diff --git a/static/index.js b/static/index.js
index 3c7ef88..53c20e6 100644
--- a/static/index.js
+++ b/static/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import CodeFlask from "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/codeflask@1.4.1/+esm";
-import initGleamCompiler from "./compiler.js";
-import stdlib from "./stdlib.js";
 
 const output = document.querySelector("#output");
 const initialCode = document.querySelector("#code").innerHTML;
@@ -38,63 +36,12 @@ const prismGrammar = {
     /\b(?:0b[0-1]+|0o[0-7]+|[[:digit:]][[:digit:]_]*(\\.[[:digit:]]*)?|0x[[:xdigit:]]+)\b/,
 };
 
-// Monkey patch console.log to keep a copy of the output
-let logged = "";
-const log = console.log;
-console.log = (...args) => {
-  log(...args);
-  logged += args.map((e) => `${e}`).join(" ") + "\n";
-};
-
-function resetLogCapture() {
-  logged = "";
-}
-
-async function compileEval(project, code) {
-  try {
-    project.writeModule("main", code);
-    project.compilePackage("javascript");
-    const js = project.readCompiledJavaScript("main");
-    const main = await loadProgram(js);
-    resetLogCapture();
-    if (main) main();
-    replaceOutput(logged, "log");
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error(error);
-    replaceOutput(logged, "log");
-    appendOutput(error.toString(), "error");
-  }
-  for (const warning of project.takeWarnings()) {
-    appendOutput(warning, "warning");
-  }
-}
-
-async function loadProgram(js) {
-  const url = new URL(import.meta.url);
-  url.pathname = "";
-  url.hash = "";
-  url.search = "";
-  const href = url.toString();
-  const js1 = js.replaceAll(
-    /from\s+"\.\/(.+)"/g,
-    `from "${href}precompiled/$1"`,
-  );
-  const js2 = btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(js1)));
-  const module = await import("data:text/javascript;base64," + js2);
-  return module.main;
-}
-
 function clearOutput() {
   while (output.firstChild) {
     output.removeChild(output.firstChild);
   }
 }
 
-function replaceOutput(content, className) {
-  clearOutput();
-  appendOutput(content, className);
-}
-
 function appendOutput(content, className) {
   if (!content) return;
   const element = document.createElement("pre");
@@ -109,12 +56,6 @@ const editor = new CodeFlask("#editor-target", {
 editor.addLanguage("gleam", prismGrammar);
 editor.updateCode(initialCode);
 
-const compiler = await initGleamCompiler();
-const project = compiler.newProject();
-for (const [name, code] of Object.entries(stdlib)) {
-  project.writeModule(name, code);
-}
-
 function debounce(fn, delay) {
   let timer = null;
   return (...args) => {
@@ -123,5 +64,17 @@ function debounce(fn, delay) {
   };
 }
 
-editor.onUpdate(debounce((code) => compileEval(project, code), 200));
-compileEval(project, initialCode);
+const worker = new Worker("worker.js", { type: "module" });
+
+worker.onmessage = (event) => {
+  const result = event.data;
+  clearOutput();
+  if (result.log) appendOutput(result.log, "log");
+  if (result.error) appendOutput(result.error, "error");
+  for (const warning of result.warnings) {
+    appendOutput(warning, "warning");
+  }
+};
+
+editor.onUpdate(debounce((code) => worker.postMessage(code), 200));
+worker.postMessage(initialCode);
diff --git a/static/worker.js b/static/worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b975db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import initGleamCompiler from "./compiler.js";
+import stdlib from "./stdlib.js";
+
+const compiler = await initGleamCompiler();
+const project = compiler.newProject();
+
+for (const [name, code] of Object.entries(stdlib)) {
+  project.writeModule(name, code);
+}
+
+// Monkey patch console.log to keep a copy of the output
+let logged = "";
+const log = console.log;
+console.log = (...args) => {
+  log(...args);
+  logged += args.map((e) => `${e}`).join(" ") + "\n";
+};
+
+function resetLogCapture() {
+  logged = "";
+}
+
+async function loadProgram(js) {
+  const url = new URL(import.meta.url);
+  url.pathname = "";
+  url.hash = "";
+  url.search = "";
+  const href = url.toString();
+  const js1 = js.replaceAll(
+    /from\s+"\.\/(.+)"/g,
+    `from "${href}precompiled/$1"`,
+  );
+  const js2 = btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(js1)));
+  const module = await import("data:text/javascript;base64," + js2);
+  return module.main;
+}
+
+async function compileEval(code) {
+  const result = {
+    log: null,
+    error: null,
+    warnings: [],
+  };
+
+  try {
+    project.writeModule("main", code);
+    project.compilePackage("javascript");
+    const js = project.readCompiledJavaScript("main");
+    const main = await loadProgram(js);
+    resetLogCapture();
+    if (main) main();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
+    result.error = error.toString();
+  }
+  for (const warning of project.takeWarnings()) {
+    result.warnings.push(warning);
+  }
+  result.log = logged;
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+self.onmessage = async (event) => {
+  const result = compileEval(event.data);
+  postMessage(await result);
+};