diff --git a/libfjs/src/api/engine.rs b/libfjs/src/api/engine.rs
index 6b416a4..1b33975 100644
--- a/libfjs/src/api/engine.rs
+++ b/libfjs/src/api/engine.rs
@@ -1260,10 +1260,15 @@ fn new_bridge_call<'js>(
     ctx: rquickjs::Ctx<'js>,
     bridge: Arc<BridgeCallback>,
 ) -> rquickjs::CaughtResult<'js, rquickjs::Function<'js>> {
-    let ctx_for_catch = ctx.clone();
     rquickjs::Function::new(
         ctx.clone(),
-        move |args: rquickjs::function::Rest<rquickjs::Value<'js>>| -> rquickjs::Result<Promise<'js>> {
+        // `ctx` is a parameter, not a capture: capturing it would keep this
+        // function's context alive forever (the function lives on the global),
+        // so dropping the runtime without `close()` would crash in
+        // `JS_FreeRuntime`. See issue #8.
+        move |ctx: rquickjs::Ctx<'js>,
+              args: rquickjs::function::Rest<rquickjs::Value<'js>>|
+              -> rquickjs::Result<Promise<'js>> {
             if args.0.len() > 1 {
                 return Err(rquickjs::Error::TooManyArgs {
                     expected: 1,
@@ -1297,5 +1302,5 @@ fn new_bridge_call<'js>(
             })
         },
     )
-    .catch(&ctx_for_catch)
+    .catch(&ctx)
 }
diff --git a/libfjs/src/tests/engine_tests.rs b/libfjs/src/tests/engine_tests.rs
index 72803fc..fcde682 100644
--- a/libfjs/src/tests/engine_tests.rs
+++ b/libfjs/src/tests/engine_tests.rs
@@ -252,6 +252,33 @@ async fn test_engine_init_with_bridge() {
     engine.close().await.unwrap();
 }
 
+/// Regression test for issue #8: dropping an engine that has a bridge, without
+/// calling `close()` (as Dart's GC does), must not crash. It used to abort in
+/// `JS_FreeRuntime` because the bridge kept its own context alive.
+///
+/// Note: a regression is a process abort (SIGABRT), not a normal test failure —
+/// the second engine below only runs if the first drop was clean.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_engine_drop_with_bridge_without_close_does_not_abort() {
+    {
+        let engine = JsEngine::create(None, None, None).await.unwrap();
+        engine
+            .init(|value| Box::pin(async move { JsResult::Ok(value) }))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let result = engine.eval(JsCode::Code("1 + 1".to_string()), None).await;
+        assert!(matches!(result.unwrap(), JsValue::Integer(2)));
+        // Drop WITHOUT close(), mimicking Dart's GC finalizer / hot restart.
+        drop(engine);
+    }
+
+    // Reached only if the drop above did not abort the process.
+    let engine = JsEngine::create(None, None, None).await.unwrap();
+    engine.init_without_bridge().await.unwrap();
+    let result = engine.eval(JsCode::Code("2 + 3".to_string()), None).await;
+    assert!(matches!(result.unwrap(), JsValue::Integer(5)));
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_engine_double_init_fails() {
     let engine = JsEngine::create(None, None, None).await.unwrap();