diff --git a/externals/wamr/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/wamr/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e82f1fc..fed1888e 100644
--- a/externals/wamr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/wamr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ set(WAMR_DISABLE_HW_BOUND_CHECK 0)
 set(WAMR_DISABLE_STACK_HW_BOUND_CHECK 0)
 set(WAMR_DISABLE_WAKEUP_BLOCKING_OP 0)
 add_compile_definitions(BUILTIN_LIBC_BUFFERED_PRINTF=1 BUILTIN_LIBC_BUFFERED_PRINT_SIZE=512)
-
 add_compile_definitions("$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:BH_DEBUG=1>")
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/wamr/build-scripts/runtime_lib.cmake")
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/wamr/build-scripts/runtime_lib.cmake")
 file(GLOB_RECURSE iwasm_headers "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/wamr/core/*.h")
 add_library(iwasm_static STATIC ${WAMR_RUNTIME_LIB_SOURCE} ${iwasm_headers})
 target_include_directories(iwasm_static INTERFACE "wamr/core/iwasm/include")
-target_link_libraries(iwasm_static INTERFACE ${LLVM_AVAILABLE_LIBS} ${UV_A_LIBS})
 target_compile_definitions(iwasm_static PUBLIC WASM_RUNTIME_API_EXTERN= WASM_API_EXTERN= COMPILING_WASM_RUNTIME_API=1)
 
 if(MSVC)
diff --git a/sources/libcore/wasm.cpp b/sources/libcore/wasm.cpp
index 6824780f..43471a38 100644
--- a/sources/libcore/wasm.cpp
+++ b/sources/libcore/wasm.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ namespace cage
 				return 0;
 			}();
 			(void)dummy;
+			thread_local int dummy2 = []() -> int
+			{
+				if (!wasm_runtime_init_thread_env())
+					CAGE_THROW_ERROR(Exception, "failed to initialize wasm thread env");
+				return 0;
+			}();
+			(void)dummy2;
 		}
 
 		WasmTypeEnum convert(wasm_valkind_t k)
@@ -188,6 +195,8 @@ namespace cage
 
 			WasmInstanceImpl(Holder<WasmModule> &&module_) : module(std::move(module_).cast<WasmModuleImpl>())
 			{
+				initialize();
+
 				CAGE_ASSERT(module);
 				String err;
 				instance = wasm_runtime_instantiate(module->module, 1'000'000, 1'000'000, err.rawData(), err.MaxLength - 100);
@@ -227,6 +236,8 @@ namespace cage
 
 			WasmFunctionImpl(WasmInstanceImpl *instance, const String &name) : name(name), instance(instance)
 			{
+				CAGE_ASSERT(wasm_runtime_thread_env_inited());
+
 				func = wasm_runtime_lookup_function(instance->instance, name.c_str());
 				if (!func)
 				{