diff --git a/core/koin-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/koin/core/Koin.kt b/core/koin-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/koin/core/Koin.kt
index c52713cd8..a6bba688c 100644
--- a/core/koin-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/koin/core/Koin.kt
+++ b/core/koin-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/koin/core/Koin.kt
@@ -329,6 +329,6 @@ class Koin {
         val duration = measureDuration {
             instanceRegistry.createAllEagerInstances()
         }
-        logger.debug("Koin created eager instances in $duration ms")
+        logger.debug("Created eager instances in $duration ms")
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/koin-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/koin/core/KoinApplication.kt b/core/koin-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/koin/core/KoinApplication.kt
index ef4d3720b..a03f3cb53 100644
--- a/core/koin-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/koin/core/KoinApplication.kt
+++ b/core/koin-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/koin/core/KoinApplication.kt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class KoinApplication private constructor() {
         if (koin.logger.isAt(Level.INFO)) {
             val duration = measureDuration { loadModules(modules) }
             val count = koin.instanceRegistry.size()
-            koin.logger.display(Level.INFO, "Koin started with $count definitions in $duration ms")
+            koin.logger.display(Level.INFO, "Started $count definitions in $duration ms")
         } else {
             loadModules(modules)
         }
diff --git a/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/sample/Application.kt b/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/sample/Application.kt
index 6c232e923..58556cb14 100644
--- a/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/sample/Application.kt
+++ b/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/sample/Application.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
 fun Application.mainModule() {
     install(CallLogging)
     install(Koin) {
-        slf4jLogger(Level.DEBUG)
+        printLogger(Level.DEBUG)
         modules(appModule)
     }
 
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ fun Application.mainModule() {
         get("/hello") {
             val newId = call.scope.get<ScopeComponent>().id
             println("ScopeComponent.id = $newId")
+            assert(Counter.init == 1)
             call.respondText(helloService.sayHello())
         }
     }
diff --git a/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/sample/Components.kt b/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/sample/Components.kt
index 2fe55b31e..a474ff8bd 100644
--- a/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/sample/Components.kt
+++ b/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/sample/Components.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.koin.sample
 
+import org.koin.sample.Counter.init
 import java.util.UUID
 
 class HelloRepository {
@@ -10,7 +11,15 @@ interface HelloService {
     fun sayHello(): String
 }
 
+object Counter {
+    var init = 0
+}
+
 class HelloServiceImpl(val helloRepository: HelloRepository) : HelloService {
+    init {
+        println("created at start")
+        init++
+    }
     override fun sayHello() = "Hello ${helloRepository.getHello()}!"
 }
 
diff --git a/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/test/kotlin/org/koin/sample/ApplicationJobRoutesTest.kt b/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/test/kotlin/org/koin/sample/ApplicationJobRoutesTest.kt
index 68f31e579..2a62cd22b 100644
--- a/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/test/kotlin/org/koin/sample/ApplicationJobRoutesTest.kt
+++ b/ktor/examples/hello-ktor/src/test/kotlin/org/koin/sample/ApplicationJobRoutesTest.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import io.ktor.client.statement.*
 import io.ktor.http.*
 import io.ktor.server.application.*
 import io.ktor.server.testing.*
+import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.koin.test.AutoCloseKoinTest
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
@@ -13,6 +14,11 @@ import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 
 class ApplicationJobRoutesTest : AutoCloseKoinTest() {
 
+    @Before
+    fun before(){
+        Counter.init = 0
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun testHelloRequest() = testApplication {
         val response = client.get("/hello")
diff --git a/ktor/koin-ktor/build.gradle b/ktor/koin-ktor/build.gradle
index 5f520087e..c549e3b0f 100644
--- a/ktor/koin-ktor/build.gradle
+++ b/ktor/koin-ktor/build.gradle
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    // Koin
     api "io.insert-koin:koin-core:$koin_version"
     testImplementation "io.insert-koin:koin-test-junit4:$koin_version"
-
     // Ktor
     api "io.ktor:ktor-server-core:$ktor_version"
     testImplementation "io.ktor:ktor-server-test-host:$ktor_version"
+    testImplementation "io.ktor:ktor-server-netty:$ktor_version"
 }
 
 // Ensure "org.gradle.jvm.version" is set to "8" in Gradle metadata.
diff --git a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/ApplicationCallExt.kt b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/ApplicationCallExt.kt
index 0be0362b8..75c54b80d 100644
--- a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/ApplicationCallExt.kt
+++ b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/ApplicationCallExt.kt
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ import io.ktor.server.application.*
 import org.koin.core.Koin
 import org.koin.core.parameter.ParametersDefinition
 import org.koin.core.qualifier.Qualifier
+import org.koin.core.scope.Scope
 import org.koin.ktor.plugin.KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY
 import org.koin.ktor.plugin.KOIN_KEY
+import org.koin.ktor.plugin.KOIN_SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE_KEY
 
 /**
  * Ktor Koin extensions for ApplicationCall class
@@ -71,4 +73,4 @@ fun ApplicationCall.getProperty(key: String, defaultValue: String) =
 /**
  * Help work on ModuleDefinition
  */
-fun ApplicationCall.getKoin(): Koin = application.attributes.get(KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY).koin
+fun ApplicationCall.getKoin(): Koin = application.getKoin()
diff --git a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/ApplicationExt.kt b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/ApplicationExt.kt
index b9153bf9a..b2de696a2 100644
--- a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/ApplicationExt.kt
+++ b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/ApplicationExt.kt
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@ package org.koin.ktor.ext
 
 import io.ktor.server.application.*
 import org.koin.core.Koin
+import org.koin.core.context.GlobalContext
 import org.koin.core.parameter.ParametersDefinition
 import org.koin.core.qualifier.Qualifier
+import org.koin.dsl.KoinAppDeclaration
 import org.koin.ktor.plugin.KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY
+import org.koin.ktor.plugin.Koin
+import org.koin.ktor.plugin.setKoinApplication
 
 /**
  * Ktor Koin extensions
@@ -28,10 +32,17 @@ import org.koin.ktor.plugin.KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY
  * @author Laurent Baresse
  */
 
+
+
 /**
  * Help work on ModuleDefinition
  */
-fun Application.getKoin(): Koin = attributes.get(KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY).koin
+fun Application.getKoin(): Koin =
+    attributes.getOrNull(KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY)?.koin ?: run {
+        val defaultInstance = GlobalContext.getKoinApplicationOrNull() ?: error("No Koin instance started. Use install(Koin) or startKoin()")
+        setKoinApplication(defaultInstance)
+        attributes[KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY].koin
+    }
 
 /**
  * inject lazily given dependency
diff --git a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/RouteExt.kt b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/RouteExt.kt
index 95c6d246d..2106cd6dd 100644
--- a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/RouteExt.kt
+++ b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/RouteExt.kt
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ fun Route.getProperty(key: String, defaultValue: String) =
 /**
  * Help work on ModuleDefinition
  */
-fun Route.getKoin(): Koin = application.attributes.get(KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY).koin
+fun Route.getKoin(): Koin = application.getKoin()
diff --git a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/RoutingExt.kt b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/RoutingExt.kt
index 6eb86fd8e..1b2dbae88 100644
--- a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/RoutingExt.kt
+++ b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/RoutingExt.kt
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ inline fun <reified T> Routing.getProperty(key: String, defaultValue: T) =
 /**
  * Help work on ModuleDefinition
  */
-fun Routing.getKoin(): Koin = application.attributes.get(KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY).koin
+fun Routing.getKoin(): Koin = application.getKoin()
diff --git a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/plugin/KoinPlugin.kt b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/plugin/KoinPlugin.kt
index 487c87d7e..3b5863b57 100644
--- a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/plugin/KoinPlugin.kt
+++ b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/plugin/KoinPlugin.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import io.ktor.util.*
 import org.koin.core.KoinApplication
 import org.koin.core.scope.Scope
 import org.koin.dsl.KoinAppDeclaration
-import org.koin.dsl.koinApplication
 
 /**
  * @author Arnaud Giuliani
@@ -32,21 +31,34 @@ import org.koin.dsl.koinApplication
  * Ktor Feature class. Allows Koin Context to start using Ktor default install(<feature>) method.
  *
  */
+val Koin = createApplicationPlugin(name = "Koin", createConfiguration = { KoinApplication.init() }) {
+    val koinApplication = setupKoinApplication()
+    setupMonitoring(koinApplication)
+    setupKoinScope(koinApplication)
+}
 
-// Plugin
-val Koin = createApplicationPlugin(name = "Koin", createConfiguration = ::koinApplication) {
+private fun PluginBuilder<KoinApplication>.setupKoinApplication(): KoinApplication {
     val koinApplication = pluginConfig
-    application.attributes.put(KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, koinApplication)
+    koinApplication.createEagerInstances()
+    application.setKoinApplication(koinApplication)
+    return koinApplication
+}
+
+fun Application.setKoinApplication(koinApplication: KoinApplication){
+    attributes.put(KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, koinApplication)
+}
 
+private fun PluginBuilder<KoinApplication>.setupMonitoring(koinApplication: KoinApplication) {
     val monitor = environment?.monitor
     monitor?.raise(KoinApplicationStarted, koinApplication)
-    // Core Plugin
     monitor?.subscribe(ApplicationStopping) {
         monitor.raise(KoinApplicationStopPreparing, koinApplication)
         koinApplication.koin.close()
         monitor.raise(KoinApplicationStopped, koinApplication)
     }
+}
 
+private fun PluginBuilder<KoinApplication>.setupKoinScope(koinApplication: KoinApplication) {
     // Scope Handling
     on(CallSetup) { call ->
         val scopeComponent = RequestScope(koinApplication.koin)
@@ -57,14 +69,20 @@ val Koin = createApplicationPlugin(name = "Koin", createConfiguration = ::koinAp
     }
 }
 
-fun Application.koin(configuration: KoinAppDeclaration) = pluginOrNull(Koin)?.let {
-    attributes.getOrNull(KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY)?.apply(configuration)
-} ?: install(Koin, configuration)
-
 const val KOIN_KEY = "KOIN"
 val KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY = AttributeKey<KoinApplication>(KOIN_KEY)
 
-val ApplicationCall.scope: Scope get() = this.attributes[KOIN_SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE_KEY]
-
 const val KOIN_SCOPE_KEY = "KOIN_SCOPE"
-val KOIN_SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE_KEY = AttributeKey<Scope>(KOIN_SCOPE_KEY)
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+val KOIN_SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE_KEY = AttributeKey<Scope>(KOIN_SCOPE_KEY)
+
+//TODO move both to ext file
+/**
+ * Scope property to let your resolve dependencies from Request Scope
+ */
+val ApplicationCall.scope: Scope get() = this.attributes.getOrNull(KOIN_SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE_KEY) ?: error("Koin Request Scope is not ready")
+/**
+ * Run extra koin configuration, like modules()
+ */
+fun Application.koin(configuration: KoinAppDeclaration) = pluginOrNull(Koin)?.let {
+    attributes.getOrNull(KOIN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY)?.apply(configuration)
+} ?: install(Koin, configuration)
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diff --git a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/plugin/RequestScope.kt b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/plugin/RequestScope.kt
index 10984bc37..8aa0982ce 100644
--- a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/plugin/RequestScope.kt
+++ b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/main/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/plugin/RequestScope.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.koin.ktor.plugin
 
 import org.koin.core.Koin
 import org.koin.core.component.KoinScopeComponent
 import org.koin.core.component.createScope
 
+/**
+ * Request Scope Holder
+ *
+ * @author Arnaud Giuliani
+ */
 class RequestScope(private val _koin: Koin) : KoinScopeComponent {
     override fun getKoin(): Koin = _koin
     override val scope = createScope()
diff --git a/ktor/koin-ktor/src/test/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/KoinPluginRunTest.kt b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/test/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/KoinPluginRunTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3aab7f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ktor/koin-ktor/src/test/kotlin/org/koin/ktor/ext/KoinPluginRunTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.koin.ktor.ext
+
+import io.ktor.client.*
+import io.ktor.client.request.*
+import io.ktor.client.statement.*
+import io.ktor.http.*
+import io.ktor.server.application.*
+import io.ktor.server.engine.*
+import io.ktor.server.netty.*
+import io.ktor.server.response.*
+import io.ktor.server.routing.*
+import io.ktor.server.testing.*
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withTimeout
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.koin.core.context.startKoin
+import org.koin.core.logger.Level
+import org.koin.dsl.module
+import org.koin.ktor.plugin.Koin
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+
+class KoinPluginRunTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `minimalistic app run`() {
+        testMyApplication {
+            val response = it.get("testurl") {}
+
+            assertEquals(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.status)
+            assertTrue { response.bodyAsText().contains("Test response") }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `run outside context`()  = runBlocking<Unit> {
+        var counter = 0
+        startKoin {
+            printLogger(Level.DEBUG)
+            modules(
+                module {
+                    single<String> {
+                        counter++
+                        "Reproduction test"
+                    }
+                }
+            )
+        }
+
+        val s = embeddedServer(
+            Netty,
+            module = {
+                val test by inject<String>()
+                println(test)
+            },
+        ).start(false)
+
+        delay(500)
+        s.stop()
+        assert(counter == 1){ "counter should 1 - instance is created" }
+    }
+}
+
+private fun testMyApplication(test: suspend (jsonClient: HttpClient) -> Unit) = testApplication {
+    application {
+        install(Koin) {
+            modules(
+                module {
+                    single { this@application }
+                    single(createdAtStart = true) { KtorMyModule(get()) }
+                },
+            )
+        }
+    }
+    test.invoke(createClient {})
+}
+
+private fun testMyApplicationNoKoin(test: suspend (jsonClient: HttpClient) -> Unit) = testApplication {
+    application {
+
+    }
+    test.invoke(createClient {})
+}
+
+class KtorMyModule(application: Application) {
+    init {
+        application.routing {
+            get("testurl") { call.respond(HttpStatusCode.OK, "Test response") }
+        }
+    }
+}
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