diff --git a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/debug/DapServerHandler.java b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/debug/DapServerHandler.java
index 72f9b70e2..87828803d 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/debug/DapServerHandler.java
+++ b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/debug/DapServerHandler.java
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ private List<Map<String, Object>> variables(Number frameId) {
                     map.put("value", "(unknown)");
                 }
                 map.put("type", v.type.name());
+                switch (v.type) {
+                    case LIST:
+                    case MAP:
+                        map.put("presentationHint", "data");
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        // do nothing
+                }
                 map.put("evaluateName", k);
                 // if > 0 , this can be used  by client to request more info
                 map.put("variablesReference", 0);
@@ -196,6 +204,7 @@ private void handleRequest(DapMessage req, ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
                         .body("supportsRestartRequest", true)
                         .body("supportsStepBack", true)
                         .body("supportsVariableType", true)
+                        .body("supportsValueFormattingOptions", true)
                         .body("supportsClipboardContext", true));
                 ctx.write(event("initialized"));
                 ctx.write(event("output").body("output", "debug server listening on port: " + server.getPort() + "\n"));
@@ -281,7 +290,7 @@ private void handleRequest(DapMessage req, ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
                 String reqContext = req.getArgument("context", String.class);
                 ScenarioRuntime evalContext = FRAMES.get(evalFrameId.longValue());
                 String result;
-                if ("clipboard".equals(reqContext)) {
+                if ("clipboard".equals(reqContext) || "hover".equals(reqContext)) {
                     try {
                         Variable v = evalContext.engine.vars.get(expression);
                         result = v.getAsPrettyString();
diff --git a/karate-junit4/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/debug/DapServerRunner.java b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/debug/DapServerRunner.java
similarity index 83%
rename from karate-junit4/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/debug/DapServerRunner.java
rename to karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/debug/DapServerRunner.java
index b67513866..ad2e373f9 100644
--- a/karate-junit4/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/debug/DapServerRunner.java
+++ b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/debug/DapServerRunner.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package com.intuit.karate.debug;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 /**
  * mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.intuit.karate.cli.Main" -Dexec.args="-d 4711" -Dexec.classpathScope=test
  * @author pthomas3
  */
-public class DapServerRunner {
+class DapServerRunner {
     
     @Test
     public void testDap() {