diff --git a/lib/syntax_tree.rb b/lib/syntax_tree.rb
index cd1f1ce4..e5bc5ab5 100644
--- a/lib/syntax_tree.rb
+++ b/lib/syntax_tree.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 require "cgi"
 require "etc"
-require "fiddle"
 require "json"
 require "pp"
 require "prettier_print"
diff --git a/lib/syntax_tree/yarv/instruction_sequence.rb b/lib/syntax_tree/yarv/instruction_sequence.rb
index 821738c9..45b543e6 100644
--- a/lib/syntax_tree/yarv/instruction_sequence.rb
+++ b/lib/syntax_tree/yarv/instruction_sequence.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,28 @@ module YARV
     # list of instructions along with the metadata pertaining to them. It also
     # functions as a builder for the instruction sequence.
     class InstructionSequence
+      # This provides a handle to the rb_iseq_load function, which allows you
+      # to pass a serialized iseq to Ruby and have it return a
+      # RubyVM::InstructionSequence object.
+      def self.iseq_load(iseq)
+        require "fiddle"
+
+        @iseq_load_function ||=
+          Fiddle::Function.new(
+            Fiddle::Handle::DEFAULT["rb_iseq_load"],
+            [Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP] * 3,
+            Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP
+          )
+
+        Fiddle.dlunwrap(@iseq_load_function.call(Fiddle.dlwrap(iseq), 0, nil))
+      rescue LoadError
+        raise "Could not load the Fiddle library"
+      rescue NameError
+        raise "Unable to find rb_iseq_load"
+      rescue Fiddle::DLError
+        raise "Unable to perform a dynamic load"
+      end
+
       # When the list of instructions is first being created, it's stored as a
       # linked list. This is to make it easier to perform peephole optimizations
       # and other transformations like instruction specialization.
@@ -60,19 +82,6 @@ def push(instruction)
 
       MAGIC = "YARVInstructionSequence/SimpleDataFormat"
 
-      # This provides a handle to the rb_iseq_load function, which allows you to
-      # pass a serialized iseq to Ruby and have it return a
-      # RubyVM::InstructionSequence object.
-      ISEQ_LOAD =
-        begin
-          Fiddle::Function.new(
-            Fiddle::Handle::DEFAULT["rb_iseq_load"],
-            [Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP] * 3,
-            Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP
-          )
-        rescue NameError, Fiddle::DLError
-        end
-
       # This object is used to track the size of the stack at any given time. It
       # is effectively a mini symbolic interpreter. It's necessary because when
       # instruction sequences get serialized they include a :stack_max field on
@@ -221,8 +230,7 @@ def length
       end
 
       def eval
-        raise "Unsupported platform" if ISEQ_LOAD.nil?
-        Fiddle.dlunwrap(ISEQ_LOAD.call(Fiddle.dlwrap(to_a), 0, nil)).eval
+        InstructionSequence.iseq_load(to_a).eval
       end
 
       def to_a