diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4117d2ee..f6c25d12 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "avm-server",
  "fstrings",
  "marine-rs-sdk",
+ "object-pool",
+ "once_cell",
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
@@ -1494,6 +1496,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object-pool"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee9a3e7196d09ec86002b939f1576e8e446d58def8fd48fe578e2c72d5328d68"
+dependencies = [
+ "parking_lot 0.11.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.10.0"
diff --git a/air/tests/test_module/features/tetraplets/security_tetraplets/auth_module/Cargo.lock b/air/tests/test_module/features/tetraplets/security_tetraplets/auth_module/Cargo.lock
index 1fb5d73a..88d92051 100644
--- a/air/tests/test_module/features/tetraplets/security_tetraplets/auth_module/Cargo.lock
+++ b/air/tests/test_module/features/tetraplets/security_tetraplets/auth_module/Cargo.lock
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "air"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 dependencies = [
  "air-execution-info-collector",
  "air-interpreter-data",
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "air-trace-handler",
  "boolinator",
  "concat-idents",
+ "fstrings",
  "log",
  "maplit",
  "marine-rs-sdk",
+ "non-empty-vec",
  "polyplets 0.2.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "air-interpreter-interface"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "fluence-it-types",
  "marine-rs-sdk",
@@ -306,6 +308,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fstrings"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7845a0f15da505ac36baad0486612dab57f8b8d34e19c5470a265bbcdd572ae6"
+dependencies = [
+ "fstrings-proc-macro",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fstrings-proc-macro"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "63b58c0e7581dc33478a32299182cbe5ae3b8c028be26728a47fb0a113c92d9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -594,6 +618,12 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "925383efa346730478fb4838dbe9137d2a47675ad789c546d150a6e1dd4ab31c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-hack"
+version = "0.5.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dbf0c48bc1d91375ae5c3cd81e3722dff1abcf81a30960240640d223f59fe0e5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.26"
diff --git a/air/tests/test_module/features/tetraplets/security_tetraplets/log_storage/Cargo.lock b/air/tests/test_module/features/tetraplets/security_tetraplets/log_storage/Cargo.lock
index e5e6d3c6..10d7bb6a 100644
--- a/air/tests/test_module/features/tetraplets/security_tetraplets/log_storage/Cargo.lock
+++ b/air/tests/test_module/features/tetraplets/security_tetraplets/log_storage/Cargo.lock
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "air"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 dependencies = [
  "air-execution-info-collector",
  "air-interpreter-data",
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "air-trace-handler",
  "boolinator",
  "concat-idents",
+ "fstrings",
  "log",
  "maplit",
  "marine-rs-sdk",
+ "non-empty-vec",
  "polyplets 0.2.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "air-interpreter-interface"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "fluence-it-types",
  "marine-rs-sdk",
@@ -298,6 +300,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fstrings"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7845a0f15da505ac36baad0486612dab57f8b8d34e19c5470a265bbcdd572ae6"
+dependencies = [
+ "fstrings-proc-macro",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fstrings-proc-macro"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "63b58c0e7581dc33478a32299182cbe5ae3b8c028be26728a47fb0a113c92d9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -594,6 +618,12 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "925383efa346730478fb4838dbe9137d2a47675ad789c546d150a6e1dd4ab31c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-hack"
+version = "0.5.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dbf0c48bc1d91375ae5c3cd81e3722dff1abcf81a30960240640d223f59fe0e5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.26"
diff --git a/avm/server/src/runner.rs b/avm/server/src/runner.rs
index 116bb162..46d7df64 100644
--- a/avm/server/src/runner.rs
+++ b/avm/server/src/runner.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ impl AVMRunner {
             max_memory_size: stats[0].max_memory_size,
         }
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn set_peer_id(&mut self, current_peer_id: impl Into<String>) {
+        self.current_peer_id = current_peer_id.into();
+    }
 }
 
 fn prepare_args(
diff --git a/crates/air-lib/test-utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/air-lib/test-utils/Cargo.toml
index b618a37c..8fd95877 100644
--- a/crates/air-lib/test-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/air-lib/test-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ avm-server = { path = "../../../avm/server" }
 marine-rs-sdk = "0.6.15"
 
 fstrings = "0.2.3"
+object-pool = "0.5.4"
+once_cell = "1.10.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.61"
diff --git a/crates/air-lib/test-utils/src/test_runner.rs b/crates/air-lib/test-utils/src/test_runner.rs
index 2c4bc7cb..e9b33f47 100644
--- a/crates/air-lib/test-utils/src/test_runner.rs
+++ b/crates/air-lib/test-utils/src/test_runner.rs
@@ -17,18 +17,33 @@
 use super::CallServiceClosure;
 use avm_server::avm_runner::*;
 
+use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 // 10 Mb
 const AVM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE: u64 = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
+const AIR_WASM_PATH: &str = "../target/wasm32-wasi/debug/air_interpreter_server.wasm";
 
 pub struct TestRunner {
-    pub runner: AVMRunner,
+    pub runner: object_pool::Reusable<'static, AVMRunner>,
     pub call_service: CallServiceClosure,
 }
 
+fn make_pooled_avm_runner() -> AVMRunner {
+    let fake_current_peer_id = "";
+    let logging_mask = i32::MAX;
+
+    AVMRunner::new(
+        PathBuf::from(AIR_WASM_PATH),
+        fake_current_peer_id,
+        Some(AVM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE),
+        logging_mask,
+    )
+    .expect("vm should be created")
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
 pub struct TestRunParameters {
     pub init_peer_id: String,
@@ -97,17 +112,19 @@ pub fn create_avm(
     call_service: CallServiceClosure,
     current_peer_id: impl Into<String>,
 ) -> TestRunner {
-    let air_wasm_path = PathBuf::from("../target/wasm32-wasi/debug/air_interpreter_server.wasm");
-    let current_peer_id = current_peer_id.into();
-    let logging_mask = i32::MAX;
+    static POOL_CELL: OnceCell<object_pool::Pool<AVMRunner>> = OnceCell::new();
+
+    let pool = POOL_CELL.get_or_init(|| {
+        object_pool::Pool::new(
+            // we create an empty pool and let it fill on demand
+            0,
+            || unreachable!(),
+        )
+    });
+
+    let mut runner = pool.pull(make_pooled_avm_runner);
+    runner.set_peer_id(current_peer_id);
 
-    let runner = AVMRunner::new(
-        air_wasm_path,
-        current_peer_id,
-        Some(AVM_MAX_HEAP_SIZE),
-        logging_mask,
-    )
-    .expect("vm should be created");
     TestRunner {
         runner,
         call_service,