/engine/JsExecution' {
 	import type { EngineExecutionParams } from 'jsEngine/engine/Engine';
 	import type JsEnginePlugin from 'jsEngine/main';
 	import type { MessageWrapper } from 'jsEngine/messages/MessageManager';
-	import type { App, CachedMetadata, Component, TFile } from 'obsidian';
 	import type * as Obsidian from 'obsidian';
+	import type { App, CachedMetadata, Component, TFile } from 'obsidian';
 	/**
 	 * An async JavaScript function.
 	 */
@@ -1559,24 +1560,24 @@ declare module 'jsEngine/JsMDRC' {
 	}
 }
 declare module 'jsEngine/index' {
-	export * from 'jsEngine/engine/Engine';
-	export * from 'jsEngine/engine/JsExecution';
-	export * from 'jsEngine/engine/ResultRenderer';
 	export * from 'jsEngine/api/API';
 	export * from 'jsEngine/api/InstanceId';
 	export * from 'jsEngine/api/Internal';
 	export * from 'jsEngine/api/LibAPI';
-	export * from 'jsEngine/api/MarkdownAPI';
-	export * from 'jsEngine/api/MessageAPI';
-	export * from 'jsEngine/api/PromptAPI';
-	export * from 'jsEngine/api/QueryAPI';
-	export * from 'jsEngine/api/reactive/ReactiveComponent';
 	export * from 'jsEngine/api/markdown/AbstractMarkdownElement';
 	export * from 'jsEngine/api/markdown/AbstractMarkdownElementContainer';
 	export * from 'jsEngine/api/markdown/AbstractMarkdownLiteral';
-	export * from 'jsEngine/api/markdown/MarkdownString';
 	export * from 'jsEngine/api/markdown/MarkdownBuilder';
 	export * from 'jsEngine/api/markdown/MarkdownElementType';
+	export * from 'jsEngine/api/markdown/MarkdownString';
+	export * from 'jsEngine/api/MarkdownAPI';
+	export * from 'jsEngine/api/MessageAPI';
+	export * from 'jsEngine/api/PromptAPI';
+	export * from 'jsEngine/api/QueryAPI';
+	export * from 'jsEngine/api/reactive/ReactiveComponent';
+	export * from 'jsEngine/engine/Engine';
+	export * from 'jsEngine/engine/JsExecution';
+	export * from 'jsEngine/engine/ResultRenderer';
 }
 declare module 'jsEngine/utils/UseIcon' {
 	export function useIcon(
diff --git a/jsEngine/api/API.ts b/jsEngine/api/API.ts
index ada6458..6cfcfad 100644
--- a/jsEngine/api/API.ts
+++ b/jsEngine/api/API.ts
@@ -70,17 +70,20 @@ export class API {
 	 * you might need to reload Obsidian to see changes made to the imported file.
 	 *
 	 * @param path the vault relative path of the file to import
+	 * @param hotReload whether to reload the imported module (may cause memory shortage if abused)
 	 */
-	public async importJs(path: string): Promise<unknown> {
+	public async importJs(path: string, hotReload = false): Promise<unknown> {
 		validateAPIArgs(z.object({ path: z.string() }), { path });
 
 		let fullPath = this.app.vault.adapter.getResourcePath(path);
 
-		// we need to remove the query parameters from the path
-		// because other `import {} from '...'` statements don't add them
-		// and we would end up with multiple imports of the same file
-		// which would cause things like `instanceof` to produce false negatives
-		fullPath = fullPath.split('?')[0];
+		if (!hotReload) {
+			// we need to remove the query parameters from the path
+			// because other `import {} from '...'` statements don't add them
+			// and we would end up with multiple imports of the same file
+			// which would cause things like `instanceof` to produce false negatives
+			fullPath = fullPath.split('?')[0];
+		}
 
 		return import(fullPath);
 	}