diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/teavm/backend/wasm/wasm-gc-runtime.js b/core/src/main/resources/org/teavm/backend/wasm/wasm-gc-runtime.js
index 38300a970..798cd57f4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/teavm/backend/wasm/wasm-gc-runtime.js
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/teavm/backend/wasm/wasm-gc-runtime.js
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@
 var TeaVM = TeaVM || {};
 TeaVM.wasm = function() {
     let exports;
+    let globalsCache = new Map();
     let getGlobalName = function(name) {
-        return eval(name);
+        let result = globalsCache.get(name);
+        if (typeof result === "undefined") {
+            result = new Function("return " + name + ";");
+            globalsCache.set(name, result);
+        }
+        return result();
     }
     let setGlobalName = function(name, value) {
         new Function("value", name + " = value;")(value);
@@ -237,13 +243,20 @@ TeaVM.wasm = function() {
                 return fn(javaObjectSymbol, functionsSymbol, functionOriginSymbol);
             },
             defineMethod(cls, name, fn) {
-                cls.prototype[name] = function(...args) {
-                    try {
-                        return fn(this, ...args);
-                    } catch (e) {
-                        rethrowJavaAsJs(e);
-                    }
+                let params = [];
+                for (let i = 1; i < fn.length; ++i) {
+                    params.push("p" + i);
                 }
+                let paramsAsString = params.length === 0 ? "" : params.join(", ");
+                cls.prototype[name] = new Function("rethrowJavaAsJs", "fn", `
+                    return function(${paramsAsString}) {
+                        try {
+                            return fn(${['this', params].join(", ")});
+                        } catch (e) {
+                            rethrowJavaAsJs(e);
+                        }
+                    };
+                `)(rethrowJavaAsJs, fn);
             },
             defineProperty(cls, name, getFn, setFn) {
                 let descriptor = {
@@ -390,30 +403,47 @@ TeaVM.wasm = function() {
                 "unwrapShort", "unwrapChar", "unwrapInt", "unwrapFloat", "unwrapDouble"]) {
             imports.teavmJso[name] = identity;
         }
+        function wrapCallFromJavaToJs(call) {
+            try {
+                return call();
+            } catch (e) {
+                rethrowJsAsJava(e);
+            }
+        }
+        let argumentList = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < 32; ++i) {
-            imports.teavmJso["createFunction" + i] = (...args) => new Function(...args);
-            imports.teavmJso["callFunction" + i] = (fn, ...args) => {
+            let args = argumentList.length === 0 ? "" : argumentList.join(", ");
+            let argsAndBody = [...argumentList, "body"].join(", ");
+            imports.teavmJso["createFunction" + i] = new Function("wrapCallFromJavaToJs", ...argumentList, "body", `
+                return new Function('wrapCallFromJavaToJs', ${argsAndBody}).bind(this, wrapCallFromJavaToJs);
+            `).bind(null, wrapCallFromJavaToJs);
+            imports.teavmJso["callFunction" + i] = new Function("rethrowJsAsJava", "fn", ...argumentList, `
                 try {
-                    return fn(...args);
+                    return fn(${args});
                 } catch (e) {
                     rethrowJsAsJava(e);
                 }
-            };
-            imports.teavmJso["callMethod" + i] = (instance, method, ...args) => {
+            `).bind(null, rethrowJsAsJava);
+            imports.teavmJso["callMethod" + i] = new Function("rethrowJsAsJava", "getGlobalName", "instance",
+                "method", ...argumentList, `
                 try {
-                    return instance !== null ? instance[method](...args) : getGlobalName(method)(...args);
+                    return instance !== null 
+                        ? instance[method](${args}) 
+                        : getGlobalName(method)(${args});
+                } catch (e) {
+                    rethrowJsAsJava(e);
+                }`).bind(null, rethrowJsAsJava, getGlobalName);
+            imports.teavmJso["construct" + i] = new Function("rethrowJsAsJava", "constructor", ...argumentList, `
+                try {
+                    return new constructor(${args});
                 } catch (e) {
                     rethrowJsAsJava(e);
                 }
-            }
-            imports.teavmJso["construct" + i] = (constructor, ...args) => {
-                try {
-                    return new constructor(...args);
-                } catch (e) {
-                    rethrowJsAsJava(e);
-                }
-            }
-            imports.teavmJso["arrayOf" + i] = (...args) => args
+            `).bind(null, rethrowJsAsJava);
+            imports.teavmJso["arrayOf" + i] = new Function(...argumentList, "return [" + args + "]");
+
+            let param = "p" + (i + 1);
+            argumentList.push(param);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJSIntrinsic.java b/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJSIntrinsic.java
index 26b78f5d0..8c91fa433 100644
--- a/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJSIntrinsic.java
+++ b/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJSIntrinsic.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package org.teavm.jso.impl.wasmgc;
 
 import static org.teavm.jso.impl.wasmgc.WasmGCJSConstants.JS_TO_STRING;
 import static org.teavm.jso.impl.wasmgc.WasmGCJSConstants.STRING_TO_JS;
+import org.teavm.ast.ConstantExpr;
+import org.teavm.ast.Expr;
 import org.teavm.ast.InvocationExpr;
 import org.teavm.backend.wasm.intrinsics.gc.WasmGCIntrinsic;
 import org.teavm.backend.wasm.intrinsics.gc.WasmGCIntrinsicContext;
@@ -37,21 +39,23 @@ import org.teavm.model.ValueType;
 
 class WasmGCJSIntrinsic implements WasmGCIntrinsic {
     private WasmFunction globalFunction;
+    private WasmGCJsoCommonGenerator commonGen;
+
+    WasmGCJSIntrinsic(WasmGCJsoCommonGenerator commonGen) {
+        this.commonGen = commonGen;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public WasmExpression apply(InvocationExpr invocation, WasmGCIntrinsicContext context) {
         switch (invocation.getMethod().getName()) {
-            case "wrap": {
-                var function = context.functions().forStaticMethod(STRING_TO_JS);
-                return new WasmCall(function, context.generate(invocation.getArguments().get(0)));
-            }
+            case "wrap":
+                return wrapString(invocation.getArguments().get(0), context);
             case "unwrapString": {
                 var function = context.functions().forStaticMethod(JS_TO_STRING);
                 return new WasmCall(function, context.generate(invocation.getArguments().get(0)));
             }
             case "global": {
-                var stringToJs = context.functions().forStaticMethod(STRING_TO_JS);
-                var name = new WasmCall(stringToJs, context.generate(invocation.getArguments().get(0)));
+                var name = wrapString(invocation.getArguments().get(0), context);
                 return new WasmCall(getGlobalFunction(context), name);
             }
             case "throwCCEIfFalse":
@@ -65,6 +69,17 @@ class WasmGCJSIntrinsic implements WasmGCIntrinsic {
         }
     }
 
+    private WasmExpression wrapString(Expr stringExpr, WasmGCIntrinsicContext context) {
+        if (stringExpr instanceof ConstantExpr) {
+            var constantExpr = (ConstantExpr) stringExpr;
+            if (constantExpr.getValue() instanceof String) {
+                return commonGen.jsStringConstant(WasmGCJsoContext.wrap(context), (String) constantExpr.getValue());
+            }
+        }
+        var function = context.functions().forStaticMethod(STRING_TO_JS);
+        return new WasmCall(function, context.generate(stringExpr));
+    }
+
     private WasmFunction getGlobalFunction(WasmGCIntrinsicContext context) {
         if (globalFunction == null) {
             globalFunction = new WasmFunction(context.functionTypes().of(WasmType.Reference.EXTERN,
diff --git a/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJso.java b/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJso.java
index 4e721d70c..8b1ff49bc 100644
--- a/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJso.java
+++ b/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJso.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public final class WasmGCJso {
         wasmGCHost.addIntrinsicFactory(new WasmGCJSBodyRenderer(jsBodyRepository, jsFunctions, commonGen));
         wasmGCHost.addGeneratorFactory(new WasmGCMarshallMethodGeneratorFactory(commonGen));
 
-        var jsIntrinsic = new WasmGCJSIntrinsic();
+        var jsIntrinsic = new WasmGCJSIntrinsic(commonGen);
         wasmGCHost.addIntrinsic(new MethodReference(JS.class, "wrap", String.class, JSObject.class), jsIntrinsic);
         wasmGCHost.addIntrinsic(new MethodReference(JS.class, "unwrapString", JSObject.class, String.class),
                 jsIntrinsic);
diff --git a/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJsoCommonGenerator.java b/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJsoCommonGenerator.java
index e6fd4b064..421ecf8c9 100644
--- a/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJsoCommonGenerator.java
+++ b/jso/impl/src/main/java/org/teavm/jso/impl/wasmgc/WasmGCJsoCommonGenerator.java
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ package org.teavm.jso.impl.wasmgc;
 
 import static org.teavm.jso.impl.wasmgc.WasmGCJSConstants.STRING_TO_JS;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import org.teavm.backend.javascript.rendering.AstWriter;
+import org.teavm.backend.wasm.generate.gc.WasmGCNameProvider;
 import org.teavm.backend.wasm.model.WasmFunction;
 import org.teavm.backend.wasm.model.WasmGlobal;
 import org.teavm.backend.wasm.model.WasmLocal;
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ class WasmGCJsoCommonGenerator {
     private boolean initialized;
     private List<Consumer<WasmFunction>> initializerParts = new ArrayList<>();
     private boolean rethrowExported;
+    private Map<String, WasmGlobal> stringsConstants = new HashMap<>();
 
     WasmGCJsoCommonGenerator(WasmGCJSFunctions jsFunctions) {
         this.jsFunctions = jsFunctions;
@@ -159,4 +163,24 @@ class WasmGCJsoCommonGenerator {
         throwExpr.getArguments().add(asThrowable);
         fn.getBody().add(throwExpr);
     }
+
+    WasmExpression jsStringConstant(WasmGCJsoContext context, String str) {
+        var global = stringsConstants.computeIfAbsent(str, s -> {
+            var javaGlobal = context.strings().getStringConstant(s).global;
+            var function = context.functions().forStaticMethod(STRING_TO_JS);
+            var index = stringsConstants.size();
+            var brief = str.length() > 16 ? str.substring(0, 16) : str;
+            var name = context.names().topLevel("teavm.js.strings<" + index + ">:"
+                    + WasmGCNameProvider.sanitize(brief));
+            var jsGlobal = new WasmGlobal(name, WasmType.Reference.EXTERN,
+                    new WasmNullConstant(WasmType.Reference.EXTERN));
+            context.module().globals.add(jsGlobal);
+            addInitializerPart(context, initializer -> {
+                var call = new WasmCall(function, new WasmGetGlobal(javaGlobal));
+                initializer.getBody().add(new WasmSetGlobal(jsGlobal, call));
+            });
+            return jsGlobal;
+        });
+        return new WasmGetGlobal(global);
+    }
 }