diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/ekt/EKT.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/ekt/EKT.kt
index c68776b..51ee215 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/ekt/EKT.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/ekt/EKT.kt
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package net.shadowfacts.ekt
 
 import java.io.File
 import javax.script.ScriptContext
+import javax.script.ScriptEngine
 import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager
 import javax.script.SimpleScriptContext
+import kotlin.concurrent.getOrSet
 
 /**
  * @author shadowfacts
@@ -42,9 +44,7 @@ fun include(include: String, init: net.shadowfacts.ekt.EKT.DataProvider.() -> Un
 _result.toString()
 """
 
-	private val engine by lazy {
-		ScriptEngineManager().getEngineByExtension("kts")
-	}
+	private val engine = ThreadLocal<ScriptEngine>()
 
 	fun render(env: TemplateEnvironment, template: String = env.template): String {
 		if (env.cacheDir != null && env.cacheFile.exists()) {
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ _result.toString()
 	}
 
 	internal fun eval(script: String, env: TemplateEnvironment): String {
+		val engine = engine.getOrSet { ScriptEngineManager().getEngineByExtension("kts") }
 		engine.context = SimpleScriptContext()
 		val bindings = engine.getBindings(ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE)
 		bindings.putAll(env.data)
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/ekt/Test.kt b/src/test/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/ekt/Test.kt
index 830bcdf..9757c82 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/ekt/Test.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/ekt/Test.kt
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 package net.shadowfacts.ekt
 
 import java.io.File
+import kotlin.concurrent.thread
 
 /**
  * @author shadowfacts
  */
 fun main(args: Array<String>) {
-	val res = EKT.renderClasspath("template", "/templates", cacheDir = File("cache")) {
+	for (i in 0..2) {
+		thread {
+			println("Calling from: $i")
+			render()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+fun render(): String {
+	return EKT.renderClasspath("template", "/templates") {
 		"list" to (listOf(1, 2, 3) asType "List<Int>")
 	}
-
-	File("result.txt").apply {
-		if (!exists()) createNewFile()
-		writeText(res)
-	}
 }
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