diff --git a/js/initcontext.go b/js/initcontext.go
index 6a5efb35915..e1422fdd8c1 100644
--- a/js/initcontext.go
+++ b/js/initcontext.go
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ type InitContext struct {
 	logger logrus.FieldLogger
 
 	sharedObjects *common.SharedObjects
+
+	modules map[string]modules.HasModuleInstancePerVU
 }
 
 // NewInitContext creates a new initcontext with the provided arguments
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ func NewInitContext(
 		compatibilityMode: compatMode,
 		logger:            logger,
 		sharedObjects:     common.NewSharedObjects(),
+		modules:           modules.GetJSModules(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ func newBoundInitContext(base *InitContext, ctxPtr *context.Context, rt *goja.Ru
 		compatibilityMode: base.compatibilityMode,
 		logger:            base.logger,
 		sharedObjects:     base.sharedObjects,
+		modules:           base.modules,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -140,11 +144,11 @@ func (i *InitContext) Require(arg string) goja.Value {
 }
 
 func (i *InitContext) requireModule(name string) (goja.Value, error) {
-	mod := modules.Get(name)
-	if mod == nil {
+	mod, ok := i.modules[name]
+	if !ok {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("unknown module: %s", name)
 	}
-	return i.runtime.ToValue(common.Bind(i.runtime, mod, i.ctxPtr)), nil
+	return i.runtime.ToValue(common.Bind(i.runtime, mod.NewModuleInstancePerVU(), i.ctxPtr)), nil
 }
 
 func (i *InitContext) requireFile(name string) (goja.Value, error) {
diff --git a/js/internal/modules/modules.go b/js/internal/modules/modules.go
index 01f8d69baed..67c10a4fac1 100644
--- a/js/internal/modules/modules.go
+++ b/js/internal/modules/modules.go
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ package modules
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/modules/k6"
+	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/modules/k6/crypto"
+	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/modules/k6/crypto/x509"
+	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/modules/k6/data"
+	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/modules/k6/encoding"
+	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/modules/k6/grpc"
+	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/modules/k6/html"
+	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/modules/k6/http"
+	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/modules/k6/metrics"
+	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/modules/k6/ws"
 )
 
 //nolint:gochecknoglobals
@@ -31,17 +42,6 @@ var (
 	mx      sync.RWMutex
 )
 
-// Get returns the module registered with name.
-func Get(name string) interface{} {
-	mx.RLock()
-	defer mx.RUnlock()
-	mod := modules[name]
-	if i, ok := mod.(HasModuleInstancePerVU); ok {
-		return i.NewModuleInstancePerVU()
-	}
-	return mod
-}
-
 // HasModuleInstancePerVU should be implemented by all native Golang modules that
 // would require per-VU state. k6 will call their NewModuleInstancePerVU() methods
 // every time a VU imports the module and use its result as the returned object.
@@ -61,3 +61,42 @@ func Register(name string, mod interface{}) {
 	}
 	modules[name] = mod
 }
+
+// GetJSModules returns a map of all js modules
+func GetJSModules() map[string]HasModuleInstancePerVU {
+	result := map[string]HasModuleInstancePerVU{
+		// TODO add others
+		"k6":             HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{Module: k6.New()},
+		"k6/crypto":      HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{Module: crypto.New()},
+		"k6/crypto/x509": HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{Module: x509.New()},
+		"k6/data":        HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{Module: data.New()},
+		"k6/encoding":    HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{Module: encoding.New()},
+		"k6/net/grpc":    HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{Module: grpc.New()},
+		"k6/html":        HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{Module: html.New()},
+		"k6/http":        http.New(),
+		"k6/metrics":     HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{Module: metrics.New()},
+		"k6/ws":          HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{Module: ws.New()},
+	}
+
+	for name, module := range modules {
+		if perInstance, ok := module.(HasModuleInstancePerVU); ok {
+			result[name] = perInstance
+		} else {
+			result[name] = HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{Module: module}
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+// HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper is a wrapper to be used around an module that doesn't support
+// HasModuleIntancePerVU, but needs to be used in places where it is required.
+type HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper struct {
+	Module interface{}
+}
+
+// NewModuleInstancePerVU implements HasModuleInstancePerVU
+func (h HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper) NewModuleInstancePerVU() interface{} {
+	return h.Module
+}
+
+var _ HasModuleInstancePerVU = HasModuleInstancePerVUDummyWrapper{}
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/crypto/crypto.go b/js/modules/k6/crypto/crypto.go
index 226e1412100..94910f2cf9e 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/crypto/crypto.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/crypto/crypto.go
@@ -37,13 +37,8 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ripemd160"
 
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/common"
-	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/internal/modules"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	modules.Register("k6/crypto", New())
-}
-
 type Crypto struct{}
 
 type Hasher struct {
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/crypto/x509/x509.go b/js/modules/k6/crypto/x509/x509.go
index cb3201faae0..e505fff52ef 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/crypto/x509/x509.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/crypto/x509/x509.go
@@ -35,13 +35,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/common"
-	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/internal/modules"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	modules.Register("k6/crypto/x509", New())
-}
-
 // X509 certificate functionality
 type X509 struct{}
 
@@ -224,7 +219,7 @@ func iso8601(value time.Time) string {
 }
 
 func makeRdns(names []pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue) []RDN {
-	var result = make([]RDN, len(names))
+	result := make([]RDN, len(names))
 	for i, name := range names {
 		result[i] = makeRdn(name)
 	}
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/data/data.go b/js/modules/k6/data/data.go
index 3b8ac3c7b8f..757f92a5de3 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/data/data.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/data/data.go
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dop251/goja"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/common"
-	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/internal/modules"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/lib"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 type data struct{}
 
-func init() {
-	modules.Register("k6/data", new(data))
+// New return a new Module instance
+func New() interface{} {
+	return new(data)
 }
 
 const sharedArrayNamePrefix = "k6/data/SharedArray."
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/encoding/encoding.go b/js/modules/k6/encoding/encoding.go
index 914d2981e7a..8c2893dc233 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/encoding/encoding.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/encoding/encoding.go
@@ -25,13 +25,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/common"
-	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/internal/modules"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	modules.Register("k6/encoding", New())
-}
-
 type Encoding struct{}
 
 func New() *Encoding {
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/grpc/grpc.go b/js/modules/k6/grpc/grpc.go
index 5864e96ecea..83e41bfaff8 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/grpc/grpc.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/grpc/grpc.go
@@ -22,14 +22,8 @@ package grpc
 
 import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
-
-	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/internal/modules"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	modules.Register("k6/net/grpc", New())
-}
-
 // GRPC represents the gRPC protocol module for k6
 type GRPC struct {
 	StatusOK                 codes.Code `js:"StatusOK"`
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/html/html.go b/js/modules/k6/html/html.go
index 34ccb09689a..7ac4b614308 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/html/html.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/html/html.go
@@ -31,13 +31,8 @@ import (
 	gohtml "golang.org/x/net/html"
 
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/common"
-	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/internal/modules"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	modules.Register("k6/html", New())
-}
-
 type HTML struct{}
 
 func New() *HTML {
@@ -78,7 +73,6 @@ func (s Selection) varargFnCall(arg interface{},
 	strFilter func(string) *goquery.Selection,
 	selFilter func(*goquery.Selection) *goquery.Selection,
 	nodeFilter func(...*gohtml.Node) *goquery.Selection) Selection {
-
 	switch v := arg.(type) {
 	case Selection:
 		return Selection{s.rt, selFilter(v.sel), s.URL}
@@ -113,7 +107,6 @@ func (s Selection) adjacentUntil(until func(string) *goquery.Selection,
 	filteredUntil func(string, string) *goquery.Selection,
 	filteredUntilSelection func(string, *goquery.Selection) *goquery.Selection,
 	def ...goja.Value) Selection {
-
 	switch len(def) {
 	case 0:
 		return Selection{s.rt, until(""), s.URL}
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/http/http.go b/js/modules/k6/http/http.go
index 412cbd72f92..de4f0ff9bdf 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/http/http.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/http/http.go
@@ -24,15 +24,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/common"
-	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/internal/modules"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/lib"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/lib/netext"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	modules.Register("k6/http", new(GlobalHTTP))
-}
-
 const (
 	HTTP_METHOD_GET     = "GET"
 	HTTP_METHOD_POST    = "POST"
@@ -46,11 +41,14 @@ const (
 // ErrJarForbiddenInInitContext is used when a cookie jar was made in the init context
 var ErrJarForbiddenInInitContext = common.NewInitContextError("Making cookie jars in the init context is not supported")
 
+// New returns a new global module instance
+func New() *GlobalHTTP {
+	return &GlobalHTTP{}
+}
+
 // GlobalHTTP is a global HTTP module for a k6 instance/test run
 type GlobalHTTP struct{}
 
-var _ modules.HasModuleInstancePerVU = new(GlobalHTTP)
-
 // NewModuleInstancePerVU returns an HTTP instance for each VU
 func (g *GlobalHTTP) NewModuleInstancePerVU() interface{} { // this here needs to return interface{}
 	return &HTTP{ // change the below fields to be not writable or not fields
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/k6.go b/js/modules/k6/k6.go
index 32a2cafe58b..7bbfddd5e94 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/k6.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/k6.go
@@ -30,16 +30,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/common"
-	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/internal/modules"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/lib"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/lib/metrics"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/stats"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	modules.Register("k6", New())
-}
-
 type K6 struct{}
 
 // ErrGroupInInitContext is returned when group() are using in the init context
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/metrics/metrics.go b/js/modules/k6/metrics/metrics.go
index 9f3d3cc491e..de4e51a3991 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -30,15 +30,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dop251/goja"
 
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/common"
-	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/internal/modules"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/lib"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/stats"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	modules.Register("k6/metrics", New())
-}
-
 var nameRegexString = "^[\\p{L}\\p{N}\\._ !\\?/&#\\(\\)<>%-]{1,128}$"
 
 var compileNameRegex = regexp.MustCompile(nameRegexString)
@@ -59,7 +54,7 @@ func newMetric(ctxPtr *context.Context, name string, t stats.MetricType, isTime
 		return nil, errors.New("metrics must be declared in the init context")
 	}
 
-	//TODO: move verification outside the JS
+	// TODO: move verification outside the JS
 	if !checkName(name) {
 		return nil, common.NewInitContextError(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid metric name: '%s'", name))
 	}
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/ws/ws.go b/js/modules/k6/ws/ws.go
index 8a54be1fb75..e19813897bc 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/ws/ws.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/ws/ws.go
@@ -37,16 +37,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/common"
-	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/js/internal/modules"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/lib"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/lib/metrics"
 	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/stats"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	modules.Register("k6/ws", New())
-}
-
 // ErrWSInInitContext is returned when websockets are using in the init context
 var ErrWSInInitContext = common.NewInitContextError("using websockets in the init context is not supported")
 
diff --git a/js/modules/modules.go b/js/modules/modules.go
index fa7ebdd9fa6..c1ddcb83623 100644
--- a/js/modules/modules.go
+++ b/js/modules/modules.go
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ import (
 
 const extPrefix string = "k6/x/"
 
-// Get returns the module registered with name.
-func Get(name string) interface{} {
-	return modules.Get(name)
-}
-
 // Register the given mod as an external JavaScript module that can be imported
 // by name. The name must be unique across all registered modules and must be
 // prefixed with "k6/x/", otherwise this function will panic.