diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
index 6c1bec01a..9b92dbfa6 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
       const request = prepareRequest(_request);
       const envVars = getEnvVars(environment);
       const processEnvVars = getProcessEnvVars(collectionUid);
+      const brunoConfig = getBrunoConfig(collectionUid);
+      const allowScriptFilesystemAccess = get(brunoConfig, 'filesystemAccess.allow', false);
 
       try {
         // make axios work in node using form data
@@ -154,7 +156,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
             collectionVariables,
             collectionPath,
             onConsoleLog,
-            processEnvVars
+            processEnvVars,
+            allowScriptFilesystemAccess
           );
 
           mainWindow.webContents.send('main:script-environment-update', {
@@ -166,7 +169,6 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
         }
 
         // proxy configuration
-        const brunoConfig = getBrunoConfig(collectionUid);
         const proxyEnabled = get(brunoConfig, 'proxy.enabled', false);
         if (proxyEnabled) {
           const proxyProtocol = get(brunoConfig, 'proxy.protocol');
@@ -278,7 +280,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
             collectionVariables,
             collectionPath,
             onConsoleLog,
-            processEnvVars
+            processEnvVars,
+            allowScriptFilesystemAccess
           );
 
           mainWindow.webContents.send('main:script-environment-update', {
@@ -323,7 +326,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
             collectionVariables,
             collectionPath,
             onConsoleLog,
-            processEnvVars
+            processEnvVars,
+            allowScriptFilesystemAccess
           );
 
           mainWindow.webContents.send('main:run-request-event', {
@@ -397,7 +401,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
               collectionVariables,
               collectionPath,
               onConsoleLog,
-              processEnvVars
+              processEnvVars,
+              allowScriptFilesystemAccess
             );
 
             mainWindow.webContents.send('main:run-request-event', {
@@ -483,6 +488,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
       const collectionUid = collection.uid;
       const collectionPath = collection.pathname;
       const folderUid = folder ? folder.uid : null;
+      const brunoConfig = getBrunoConfig(collectionUid);
+      const allowScriptFilesystemAccess = get(brunoConfig, 'filesystemAccess.allow', false);
 
       const onConsoleLog = (type, args) => {
         console[type](...args);
@@ -588,7 +595,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
                 collectionVariables,
                 collectionPath,
                 onConsoleLog,
-                processEnvVars
+                processEnvVars,
+                allowScriptFilesystemAccess
               );
 
               mainWindow.webContents.send('main:script-environment-update', {
@@ -599,7 +607,6 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
             }
 
             // proxy configuration
-            const brunoConfig = getBrunoConfig(collectionUid);
             const proxyEnabled = get(brunoConfig, 'proxy.enabled', false);
             if (proxyEnabled) {
               const proxyProtocol = get(brunoConfig, 'proxy.protocol');
@@ -690,7 +697,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
                 collectionVariables,
                 collectionPath,
                 onConsoleLog,
-                processEnvVars
+                processEnvVars,
+                allowScriptFilesystemAccess
               );
 
               mainWindow.webContents.send('main:script-environment-update', {
@@ -733,7 +741,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
                 collectionVariables,
                 collectionPath,
                 onConsoleLog,
-                processEnvVars
+                processEnvVars,
+                allowScriptFilesystemAccess
               );
 
               mainWindow.webContents.send('main:run-folder-event', {
@@ -812,7 +821,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
                   collectionVariables,
                   collectionPath,
                   onConsoleLog,
-                  processEnvVars
+                  processEnvVars,
+                  allowScriptFilesystemAccess
                 );
 
                 mainWindow.webContents.send('main:run-folder-event', {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js
index 6eec791fa..3cd9e8f5f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ const Handlebars = require('handlebars');
 const { cloneDeep } = require('lodash');
 
 class Bru {
-  constructor(envVariables, collectionVariables, processEnvVars) {
+  constructor(envVariables, collectionVariables, processEnvVars, collectionPath) {
     this.envVariables = envVariables;
     this.collectionVariables = collectionVariables;
     this.processEnvVars = cloneDeep(processEnvVars || {});
+    this.collectionPath = collectionPath;
   }
 
   _interpolateEnvVar = (str) => {
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ class Bru {
     });
   };
 
+  cwd() {
+    return this.collectionPath;
+  }
+
   getEnvName() {
     return this.envVariables.__name__;
   }
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/script-runtime.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/script-runtime.js
index 41af51eee..46c88b0c1 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/script-runtime.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/script-runtime.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const util = require('util');
 const zlib = require('zlib');
 const url = require('url');
 const punycode = require('punycode');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const Bru = require('../bru');
 const BrunoRequest = require('../bruno-request');
 const BrunoResponse = require('../bruno-response');
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ const CryptoJS = require('crypto-js');
 class ScriptRuntime {
   constructor() {}
 
+  // This approach is getting out of hand
+  // Need to refactor this to use a single arg (object) instead of 7
   async runRequestScript(
     script,
     request,
@@ -34,9 +37,10 @@ class ScriptRuntime {
     collectionVariables,
     collectionPath,
     onConsoleLog,
-    processEnvVars
+    processEnvVars,
+    allowScriptFilesystemAccess
   ) {
-    const bru = new Bru(envVariables, collectionVariables, processEnvVars);
+    const bru = new Bru(envVariables, collectionVariables, processEnvVars, collectionPath);
     const req = new BrunoRequest(request);
 
     const context = {
@@ -84,7 +88,8 @@ class ScriptRuntime {
           axios,
           chai,
           'node-fetch': fetch,
-          'crypto-js': CryptoJS
+          'crypto-js': CryptoJS,
+          fs: allowScriptFilesystemAccess ? fs : undefined
         }
       }
     });
@@ -105,9 +110,10 @@ class ScriptRuntime {
     collectionVariables,
     collectionPath,
     onConsoleLog,
-    processEnvVars
+    processEnvVars,
+    allowScriptFilesystemAccess
   ) {
-    const bru = new Bru(envVariables, collectionVariables, processEnvVars);
+    const bru = new Bru(envVariables, collectionVariables, processEnvVars, collectionPath);
     const req = new BrunoRequest(request);
     const res = new BrunoResponse(response);
 
@@ -138,6 +144,16 @@ class ScriptRuntime {
         external: true,
         root: [collectionPath],
         mock: {
+          // node libs
+          path,
+          stream,
+          util,
+          url,
+          http,
+          https,
+          punycode,
+          zlib,
+          // 3rd party libs
           atob,
           btoa,
           lodash,
@@ -146,7 +162,8 @@ class ScriptRuntime {
           nanoid,
           axios,
           'node-fetch': fetch,
-          'crypto-js': CryptoJS
+          'crypto-js': CryptoJS,
+          fs: allowScriptFilesystemAccess ? fs : undefined
         }
       }
     });
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
index 47daccd62..efefb451f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 const { NodeVM } = require('vm2');
 const chai = require('chai');
 const path = require('path');
+const http = require('http');
+const https = require('https');
+const stream = require('stream');
+const util = require('util');
+const zlib = require('zlib');
+const url = require('url');
+const punycode = require('punycode');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const Bru = require('../bru');
 const BrunoRequest = require('../bruno-request');
 const BrunoResponse = require('../bruno-response');
@@ -29,9 +37,10 @@ class TestRuntime {
     collectionVariables,
     collectionPath,
     onConsoleLog,
-    processEnvVars
+    processEnvVars,
+    allowScriptFilesystemAccess
   ) {
-    const bru = new Bru(envVariables, collectionVariables, processEnvVars);
+    const bru = new Bru(envVariables, collectionVariables, processEnvVars, collectionPath);
     const req = new BrunoRequest(request);
     const res = new BrunoResponse(response);
 
@@ -78,6 +87,16 @@ class TestRuntime {
         external: true,
         root: [collectionPath],
         mock: {
+          // node libs
+          path,
+          stream,
+          util,
+          url,
+          http,
+          https,
+          punycode,
+          zlib,
+          // 3rd party libs
           atob,
           axios,
           btoa,
@@ -86,7 +105,8 @@ class TestRuntime {
           uuid,
           nanoid,
           chai,
-          'crypto-js': CryptoJS
+          'crypto-js': CryptoJS,
+          fs: allowScriptFilesystemAccess ? fs : undefined
         }
       }
     });