diff --git a/src/compute.geometry/Startup.cs b/src/compute.geometry/Startup.cs
index f9d51ed3..0434a22b 100644
--- a/src/compute.geometry/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/compute.geometry/Startup.cs
@@ -55,21 +55,8 @@ void RhinoCoreStartup()
 
             Rhino.RhinoApp.SendWriteToConsole = true;
 
-            // Load GH at startup so it can get initialized on the main thread
-            Log.Information("(1/3) Loading grasshopper");
-            var pluginObject = Rhino.RhinoApp.GetPlugInObject("Grasshopper");
-            var runheadless = pluginObject?.GetType().GetMethod("RunHeadless");
-            if (runheadless != null)
-                runheadless.Invoke(pluginObject, null);
-
-            Rhino.RhinoApp.SendWriteToConsole = false;
-
-            Log.Information("(2/3) Loading compute plug-ins");
-            var loadComputePlugins = typeof(Rhino.PlugIns.PlugIn).GetMethod("LoadComputeExtensionPlugins");
-            if (loadComputePlugins != null)
-                loadComputePlugins.Invoke(null, null);
-
             // NOTE:
+            // eirannejad 10/02/2024 (COMPUTE-268)
             // Ensure RhinoCode plugin (Rhino plugin) is loaded. This plugin registers scripting
             // languages and starts the scripting server that communicates with rhinocode CLI. It also makes
             // the ScriptEditor and RhinoCodeLogs commands available.
@@ -78,13 +65,43 @@ void RhinoCoreStartup()
             // the script environments (especially python 3) will be initialized. This increases the execution
             // time on the first run on any script component. However after that the script components should run
             // normally. The scripting environment will only re-initialize when a new version of Rhino is installed.
-            Log.Information("(3/3) Loading rhino scripting plugin");
-            if (!Rhino.PlugIns.PlugIn.LoadPlugIn(s_rhinoCodePluginId))
+            // eirannejad 12/3/2024 (COMPUTE-268)
+            // This load is placed before Grasshopper in case GH needs to load any plugins published by the
+            // new scripting tools in Rhino >= 8
+            Log.Information("(1/3) Loading rhino scripting plugin");
+            if (Rhino.PlugIns.PlugIn.LoadPlugIn(s_rhinoCodePluginId))
+            {
+                Log.Information("Successfully loaded scripting plugin");
+
+                // eirannejad 12/3/2024 (COMPUTE-268)
+                // now configuring scripting env to avoid using rhino progressbar and
+                // dump init and package install messages to Rhino.RhinoApp.Write
+                if (Rhino.RhinoApp.GetPlugInObject(s_rhinoCodePluginId) is object rhinoCodeController)
+                {
+                    ((dynamic)rhinoCodeController).SendReportsToConsole = true;
+                    Log.Information("Configured scripting plugin for compute");
+                }
+            }
+            // If plugin load fails, let compute run, but log the error
+            else
             {
-                // If plugin load fails, let compute run, but log the error
                 Log.Error("Error loading rhino scripting plugin. Grasshopper script components are going to fail");
             }
 
+            // Load GH at startup so it can get initialized on the main thread
+            Log.Information("(2/3) Loading grasshopper");
+            var pluginObject = Rhino.RhinoApp.GetPlugInObject("Grasshopper");
+            var runheadless = pluginObject?.GetType().GetMethod("RunHeadless");
+            if (runheadless != null)
+                runheadless.Invoke(pluginObject, null);
+
+            Rhino.RhinoApp.SendWriteToConsole = false;
+
+            Log.Information("(3/3) Loading compute plug-ins");
+            var loadComputePlugins = typeof(Rhino.PlugIns.PlugIn).GetMethod("LoadComputeExtensionPlugins");
+            if (loadComputePlugins != null)
+                loadComputePlugins.Invoke(null, null);
+
             //ApiKey.Initialize(pipelines);
             //Rhino.Runtime.HostUtils.RegisterComputeEndpoint("grasshopper", typeof(Endpoints.GrasshopperEndpoint));
         }