diff --git a/src/workers/MultiWorker.cpp b/src/workers/MultiWorker.cpp
index 40caf380..aed38d63 100644
--- a/src/workers/MultiWorker.cpp
+++ b/src/workers/MultiWorker.cpp
@@ -36,14 +36,9 @@
 template<size_t N>
 MultiWorker<N>::MultiWorker(ThreadHandle *handle)
     : Worker(handle)
+    , m_rx_vm(nullptr)
 {
     m_memory = Mem::create(m_ctx, m_thread->algorithm(), N);
-
-    const int flags = RANDOMX_FLAG_LARGE_PAGES | RANDOMX_FLAG_HARD_AES | RANDOMX_FLAG_FULL_MEM | RANDOMX_FLAG_JIT;
-    m_rx_vm = randomx_create_vm(static_cast<randomx_flags>(flags), nullptr, Workers::getDataset());
-    if (!m_rx_vm) {
-        m_rx_vm = randomx_create_vm(static_cast<randomx_flags>(flags - RANDOMX_FLAG_LARGE_PAGES), nullptr, Workers::getDataset());
-    }
 }
 
 
@@ -51,7 +46,22 @@ template<size_t N>
 MultiWorker<N>::~MultiWorker()
 {
     Mem::release(m_ctx, N, m_memory);
-    randomx_destroy_vm(m_rx_vm);
+    if (m_rx_vm) {
+        randomx_destroy_vm(m_rx_vm);
+    }
+}
+
+
+template<size_t N>
+void MultiWorker<N>::allocateRandomX_VM()
+{
+    if (!m_rx_vm) {
+        const int flags = RANDOMX_FLAG_LARGE_PAGES | RANDOMX_FLAG_HARD_AES | RANDOMX_FLAG_FULL_MEM | RANDOMX_FLAG_JIT;
+        m_rx_vm = randomx_create_vm(static_cast<randomx_flags>(flags), nullptr, Workers::getDataset());
+        if (!m_rx_vm) {
+            m_rx_vm = randomx_create_vm(static_cast<randomx_flags>(flags - RANDOMX_FLAG_LARGE_PAGES), nullptr, Workers::getDataset());
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -135,6 +145,7 @@ void MultiWorker<N>::start()
 
             const xmrig::Variant v = m_state.job.algorithm().variant();
             if (v == xmrig::VARIANT_RX_WOW) {
+                allocateRandomX_VM();
                 Workers::updateDataset(m_state.job.seed_hash(), m_totalWays);
                 randomx_calculate_hash(m_rx_vm, m_state.blob, m_state.job.size(), m_hash);
             }
diff --git a/src/workers/MultiWorker.h b/src/workers/MultiWorker.h
index 98acded9..54d8c457 100644
--- a/src/workers/MultiWorker.h
+++ b/src/workers/MultiWorker.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ protected:
     void start() override;
 
 private:
+    void allocateRandomX_VM();
+
     bool resume(const xmrig::Job &job);
     bool verify(xmrig::Variant variant, const uint8_t *referenceValue);
     bool verify2(xmrig::Variant variant, const uint8_t *referenceValue);
diff --git a/src/workers/Workers.cpp b/src/workers/Workers.cpp
index 591f92d0..3819eb49 100644
--- a/src/workers/Workers.cpp
+++ b/src/workers/Workers.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ void Workers::start(xmrig::Controller *controller)
 
     const std::vector<xmrig::IThread *> &threads = controller->config()->threads();
     m_status.algo    = controller->config()->algorithm().algo();
+    m_status.variant = controller->config()->algorithm().variant();
     m_status.threads = threads.size();
 
     for (const xmrig::IThread *thread : threads) {
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ void Workers::threadsSummary(rapidjson::Document &doc)
 {
     uv_mutex_lock(&m_mutex);
     const uint64_t pages[2] = { m_status.hugePages, m_status.pages };
-    const uint64_t memory   = m_status.ways * xmrig::cn_select_memory(m_status.algo);
+    const uint64_t memory   = m_status.ways * xmrig::cn_select_memory(m_status.algo, m_status.variant);
     uv_mutex_unlock(&m_mutex);
 
     auto &allocator = doc.GetAllocator();
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ void Workers::start(IWorker *worker)
 
     if (m_status.started == m_status.threads) {
         const double percent = (double) m_status.hugePages / m_status.pages * 100.0;
-        const size_t memory  = m_status.ways * xmrig::cn_select_memory(m_status.algo) / 1024;
+        const size_t memory  = m_status.ways * xmrig::cn_select_memory(m_status.algo, m_status.variant) / 1024;
 
         LOG_INFO(GREEN_BOLD("READY (CPU)") " threads " CYAN_BOLD("%zu(%zu)") " huge pages %s%zu/%zu %1.0f%%\x1B[0m memory " CYAN_BOLD("%zu KB") "",
                  m_status.threads, m_status.ways,
@@ -374,6 +375,10 @@ void Workers::updateDataset(const uint8_t* seed_hash, const uint32_t num_threads
 
     // Wait for all threads to get here
     do {
+        if (m_sequence.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) == 0) {
+            // Exit immediately if workers were stopped
+            return;
+        }
         std::this_thread::yield();
     } while (m_rx_dataset_init_thread_counter.load() != num_threads);
 
@@ -395,6 +400,10 @@ void Workers::updateDataset(const uint8_t* seed_hash, const uint32_t num_threads
     // Wait for all threads to complete
     --m_rx_dataset_init_thread_counter;
     do {
+        if (m_sequence.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) == 0) {
+            // Exit immediately if workers were stopped
+            return;
+        }
         std::this_thread::yield();
     } while (m_rx_dataset_init_thread_counter.load() != 0);
 }
diff --git a/src/workers/Workers.h b/src/workers/Workers.h
index 3f6e307d..08ebed7f 100644
--- a/src/workers/Workers.h
+++ b/src/workers/Workers.h
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ private:
             started(0),
             threads(0),
             ways(0),
-            algo(xmrig::CRYPTONIGHT)
+            algo(xmrig::CRYPTONIGHT),
+            variant(xmrig::VARIANT_AUTO)
         {}
 
         size_t hugePages;
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ private:
         size_t threads;
         size_t ways;
         xmrig::Algo algo;
+        xmrig::Variant variant;
     };
 
     static bool m_active;