diff --git a/modules/index.js b/modules/index.js
index 40d39cf..b830126 100644
--- a/modules/index.js
+++ b/modules/index.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const PLUGINS = {
   // Martech
   martech: { url: `${pluginBasePath}/martech.js`, when: ({ urlParameters }) => urlParameters.size > 0 },
   onetrust: { url: `${pluginBasePath}/onetrust.js`, when: () => (document.querySelector('#onetrust-consent-sdk') || hasCookieKey('OptanonAlertBoxClosed')), isBlockDependent: true },
+  // test: broken-plugin
 };
 
 const PLUGIN_PARAMETERS = {
@@ -59,16 +60,12 @@ function loadPlugin(key, params) {
     return null;
   }
   if (!pluginCache.has(key)) {
-    try {
-      pluginCache.set(key, import(`${plugin.url || plugin}`));
-    /* c8 ignore next 3 */
-    } catch (e) {
-      return null;
-    }
+    pluginCache.set(key, import(`${plugin.url || plugin}`));
   }
   const pluginLoadPromise = pluginCache.get(key);
   return pluginLoadPromise
-    .then((p) => (p.default && p.default(params)) || (typeof p === 'function' && p(params)));
+    .then((p) => (p.default && p.default(params)) || (typeof p === 'function' && p(params)))
+    .catch(() => { /* silent plugin error catching */ });
 }
 
 function loadPlugins(filter = () => true, params = PLUGIN_PARAMETERS) {
diff --git a/test/it/broken-plugin.test.html b/test/it/broken-plugin.test.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d70bde3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/it/broken-plugin.test.html
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<html lang="en-NZ">
+
+<head>
+  <title>Test Runner</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+  <p>Some content</p>
+  <script type="module">
+    import { runTests } from '@web/test-runner-mocha';
+                      import { sendMouse } from '@web/test-runner-commands';
+    import { expect } from '@esm-bundle/chai';
+
+    runTests(async () => {
+      describe('HTML Index Tests with broken Plugins', () => {
+
+        it('can load rum enhancer as a script', async () => {
+          let called = [];
+          window.hlx = {
+            rum: {
+              sampleRUM: (...args) => {
+                called.push(args);
+              }
+            }
+          };
+
+
+          const script = document.createElement('script');
+          script.src = new URL('/modules/index-broken.js', window.location).href;
+          script.type = 'module';
+          document.head.appendChild(script);
+
+          await new Promise((resolve) => {
+            script.onload = resolve;
+          });
+          // wait one second for the script to run
+          await new Promise((resolve) => {
+            setTimeout(resolve, 1000);
+          });
+
+          // click anywhere
+          await sendMouse({ type: 'click', position: [10, 10] });
+
+          // the order is not stable across browsers, so we
+          // sort called by the first argument
+          called.sort((a, b) => a[0].localeCompare(b[0]));
+
+          expect(called).to.have.lengthOf(3);
+          expect(called[0][0]).to.equal('click');
+
+          expect(called[1][0]).to.equal('enter');
+
+          expect(called[2][0]).to.equal('language');
+          expect(called[2][1].source).to.equal('en-NZ');
+        });
+
+      });
+    });
+  </script>
+</body>
+
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web-test-runner.config.js b/web-test-runner.config.js
index 74f5b7e..9352fed 100644
--- a/web-test-runner.config.js
+++ b/web-test-runner.config.js
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ export default {
           // rewriting dynamic plugins base url
           .replace(/document\.currentScript\.src/g, '"http://localhost:8000/plugins"');
         return true;
+      } else if (context.url.startsWith('/modules/index-broken.js')) {
+        const [_, search] = context.url.split('?');
+        context.url = `/modules/index.js?${search}`;
+        await next();
+        context.body = context.body
+          // rewriting dynamic plugins base url
+          .replace(/document\.currentScript\.src/g, '"http://localhost:8000/plugins"')
+          .replace(/\/\/ test: broken-plugin/g, 'foo: "foo.js",');
+        return true;
       } else if (context.url.startsWith('/.rum')) {
         if (context.url.startsWith('/.rum/@adobe/helix-rum-js@%5E2/dist/')
           || context.url.startsWith('/.rum/@adobe/helix-rum-js@^2/dist/')
