diff --git a/src/PowerShellEditorServices.Protocol/Server/DebugAdapter.cs b/src/PowerShellEditorServices.Protocol/Server/DebugAdapter.cs
index 29142a83f..3e5a06d39 100644
--- a/src/PowerShellEditorServices.Protocol/Server/DebugAdapter.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShellEditorServices.Protocol/Server/DebugAdapter.cs
@@ -102,9 +102,29 @@ protected Task LaunchScript(RequestContext<object> requestContext)
             // Ensure the read loop is stopped
             this.editorSession.ConsoleService.CancelReadLoop();
 
-            return editorSession.PowerShellContext
-                    .ExecuteScriptWithArgs(this.scriptToLaunch, this.arguments, writeInputToHost: true)
-                    .ContinueWith(this.OnExecutionCompleted);
+            // Is this an untitled script?
+            Task launchTask = null;
+
+            if (this.scriptToLaunch.StartsWith("untitled"))
+            {
+                ScriptFile untitledScript =
+                    this.editorSession.Workspace.GetFile(
+                        this.scriptToLaunch);
+
+                launchTask =
+                    this.editorSession
+                        .PowerShellContext
+                        .ExecuteScriptString(untitledScript.Contents, true, true);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                launchTask =
+                    this.editorSession
+                        .PowerShellContext
+                        .ExecuteScriptWithArgs(this.scriptToLaunch, this.arguments, writeInputToHost: true);
+            }
+
+            return launchTask.ContinueWith(this.OnExecutionCompleted);
         }
 
         private async Task OnExecutionCompleted(Task executeTask)