diff --git a/hope-core/src/main/java/io/appform/hope/core/utils/Converters.java b/hope-core/src/main/java/io/appform/hope/core/utils/Converters.java
index 39263d5..3a4c906 100644
--- a/hope-core/src/main/java/io/appform/hope/core/utils/Converters.java
+++ b/hope-core/src/main/java/io/appform/hope/core/utils/Converters.java
@@ -25,12 +25,25 @@
 import io.appform.hope.core.exceptions.errorstrategy.ErrorHandlingStrategy;
 import io.appform.hope.core.functions.FunctionRegistry;
 import io.appform.hope.core.functions.HopeFunction;
-import io.appform.hope.core.values.*;
+import io.appform.hope.core.values.ArrayValue;
+import io.appform.hope.core.values.BooleanValue;
+import io.appform.hope.core.values.FunctionValue;
+import io.appform.hope.core.values.JsonPathValue;
+import io.appform.hope.core.values.JsonPointerValue;
+import io.appform.hope.core.values.NumericValue;
+import io.appform.hope.core.values.ObjectValue;
+import io.appform.hope.core.values.StringValue;
 import io.appform.hope.core.visitors.Evaluator;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import lombok.val;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Spliterator;
+import java.util.Spliterators;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
@@ -705,10 +718,12 @@ private static List<Object> arrayToObjectList(
             Evaluator.EvaluationContext evaluationContext,
             List<Value> values,
             Object defaultValue) {
-        return values
-                .stream()
-                .map(value -> objectValue(evaluationContext, value, defaultValue))
-                .toList();
+        val list = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (final Value value : values) {
+            val o = objectValue(evaluationContext, value, defaultValue);
+            list.add(o);
+        }
+        return list;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hope-core/src/main/java/io/appform/hope/core/visitors/Evaluator.java b/hope-core/src/main/java/io/appform/hope/core/visitors/Evaluator.java
index 70f5942..16067b7 100644
--- a/hope-core/src/main/java/io/appform/hope/core/visitors/Evaluator.java
+++ b/hope-core/src/main/java/io/appform/hope/core/visitors/Evaluator.java
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.*;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Option;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.ParseContext;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider;
 import io.appform.hope.core.Evaluatable;
 import io.appform.hope.core.VisitorAdapter;
@@ -25,16 +29,27 @@
 import io.appform.hope.core.combiners.OrCombiner;
 import io.appform.hope.core.exceptions.errorstrategy.DefaultErrorHandlingStrategy;
 import io.appform.hope.core.exceptions.errorstrategy.ErrorHandlingStrategy;
-import io.appform.hope.core.operators.*;
+import io.appform.hope.core.operators.And;
+import io.appform.hope.core.operators.Equals;
+import io.appform.hope.core.operators.Greater;
+import io.appform.hope.core.operators.GreaterEquals;
+import io.appform.hope.core.operators.Lesser;
+import io.appform.hope.core.operators.LesserEquals;
+import io.appform.hope.core.operators.Not;
+import io.appform.hope.core.operators.NotEquals;
+import io.appform.hope.core.operators.Or;
 import io.appform.hope.core.utils.Converters;
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.val;
 
-import java.util.*;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
 
 /**
  * Evaluates a hope expression
@@ -58,9 +73,9 @@ public Evaluator() {
     public Evaluator(ErrorHandlingStrategy errorHandlingStrategy) {
         this.errorHandlingStrategy = errorHandlingStrategy;
         parseContext = JsonPath.using(Configuration.builder()
-                                              .jsonProvider(new JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider())
-                                              .options(Option.SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS)
-                                              .build());
+                .jsonProvider(new JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider())
+                .options(Option.SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS)
+                .build());
 
     }
 
@@ -72,18 +87,25 @@ public List<Boolean> evaluate(
             final List<Evaluatable> evaluatables,
             final JsonNode node) {
         val logicEvaluator = new LogicEvaluator(new EvaluationContext(parseContext.parse(node), node, this));
-        return evaluatables.stream()
-                .map(evaluatable -> evaluatable.accept(logicEvaluator))
-                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        val list = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
+        for (final Evaluatable evaluatable : evaluatables) {
+            Boolean accept = evaluatable.accept(logicEvaluator);
+            list.add(accept);
+        }
+        return list;
     }
 
     public OptionalInt evaluateFirst(
             final List<Evaluatable> rules,
             final JsonNode node) {
         val logicEvaluator = new LogicEvaluator(new EvaluationContext(parseContext.parse(node), node, this));
-        return IntStream.range(0, rules.size())
-                .filter(index -> rules.get(index).accept(logicEvaluator))
-                .findFirst();
+        val bound = rules.size();
+        for (int index = 0; index < bound; index++) {
+            if (rules.get(index).accept(logicEvaluator)) {
+                return OptionalInt.of(index);
+            }
+        }
+        return OptionalInt.empty();
     }
 
     @Data
diff --git a/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPathPerfTest.testBulkEval.json b/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPathPerfTest.testBulkEval.json
index 2ac9e8c..526b492 100644
--- a/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPathPerfTest.testBulkEval.json
+++ b/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPathPerfTest.testBulkEval.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name" : "io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPathPerfTest.testBulkEval",
   "mode" : "Throughput",
-  "iterations" : 2,
+  "iterations" : 3,
   "threads" : 1,
-  "forks" : 3,
-  "mean_ops" : 44851.40995773682
+  "forks" : 2,
+  "mean_ops" : 98359.40086170378
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPathPerfTest.testSingleEval.json b/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPathPerfTest.testSingleEval.json
index 7d79f03..5667af1 100644
--- a/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPathPerfTest.testSingleEval.json
+++ b/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPathPerfTest.testSingleEval.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name" : "io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPathPerfTest.testSingleEval",
   "mode" : "Throughput",
-  "iterations" : 2,
+  "iterations" : 3,
   "threads" : 1,
-  "forks" : 3,
-  "mean_ops" : 5292.365475932045
+  "forks" : 2,
+  "mean_ops" : 12628.986025477061
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPointerPerfTest.testPerfBulkEval.json b/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPointerPerfTest.testPerfBulkEval.json
index 02dd6ea..ca77847 100644
--- a/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPointerPerfTest.testPerfBulkEval.json
+++ b/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPointerPerfTest.testPerfBulkEval.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name" : "io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPointerPerfTest.testPerfBulkEval",
   "mode" : "Throughput",
-  "iterations" : 2,
+  "iterations" : 3,
   "threads" : 1,
-  "forks" : 3,
-  "mean_ops" : 50739.771145738465
+  "forks" : 2,
+  "mean_ops" : 116812.50719529158
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPointerPerfTest.testPerfSingleEval.json b/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPointerPerfTest.testPerfSingleEval.json
index ec2824e..8631474 100644
--- a/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPointerPerfTest.testPerfSingleEval.json
+++ b/hope-lang/perf/results/io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPointerPerfTest.testPerfSingleEval.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name" : "io.appform.hope.lang.JsonPointerPerfTest.testPerfSingleEval",
   "mode" : "Throughput",
-  "iterations" : 2,
+  "iterations" : 3,
   "threads" : 1,
-  "forks" : 3,
-  "mean_ops" : 14457.761592563897
+  "forks" : 2,
+  "mean_ops" : 38475.51902529204
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hope-lang/src/test/java/io/appform/hope/lang/BenchmarkTest.java b/hope-lang/src/test/java/io/appform/hope/lang/BenchmarkTest.java
index 1c99deb..a8e3007 100644
--- a/hope-lang/src/test/java/io/appform/hope/lang/BenchmarkTest.java
+++ b/hope-lang/src/test/java/io/appform/hope/lang/BenchmarkTest.java
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ void testBenchmark() throws RunnerException {
                 .warmupTime(TimeValue.seconds(5))
                 .warmupIterations(2)
                 .measurementTime(TimeValue.seconds(10))
-                .measurementIterations(2)
+                .measurementIterations(3)
                 .threads(1)
-                .forks(3)
+                .forks(2)
                 .shouldFailOnError(true)
                 .shouldDoGC(true)
                 .build();