diff --git a/libevmjit/ExecutionEngine.cpp b/libevmjit/ExecutionEngine.cpp
index 0b2365f01..e773b1a9f 100644
--- a/libevmjit/ExecutionEngine.cpp
+++ b/libevmjit/ExecutionEngine.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ ReturnCode ExecutionEngine::run(RuntimeData* _data, Env* _env)
 	static StatsCollector statsCollector;
 
 	auto mainFuncName = codeHash(_data->codeHash);
-	Runtime runtime(_data, _env);	// TODO: I don't know why but it must be created before getFunctionAddress() calls
+	Runtime runtime;
+	runtime.init(_data, _env);
 
 	auto entryFuncPtr = (EntryFuncPtr)ee->getFunctionAddress(mainFuncName);
 	if (!entryFuncPtr)
diff --git a/libevmjit/ExecutionEngine.h b/libevmjit/ExecutionEngine.h
index 99cc77cce..26da6977c 100644
--- a/libevmjit/ExecutionEngine.h
+++ b/libevmjit/ExecutionEngine.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
-#include "RuntimeData.h"
+#include "Runtime.h"
 
 namespace dev
 {
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ public:
 
 	/// Reference to returned data (RETURN opcode used)
 	bytes_ref returnData;
+
+private:
+	Runtime m_runtime;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/libevmjit/Runtime.cpp b/libevmjit/Runtime.cpp
index e7953a417..78454ef4f 100644
--- a/libevmjit/Runtime.cpp
+++ b/libevmjit/Runtime.cpp
@@ -9,20 +9,21 @@ namespace eth
 namespace jit
 {
 
-Runtime::Runtime(RuntimeData* _data, Env* _env) :
-	m_data(*_data),
-	m_env(*_env)
-{}
+void Runtime::init(RuntimeData* _data, Env* _env)
+{
+	m_data = _data;
+	m_env = _env;
+}
 
 bytes_ref Runtime::getReturnData() const
 {
-	auto data = m_data.callData;
-	auto size = static_cast<size_t>(m_data.callDataSize);
+	auto data = m_data->callData;
+	auto size = static_cast<size_t>(m_data->callDataSize);
 
 	if (data < m_memData || data >= m_memData + m_memSize || size == 0)
 	{
 		assert(size == 0); // data can be an invalid pointer only if size is 0
-		m_data.callData = nullptr;
+		m_data->callData = nullptr;
 		return {};
 	}
 
diff --git a/libevmjit/Runtime.h b/libevmjit/Runtime.h
index 4fc1705c4..91f26beaa 100644
--- a/libevmjit/Runtime.h
+++ b/libevmjit/Runtime.h
@@ -13,16 +13,13 @@ using MemoryImpl = bytes;
 class Runtime
 {
 public:
-	Runtime(RuntimeData* _data, Env* _env);
-
-	Runtime(const Runtime&) = delete;
-	Runtime& operator=(const Runtime&) = delete;
+	void init(RuntimeData* _data, Env* _env);
 
 	bytes_ref getReturnData() const;
 
 private:
-	RuntimeData& m_data;			///< Pointer to data. Expected by compiled contract.
-	Env& m_env;						///< Pointer to environment proxy. Expected by compiled contract.
+	RuntimeData* m_data = nullptr;	///< Pointer to data. Expected by compiled contract.
+	Env* m_env = nullptr;			///< Pointer to environment proxy. Expected by compiled contract.
 	byte* m_memoryData = nullptr;
 	i256 m_memorySize;
 public: