diff --git a/src/config/config.ts b/src/config/config.ts
index a3fcef2b7..78df047bd 100644
--- a/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/src/config/config.ts
@@ -528,7 +528,17 @@ export class Config implements IConfig {
         } catch (error: any) {
           final.failures.push({error: error as Error, plugin: p})
           debug(error)
-          if (!captureErrors && error.oclif?.exit !== undefined) throw error
+          // Do not throw the error if
+          // captureErrors is set to true
+          // error.oclif.exit is undefined or 0
+          // error.code is MODULE_NOT_FOUND
+          if (
+            !captureErrors &&
+            error.oclif?.exit !== undefined &&
+            error.oclif?.exit !== 0 &&
+            error.code !== 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
+          )
+            throw error
         }
 
         marker?.addDetails({
diff --git a/src/config/plugin-loader.ts b/src/config/plugin-loader.ts
index 0fcc8a130..ea466387d 100644
--- a/src/config/plugin-loader.ts
+++ b/src/config/plugin-loader.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export default class PluginLoader {
   private async loadPlugins(
     root: string,
     type: string,
-    plugins: ({name?: string; root?: string; tag?: string} | string)[],
+    plugins: ({name?: string; root?: string; tag?: string; url?: string} | string)[],
     parent?: Plugin.Plugin,
   ): Promise<void> {
     if (!plugins || plugins.length === 0) return
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export default class PluginLoader {
           if (typeof plugin !== 'string') {
             opts.tag = plugin.tag || opts.tag
             opts.root = plugin.root || opts.root
+            opts.url = plugin.url
           }
 
           if (parent) {
diff --git a/src/config/ts-node.ts b/src/config/ts-node.ts
index 7a0328350..b24ce1d72 100644
--- a/src/config/ts-node.ts
+++ b/src/config/ts-node.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ function determinePath(root: string, orig: string): string {
 export function tsPath(root: string, orig: string, plugin: Plugin): string
 export function tsPath(root: string, orig: string | undefined, plugin?: Plugin): string | undefined
 export function tsPath(root: string, orig: string | undefined, plugin?: Plugin): string | undefined {
-  const rootPlugin = Cache.getInstance().get('rootPlugin')
+  const rootPlugin = plugin?.options.isRoot ? plugin : Cache.getInstance().get('rootPlugin')
 
   if (!orig) return orig
   orig = orig.startsWith(root) ? orig : join(root, orig)
@@ -223,10 +223,16 @@ export function tsPath(root: string, orig: string | undefined, plugin?: Plugin):
       memoizedWarn(
         `${plugin?.name} is a linked ESM module and cannot be auto-transpiled. Existing compiled source will be used instead.`,
       )
+
+    if (plugin?.options.url)
+      memoizedWarn(
+        `${plugin?.name} is an ESM module installed from github and cannot be auto-transpiled. Existing compiled source will be used instead.`,
+      )
     return orig
   }
 
-  if (settings.tsnodeEnabled === undefined && isProduction && plugin?.type !== 'link') {
+  // Do not skip ts-node registration if the plugin is linked or installed from github
+  if (settings.tsnodeEnabled === undefined && isProduction && plugin?.type !== 'link' && !plugin?.options.url) {
     debug(`Skipping ts-node registration for ${root} because NODE_ENV is NOT "test" or "development"`)
     return orig
   }
diff --git a/src/interfaces/plugin.ts b/src/interfaces/plugin.ts
index d374e0fd9..7eac9cfad 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/plugin.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface PluginOptions {
   root: string
   tag?: string
   type?: string
+  url?: string
 }
 
 export interface Options extends PluginOptions {
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export interface Plugin {
    * name from package.json
    */
   name: string
+  readonly options: Options
   /**
    * full package.json
    *
diff --git a/test/config/config.flexible.test.ts b/test/config/config.flexible.test.ts
index 2d95ea68a..b68162c2c 100644
--- a/test/config/config.flexible.test.ts
+++ b/test/config/config.flexible.test.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ describe('Config with flexible taxonomy', () => {
       moduleType: 'commonjs',
       hasManifest: false,
       isRoot: false,
+      options: {root: ''},
     }
 
     const pluginB: IPlugin = {
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ describe('Config with flexible taxonomy', () => {
       moduleType: 'commonjs',
       hasManifest: false,
       isRoot: false,
+      options: {root: ''},
     }
     const plugins = new Map().set(pluginA.name, pluginA).set(pluginB.name, pluginB)
 
diff --git a/test/config/config.test.ts b/test/config/config.test.ts
index 82f014a5e..1fd875216 100644
--- a/test/config/config.test.ts
+++ b/test/config/config.test.ts
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ describe('Config', () => {
         moduleType: 'commonjs',
         hasManifest: false,
         isRoot: false,
+        options: {root: ''},
       }
 
       const pluginB: IPlugin = {
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ describe('Config', () => {
         moduleType: 'commonjs',
         hasManifest: false,
         isRoot: false,
+        options: {root: ''},
       }
       const plugins = new Map().set(pluginA.name, pluginA).set(pluginB.name, pluginB)
       let test = fancy