diff --git a/compiler/pipes/register-kphp-configuration.cpp b/compiler/pipes/register-kphp-configuration.cpp
index ec6abfec13..8c9e06b652 100644
--- a/compiler/pipes/register-kphp-configuration.cpp
+++ b/compiler/pipes/register-kphp-configuration.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void RegisterKphpConfiguration::handle_constant_runtime_options(const ClassMembe
       register_net_dc_mask(opt_pair->value());
     } else if (vk::any_of_equal(*opt_key,
                                 warmup_workers_part_key_, warmup_instance_cache_elements_part_key_, warmup_timeout_sec_key_,
-                                oom_handling_memory_ratio_key_/*, thread_pool_ratio_key_*/)) {
+                                oom_handling_memory_ratio_key_, thread_pool_ratio_key_)) {
       generic_register_simple_option(opt_pair->value(), *opt_key);
     } else {
       kphp_error(0, fmt_format("Got unexpected option {}::{}['{}']",
diff --git a/compiler/pipes/register-kphp-configuration.h b/compiler/pipes/register-kphp-configuration.h
index 1c45639535..ddd476dc7b 100644
--- a/compiler/pipes/register-kphp-configuration.h
+++ b/compiler/pipes/register-kphp-configuration.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class RegisterKphpConfiguration final : public SyncPipeF<FunctionPtr> {
 
   const vk::string_view oom_handling_memory_ratio_key_{"--oom-handling-memory-ratio"};
 
-//  const vk::string_view thread_pool_ratio_key_{"--thread-pool-ratio"};
+  const vk::string_view thread_pool_ratio_key_{"--thread-pool-ratio"};
 
 public:
   void execute(FunctionPtr function, DataStream<FunctionPtr> &unused_os) final;
diff --git a/runtime/interface.cpp b/runtime/interface.cpp
index 5315d38ea2..ad4ddfa288 100644
--- a/runtime/interface.cpp
+++ b/runtime/interface.cpp
@@ -2369,7 +2369,7 @@ static void init_runtime_libs() {
 
   init_interface_lib();
 
-//  vk::singleton<ThreadPool>::get().init();
+  vk::singleton<ThreadPool>::get().init();
 }
 
 static void free_shutdown_functions() {
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ static void free_interface_lib() {
 static void free_runtime_libs() {
   php_assert (dl::in_critical_section == 0);
 
-//  vk::singleton<ThreadPool>::get().stop();
+  vk::singleton<ThreadPool>::get().stop();
 
   forcibly_stop_and_flush_profiler();
   free_bcmath_lib();
diff --git a/runtime/thread-pool.cpp b/runtime/thread-pool.cpp
index 2c8ca5bfa9..554006b334 100644
--- a/runtime/thread-pool.cpp
+++ b/runtime/thread-pool.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 void ThreadPool::init() noexcept {
   int thread_pool_size = static_cast<int>(std::thread::hardware_concurrency() * thread_pool_ratio);
   if (thread_pool_size > 0 && !is_thread_pool_available()) {
-    new (&thread_pool_storage) BS::thread_pool(thread_pool_size);
-    thread_pool_ptr = reinterpret_cast<BS::thread_pool *>(&thread_pool_storage);
+    thread_pool_ptr = new BS::thread_pool(thread_pool_size);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/thread-pool.h b/runtime/thread-pool.h
index 71f16ae1f5..11f2a3b74c 100644
--- a/runtime/thread-pool.h
+++ b/runtime/thread-pool.h
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ class ThreadPool : vk::not_copyable {
     /** Here we need to stop all running threads to ensure independence of requests
    * todo find a way to kill threads. It can be done by pthread_kill
    * */
-    thread_pool_ptr->wait_for_tasks();
+   if (thread_pool_ptr != nullptr) {
+     thread_pool_ptr->wait_for_tasks();
+   }
   }
 
 
@@ -36,8 +38,6 @@ class ThreadPool : vk::not_copyable {
   friend class vk::singleton<ThreadPool>;
 
   BS::thread_pool * thread_pool_ptr{nullptr};
-
-  std::aligned_storage_t<sizeof(BS::thread_pool), alignof(BS::thread_pool)> thread_pool_storage;
 };
 
 extern double thread_pool_ratio;