diff -r 1b5a8b4fc971 -r 0c0b0acf780d src/luan/modules/ThreadLuan.java
--- a/src/luan/modules/ThreadLuan.java	Thu Feb 27 19:32:10 2025 +0200
+++ b/src/luan/modules/ThreadLuan.java	Wed Mar 05 21:41:22 2025 -0700
@@ -129,18 +129,19 @@
 
 	public static final class Callable {
 		private long expires;
-		private final Luan luan = new Luan();
+		private final Luan luan;
 		private final LuanTable fns;
 
-		Callable(LuanFunction initFn) throws LuanException {
+		Callable(Luan luan,LuanFunction initFn) throws LuanException {
+			this.luan = new Luan(luan);
 			LuanMutable.makeImmutable(initFn);
 			Object obj = initFn.call(luan);
 			if( !(obj instanceof LuanTable) )
 				throw new LuanException("global_callable init_fn must return a table");
-			this.fns = (LuanTable)initFn.call(luan);
+			this.fns = (LuanTable)obj;
 		}
 
-		public synchronized Object call(Luan callerLuan,String fnName,Object... args) throws LuanException {
+		public synchronized Object call(String fnName,Object... args) throws LuanException {
 			LuanMutable.makeImmutable(args);
 			Object f = fns.get(luan,fnName);
 			if( f == null )
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@
 			Callable callable = callableMap.get(name);
 			if( callable == null ) {
 				sweep(callableMap,now);
-				callable = new Callable(initFn);
+				callable = new Callable(luan,initFn);
 				callableMap.put(name,callable);
 			}
 			callable.expires = now + timeout;