diff --git a/packages/groth16/package.json b/packages/groth16/package.json
index 5e8c282e7..f4024d30c 100644
--- a/packages/groth16/package.json
+++ b/packages/groth16/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@zk-kit/groth16",
-    "version": "0.3.0",
+    "version": "0.4.0",
     "description": "A snippet of SnarkJS code for verifying and generating Groth16 proofs only.",
     "license": "GPL-3.0",
     "main": "dist/index.node.js",
diff --git a/packages/groth16/src/buildBn128.ts b/packages/groth16/src/buildBn128.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ee286fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/groth16/src/buildBn128.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* istanbul ignore file */
+
+import { buildBn128 as _buildBn128 } from "ffjavascript"
+
+/**
+ * Builds and returns a BN 128 curve. If the curve has been cached,
+ * it returns the cached curve.
+ * @returns BN 128 ffjavascript curve.
+ */
+export default async function buildBn128(): Promise<any> {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    return globalThis.curve_bn128 ?? (await _buildBn128())
+}
diff --git a/packages/groth16/src/index.ts b/packages/groth16/src/index.ts
index d2ac9dc31..7b93ac0b3 100644
--- a/packages/groth16/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/groth16/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import prove from "./prove"
 import verify from "./verify"
+import buildBn128 from "./buildBn128"
 
-export { prove, verify }
+export { prove, verify, buildBn128 }
 export * from "./types"
diff --git a/packages/groth16/src/verify.ts b/packages/groth16/src/verify.ts
index 016ee202e..851be5bd2 100644
--- a/packages/groth16/src/verify.ts
+++ b/packages/groth16/src/verify.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 /* istanbul ignore file */
 
-import { Scalar, utils, buildBn128 } from "ffjavascript"
+import { Scalar, utils } from "ffjavascript"
+import buildBn128 from "./buildBn128"
 import { Groth16Proof, PublicSignals } from "./types"
 
 const { unstringifyBigInts } = utils
@@ -43,8 +44,7 @@ export default async function verify(
     proof = unstringifyBigInts(proof)
     publicSignals = unstringifyBigInts(publicSignals)
 
-    // @ts-ignore
-    const curve = globalThis.curve_bn128 ?? (await buildBn128(undefined, undefined))
+    const curve = await buildBn128()
 
     const IC0 = curve.G1.fromObject(verificationKey.IC[0])
     const IC = new Uint8Array(curve.G1.F.n8 * 2 * publicSignals.length)
diff --git a/packages/groth16/src/zkey-utils.ts b/packages/groth16/src/zkey-utils.ts
index c3b245a28..90839da87 100644
--- a/packages/groth16/src/zkey-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/groth16/src/zkey-utils.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 // @ts-ignore
 import * as binFileUtils from "@iden3/binfileutils"
-import { buildBn128 } from "ffjavascript"
+import buildBn128 from "./buildBn128"
 import { log2 } from "./utils"
 
 async function readG1(fd: any, curve: any, toObject: any) {
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ async function readHeaderGroth16(fd: any, sections: any, toObject: any) {
     zkey.n8r = n8r
     zkey.r = await binFileUtils.readBigInt(fd, n8r)
 
-    // @ts-ignore
-    zkey.curve = globalThis.curve_bn128 ?? (await buildBn128(undefined, undefined))
+    zkey.curve = await buildBn128()
 
     zkey.nVars = await fd.readULE32()
     zkey.nPublic = await fd.readULE32()
diff --git a/packages/groth16/tests/index.test.ts b/packages/groth16/tests/index.test.ts
index c2f04e379..a9c185083 100644
--- a/packages/groth16/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/groth16/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { getCurveFromName } from "ffjavascript"
-import { verify, prove } from "../src"
+import { verify, prove, buildBn128 } from "../src"
 import verificationKey from "../snark-artifacts/index.json"
 
 describe("Groth16", () => {
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ describe("Groth16", () => {
     let proof: any
 
     beforeAll(async () => {
-        curve = await getCurveFromName("bn128")
+        curve = await buildBn128()
     })
 
     afterAll(async () => {