thank you for the reply; forgot to mention that I tried this initially to no avail

{% block extra_js %}
<script type="module" src="{{tree_populator_js}}"></script>
<script>htmx.process(document.body);</script>
{% endblock extra_js %}

best i can tell so far: the

<script>

is loaded to the DOM just fine but no call is made to the

src

attribute post

hx-swap

.