diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 92215f5..450aead 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-04-30 - 2.4.1 - fix(Assertion)
+Improve toHaveProperty alias by forwarding arguments correctly for intuitive object property assertions
+
+- Updated the toHaveProperty method in the Assertion class to check the number of arguments and call the appropriate object matcher
+- Added several scratch alias files to demonstrate and test the alias usage
+- Enhanced test cases in test/propertypath to cover alias behavior
+
 ## 2025-04-30 - 2.4.0 - feat(object)
 add toHaveOwnProperty method and improve property-path matching in object assertions
 
diff --git a/scratch-alias.js b/scratch-alias.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34bf04a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratch-alias.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import * as smartexpect from './dist_ts/index.js';
+const obj = { topLevel: 'hello' };
+try {
+  smartexpect.expect(obj).toHaveProperty('topLevel');
+  console.log('alias toHaveProperty succeeded');
+} catch(err) {
+  console.error('alias toHaveProperty failed:', err.message);
+}
+try {
+  smartexpect.expect(obj).not.toHaveProperty('missing');
+  console.log('alias not.toHaveProperty succeeded');
+} catch(err) {
+  console.error('alias not.toHaveProperty failed:', err.message);
+}
diff --git a/scratch-alias2.js b/scratch-alias2.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0e7c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratch-alias2.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import * as smartexpect from './dist_ts/index.js';
+console.log('script start');
+const obj = { topLevel: 'hello' };
+console.log('script: after obj');
+console.log('script: test for alias toHaveProperty');
+try {
+  smartexpect.expect(obj).toHaveProperty('topLevel');
+  console.log('alias toHaveProperty succeeded');
+} catch(err) {
+  console.error('alias toHaveProperty failed:', err.message);
+}
+console.log('script: after first try');
+console.log('script: test for alias not.toHaveProperty');
+try {
+  smartexpect.expect(obj).not.toHaveProperty('missing');
+  console.log('alias not.toHaveProperty succeeded');
+} catch(err) {
+  console.error('alias not.toHaveProperty failed:', err.message);
+}
+console.log('script end');
diff --git a/scratch-alias3.js b/scratch-alias3.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c2acc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratch-alias3.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import * as smartexpect from './dist_ts/index.js';
+console.log('script start');
+const obj = { topLevel: 'hello' };
+console.log('script: test alias toHaveProperty');
+const ret = smartexpect.expect(obj).toHaveProperty('topLevel');
+console.log('got ret:', ret, 'typeof', typeof ret);
+console.log('ret.then?', ret && typeof (ret as any).then);
+console.log('script end');
diff --git a/scratch-alias4.js b/scratch-alias4.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a0a5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratch-alias4.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import * as smartexpect from './dist_ts/index.js';
+console.log('script start');
+const obj = { topLevel: 'hello' };
+console.log('script: test alias toHaveProperty');
+const ret = smartexpect.expect(obj).toHaveProperty('topLevel');
+console.log('got ret:', ret, 'typeof', typeof ret);
+console.log('ret.then?', ret && ret.then);
+console.log('script end');
diff --git a/scratch-alias5.js b/scratch-alias5.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da1e61e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratch-alias5.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import * as smartexpect from './dist_ts/index.js';
+console.log('start');
+const obj = { topLevel: 'hello' };
+try {
+  smartexpect.expect(obj).toHaveProperty('topLevel');
+  console.log('success');
+} catch (e) {
+  console.log('caught in catch:', e, e.message);
+}
+console.log('end');
diff --git a/test/test.propertypath.ts b/test/test.propertypath.ts
index a0239bb..cfe0f79 100644
--- a/test/test.propertypath.ts
+++ b/test/test.propertypath.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tap.test('toHaveProperty nested path via dot notation', async () => {
   const testObject = { level1: { level2: { level3: 'value' }},  publicTest: 'hi' };
 
   smartexpect.expect(testObject).object.toHaveProperty('publicTest');
+  smartexpect.expect(testObject).toHaveProperty('publicTest');
   // Existence check
   smartexpect.expect(testObject).object.toHaveProperty('level1.level2.level3');
   // Value check
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 17214d9..2e0d19f 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartexpect',
-  version: '2.4.0',
+  version: '2.4.1',
   description: 'A testing library to manage expectations in code, offering both synchronous and asynchronous assertion methods.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartexpect.classes.assertion.ts b/ts/smartexpect.classes.assertion.ts
index 7518aab..ea9e523 100644
--- a/ts/smartexpect.classes.assertion.ts
+++ b/ts/smartexpect.classes.assertion.ts
@@ -355,7 +355,13 @@ export class Assertion<T = unknown, M extends TExecutionType = 'sync'> {
   public toInclude(substring: string) { return this.string.toInclude(substring); }
   public toMatch(regex: RegExp) { return this.string.toMatch(regex); }
   public toBeOneOf(values: any[]) { return this.string.toBeOneOf(values as string[]); }
-  public toHaveProperty(property: string, value?: any) { return this.object.toHaveProperty(property, value); }
+  public toHaveProperty(property: string, value?: any) {
+    // Forward only provided arguments to object matcher to preserve argument count
+    if (arguments.length === 2) {
+      return this.object.toHaveProperty(property, value);
+    }
+    return this.object.toHaveProperty(property);
+  }
   public toHaveOwnProperty(property: string, value?: any) { return this.object.toHaveOwnProperty(property, value); }
   public toMatchObject(expected: object) { return this.object.toMatchObject(expected); }
   public toBeInstanceOf(constructor: any) { return this.object.toBeInstanceOf(constructor); }