diff --git a/kyo-core/shared/src/main/scala/kyo/IO.scala b/kyo-core/shared/src/main/scala/kyo/IO.scala
index 0eb0f5d2e..35a60482c 100644
--- a/kyo-core/shared/src/main/scala/kyo/IO.scala
+++ b/kyo-core/shared/src/main/scala/kyo/IO.scala
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ object IO:
           * @throws Throwable
           *   If the evaluation results in an error
           */
-        def evalOrThrow[A: Flat](v: A < (IO & Abort[Throwable]))(using Frame): A =
+        def evalOrThrow[A: Flat](v: A < (IO & Abort[Throwable]))(using Frame, AllowUnsafe): A =
             Abort.run(v).eval.getOrThrow
 
         /** Runs an IO effect, evaluating it and its side effects.
diff --git a/kyo-core/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/IOTest.scala b/kyo-core/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/IOTest.scala
index c71d4ad86..87a86b5cc 100644
--- a/kyo-core/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/IOTest.scala
+++ b/kyo-core/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/IOTest.scala
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class IOTest extends Test:
     }
 
     "evalOrThrow" - {
+        import AllowUnsafe.embrace.danger
         "success" in run {
             val result = IO.Unsafe.evalOrThrow(IO(42))
             assert(result == 42)
diff --git a/kyo-core/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/Test.scala b/kyo-core/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/Test.scala
index b11853ce2..e7887b7ee 100644
--- a/kyo-core/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/Test.scala
+++ b/kyo-core/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/Test.scala
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ abstract class Test extends AsyncFreeSpec with BaseKyoTest[Abort[Any] & Async &
 
     def run(v: Future[Assertion] < (Abort[Any] & Async & Resource)): Future[Assertion] =
         import AllowUnsafe.embrace.danger
-        val a = Async.run(Abort.run(Resource.run(v)).map(_.fold {
-            _.getFailure match
+        v.pipe(
+            Resource.run,
+            Abort.recover[Any] {
                 case ex: Throwable => throw ex
                 case e             => throw new IllegalStateException(s"Test aborted with $e")
-        }(identity)))
-        val b = a.map(_.toFuture).map(_.flatten)
-        IO.Unsafe.evalOrThrow(b)
+            },
+            Async.run,
+            _.map(_.toFuture).map(_.flatten),
+            IO.Unsafe.evalOrThrow
+        )
     end run
 
     type Assertion = org.scalatest.compatible.Assertion
diff --git a/kyo-stm/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/Test.scala b/kyo-stm/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/Test.scala
index b11853ce2..e7887b7ee 100644
--- a/kyo-stm/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/Test.scala
+++ b/kyo-stm/shared/src/test/scala/kyo/Test.scala
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ abstract class Test extends AsyncFreeSpec with BaseKyoTest[Abort[Any] & Async &
 
     def run(v: Future[Assertion] < (Abort[Any] & Async & Resource)): Future[Assertion] =
         import AllowUnsafe.embrace.danger
-        val a = Async.run(Abort.run(Resource.run(v)).map(_.fold {
-            _.getFailure match
+        v.pipe(
+            Resource.run,
+            Abort.recover[Any] {
                 case ex: Throwable => throw ex
                 case e             => throw new IllegalStateException(s"Test aborted with $e")
-        }(identity)))
-        val b = a.map(_.toFuture).map(_.flatten)
-        IO.Unsafe.evalOrThrow(b)
+            },
+            Async.run,
+            _.map(_.toFuture).map(_.flatten),
+            IO.Unsafe.evalOrThrow
+        )
     end run
 
     type Assertion = org.scalatest.compatible.Assertion