diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Plugins/CsPackageManager.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Plugins/CsPackageManager.cs
index f041279e48..f25b28ea95 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Plugins/CsPackageManager.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Plugins/CsPackageManager.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using Barotrauma.Steam;
@@ -203,10 +204,19 @@ public bool TryGetLoadedPluginsForPackage(ContentPackage package, out IEnumerabl
     /// </summary>
     public event Action OnDispose; 
 
+    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.Synchronized)]
     public void Dispose()
     {
         // send events for cleanup
-        OnDispose?.Invoke();
+        try
+        {
+            OnDispose?.Invoke();
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            ModUtils.Logging.PrintError($"Error while executing Dispose event: {e.Message}");
+        }
+        
         // cleanup events
         if (OnDispose is not null)
         {
@@ -240,6 +250,7 @@ public void Dispose()
         // we can't wait forever or app dies but we can try to be graceful
         while (!_assemblyManager.TryBeginDispose())
         {
+            Thread.Sleep(20);   // give the assembly context unloader time to run (async)
             if (_assemblyUnloadStartTime.AddSeconds(_assemblyUnloadTimeoutSeconds) > DateTime.Now)
             {
                 break;
@@ -247,8 +258,10 @@ public void Dispose()
         }
         
         _assemblyUnloadStartTime = DateTime.Now;
+        Thread.Sleep(100);  // give the garbage collector time to finalize the disposed assemblies.
         while (!_assemblyManager.FinalizeDispose())
         {
+            Thread.Sleep(100);  // give the garbage collector time to finalize the disposed assemblies.
             if (_assemblyUnloadStartTime.AddSeconds(_assemblyUnloadTimeoutSeconds) > DateTime.Now)
             {
                 break;
@@ -268,7 +281,6 @@ public void Dispose()
         _currentPackagesByLoadOrder.Clear();
 
         AssembliesLoaded = false;
-        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);  
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -480,7 +492,8 @@ public AssemblyLoadingSuccessState LoadAssemblyPackages()
                 cp,
                 new LoadableData(
                     TryScanPackagesForAssemblies(cp, out var list1) ? list1 : null,
-                    TryScanPackageForScripts(cp, out var list2) ? list2 : null)))
+                    TryScanPackageForScripts(cp, out var list2) ? list2 : null,
+                    GetRunConfigForPackage(cp))))
             .ToImmutableDictionary();
         
         HashSet<ContentPackage> badPackages = new();
@@ -568,7 +581,7 @@ public AssemblyLoadingSuccessState LoadAssemblyPackages()
                     syntaxTrees, 
                     null, 
                     CompilationOptions, 
-                     pair.Key.Name, ref id, publicizedAssemblies);
+                     pair.Key.Name, ref id, pair.Value.config.UseNonPublicizedAssemblies ? null : publicizedAssemblies);
 
                 if (successState is not AssemblyLoadingSuccessState.Success)
                 {
@@ -1077,7 +1090,7 @@ private enum PackageProcRet : byte
         BadPackage
     }
 
-    private record LoadableData(ImmutableList<string> AssembliesFilePaths, ImmutableList<string> ScriptsFilePaths);
+    private record LoadableData(ImmutableList<string> AssembliesFilePaths, ImmutableList<string> ScriptsFilePaths, RunConfig config);
 
     #endregion
 }
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Plugins/RunConfig.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Plugins/RunConfig.cs
index 7ca448edd8..ab4239e03e 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Plugins/RunConfig.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Plugins/RunConfig.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Xml.Serialization;
 
 namespace Barotrauma;
@@ -9,12 +10,16 @@ public sealed class RunConfig
     /// <summary>
     /// How should scripts be run on the server.
     /// </summary>
-    [XmlElement(ElementName = "Server")] public string Server;
+    [XmlElement(ElementName = "Server")] 
+    [DefaultValue("Standard")]
+    public string Server;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// How should scripts be run on the client. 
     /// </summary>
-    [XmlElement(ElementName = "Client")] public string Client;
+    [XmlElement(ElementName = "Client")] 
+    [DefaultValue("Standard")]
+    public string Client;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// List of dependencies by either Steam Workshop ID or by Partial Inclusive Name (ie. "ModDep" will match a mod named "A ModDependency").
@@ -23,7 +28,14 @@ public sealed class RunConfig
     [XmlArrayItem(ElementName = "Dependency", IsNullable = true, Type = typeof(Dependency))]
     [XmlArray]
     public Dependency[] Dependencies { get; set; }
-
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Compiles the mod using non-publicized assemblies.
+    /// </summary>
+    [XmlElement(ElementName = "UseNonPubAssemblies")]
+    [DefaultValue(false)]
+    public bool UseNonPublicizedAssemblies { get; set; }
+    
     [XmlElement(ElementName = "AutoGenerated")]
     public bool AutoGenerated { get; set; }
 
@@ -33,6 +45,7 @@ public RunConfig(bool autoGenerated)
         if (autoGenerated)
         {
             (Client, Server) = ("Standard", "Standard");
+            UseNonPublicizedAssemblies = false;
         }
     }