diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 987e8fa..0649ecb 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 // Package sqlite3 wraps the C SQLite API.
 package sqlite3
 
-import (
-	"context"
+import "github.com/tetratelabs/wazero/api"
 
-	"github.com/tetratelabs/wazero/api"
-)
-
-func newConn(ctx context.Context, module api.Module) (_ *Conn, err error) {
+func (module *module) loadAPI() (err error) {
 	getFun := func(name string) api.Function {
 		f := module.ExportedFunction(name)
 		if f == nil {
@@ -23,13 +19,11 @@ func newConn(ctx context.Context, module api.Module) (_ *Conn, err error) {
 			err = noGlobalErr + errorString(name)
 			return 0
 		}
-		return memory{module}.readUint32(uint32(global.Get()))
+		return module.mem.readUint32(uint32(global.Get()))
 	}
 
-	c := Conn{
-		ctx: ctx,
-		mem: memory{module},
-		api: sqliteAPI{
+	{
+		module.api = sqliteAPI{
 			free:          getFun("free"),
 			malloc:        getFun("malloc"),
 			destructor:    uint64(getVal("malloc_destructor")),
@@ -72,12 +66,9 @@ func newConn(ctx context.Context, module api.Module) (_ *Conn, err error) {
 			blobRead:      getFun("sqlite3_blob_read"),
 			blobWrite:     getFun("sqlite3_blob_write"),
 			interrupt:     getVal("sqlite3_interrupt_offset"),
-		},
+		}
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &c, nil
+	return err
 }
 
 type sqliteAPI struct {
diff --git a/compile.go b/compile.go
index e454625..1efb23f 100644
--- a/compile.go
+++ b/compile.go
@@ -34,18 +34,37 @@ type sqlite3Runtime struct {
 	err       error
 }
 
-func (s *sqlite3Runtime) instantiateModule(ctx context.Context) (api.Module, error) {
-	s.once.Do(func() { s.compileModule(ctx) })
-	if s.err != nil {
-		return nil, s.err
+func instantiateModule() (m *module, err error) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	sqlite3.once.Do(func() { sqlite3.compileModule(ctx) })
+	if sqlite3.err != nil {
+		return nil, sqlite3.err
 	}
 
-	cfg := wazero.NewModuleConfig().
-		WithName("sqlite3-" + strconv.FormatUint(s.instances.Add(1), 10)).
+	name := "sqlite3-" + strconv.FormatUint(sqlite3.instances.Add(1), 10)
+
+	cfg := wazero.NewModuleConfig().WithName(name).
 		WithSysWalltime().WithSysNanotime().WithSysNanosleep().
 		WithOsyield(runtime.Gosched).
 		WithRandSource(rand.Reader)
-	return s.runtime.InstantiateModule(ctx, s.compiled, cfg)
+
+	mod, err := sqlite3.runtime.InstantiateModule(ctx, sqlite3.compiled, cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	module := &module{
+		Module: mod,
+		ctx:    ctx,
+		mem:    memory{mod},
+	}
+
+	err = module.loadAPI()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return module, nil
 }
 
 func (s *sqlite3Runtime) compileModule(ctx context.Context) {
@@ -66,3 +85,11 @@ func (s *sqlite3Runtime) compileModule(ctx context.Context) {
 
 	s.compiled, s.err = s.runtime.CompileModule(ctx, bin)
 }
+
+type module struct {
+	api.Module
+
+	ctx context.Context
+	mem memory
+	api sqliteAPI
+}
diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 361313c..80fb71a 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ import (
 //
 // https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/sqlite3.html
 type Conn struct {
+	mod    *module
 	ctx    context.Context
-	api    sqliteAPI
-	mem    memory
+	api    *sqliteAPI
+	mem    *memory
 	handle uint32
 
 	arena     arena
@@ -48,21 +49,23 @@ func OpenFlags(filename string, flags OpenFlag) (*Conn, error) {
 
 func openFlags(filename string, flags OpenFlag) (conn *Conn, err error) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	module, err := sqlite3.instantiateModule(ctx)
+	mod, err := instantiateModule()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		if conn == nil {
-			module.Close(ctx)
+			mod.Close(ctx)
 		} else {
 			runtime.SetFinalizer(conn, finalizer[Conn](3))
 		}
 	}()
 
-	c, err := newConn(ctx, module)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	c := &Conn{
+		mod: mod,
+		ctx: mod.ctx,
+		api: &mod.api,
+		mem: &mod.mem,
 	}
 	c.arena = c.newArena(1024)