diff --git a/compiler/src/main/scala/edg/compiler/CompilerServerMain.scala b/compiler/src/main/scala/edg/compiler/CompilerServerMain.scala
index 60a6fa85a..97a6868c0 100644
--- a/compiler/src/main/scala/edg/compiler/CompilerServerMain.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/main/scala/edg/compiler/CompilerServerMain.scala
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ object CompilerServerMain {
   }
 
   def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val pyLib = new PythonInterfaceLibrary() // allow the library cache to persist across requests
     while (true) { // handle multiple requests sequentially in the same process
       val expectedMagicByte = System.in.read()
       if (expectedMagicByte == -1) {
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ object CompilerServerMain {
         Thread.sleep(kHdlVersionMismatchDelayMs)
       }
 
-      val pyLib = new PythonInterfaceLibrary()
       pyLib.withPythonInterface(compilerInterface) {
         val result = compile(request.get, pyLib)
 
diff --git a/edg/core/resources/edg-compiler-precompiled.jar b/edg/core/resources/edg-compiler-precompiled.jar
index f68877f00..f4e972503 100644
Binary files a/edg/core/resources/edg-compiler-precompiled.jar and b/edg/core/resources/edg-compiler-precompiled.jar differ