diff --git a/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/dspy_prompt_tuner.py b/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/dspy_prompt_tuner.py
index 8fd844d..adbb549 100644
--- a/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/dspy_prompt_tuner.py
+++ b/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/dspy_prompt_tuner.py
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+# Set the DSP_CACHEDIR environment variable to the system's default temporary directory
+os.environ["DSP_CACHEDIR"] = tempfile.gettempdir()
+os.environ["DSPY_CACHEDIR"] = tempfile.gettempdir()
+
 import dspy
 import pandas as pd
 from typing import Dict, List
diff --git a/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/lm_adapters/dspy_adapter.py b/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/lm_adapters/dspy_adapter.py
index 52fc052..e998164 100644
--- a/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/lm_adapters/dspy_adapter.py
+++ b/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/lm_adapters/dspy_adapter.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 from fmcore.llm.types.llm_types import LLMConfig
 from langchain_core.messages import BaseMessage
 
+from fmcore.utils.async_utils import AsyncUtils
+
 
 class DSPyLLMAdapter(dspy.LM):
     """
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ def __call__(
         if prompt:
             messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
 
-        response = self.llm.invoke(messages)
+        # We are using this hack because dspy doesn't support async
+        response = AsyncUtils.execute(self.llm.ainvoke(messages))
         result = [response.content]
 
         # Update history with DSPy constructs, which currently support only dictionaries
diff --git a/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/utils/dspy_utils.py b/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/utils/dspy_utils.py
index 4e499e7..51cce9f 100644
--- a/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/utils/dspy_utils.py
+++ b/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/dspy/utils/dspy_utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 from fmcore.prompt_tuner.evaluator.types.evaluator_types import EvaluatorConfig
 from fmcore.prompt_tuner.types.prompt_tuner_types import PromptConfig, PromptEvaluationResult
 from fmcore.types.enums.dataset_enums import DatasetType
+from fmcore.utils.async_utils import AsyncUtils
+from fmcore.utils.logging_utils import Log
 
 
 class DSPyUtils:
@@ -166,7 +168,15 @@ def evaluate_func(example: dspy.Example, prediction: dspy.Prediction, trace=None
                 "output": prediction.toDict(),
             }
 
-            return evaluator.evaluate(data=row)
+            try:
+                # We are using this hack because dspy doesn't support async
+                decision = AsyncUtils.execute(evaluator.aevaluate(data=row))
+            except Exception as e:
+                # Defaulting to false incase of failures
+                Log.info(f"Error {e} during evaluating {row}")
+                decision = False
+
+            return decision
 
         return evaluate_func
 
diff --git a/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/evaluator/llm_as_a_judge_boolean/llm_as_a_judge_boolean_evaluator.py b/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/evaluator/llm_as_a_judge_boolean/llm_as_a_judge_boolean_evaluator.py
index 8ed7053..9c98fed 100644
--- a/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/evaluator/llm_as_a_judge_boolean/llm_as_a_judge_boolean_evaluator.py
+++ b/src/fmcore/prompt_tuner/evaluator/llm_as_a_judge_boolean/llm_as_a_judge_boolean_evaluator.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async def aevaluate(self, data: Dict) -> bool:
             BooleanLLMJudgeOutput: Evaluation result as a boolean decision.
         """
         # Format the context into messages using the template
-        formatted_message: BaseMessage = await self.text_prompt_mapper.amap(data.context)
+        formatted_message: BaseMessage = await self.text_prompt_mapper.amap(data)
         llm_response: BaseMessage = await self.llm_inference_mapper.amap([formatted_message])
         json_response: Dict = await self.json_mapper.amap(llm_response.content)
         decision: bool = await self.criteria_checker.amap(json_response)
diff --git a/src/fmcore/utils/async_utils.py b/src/fmcore/utils/async_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15f1b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fmcore/utils/async_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import asyncio
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+
+import asyncio
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+
+
+class AsyncUtils:
+    _executor = ThreadPoolExecutor()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def execute(coro):
+        """
+        Executes an async coroutine in a thread pool executor.
+        - No event loop interaction: Just submit coroutines to the thread pool.
+        - Always uses ThreadPoolExecutor to run async functions.
+        """
+        return AsyncUtils._executor.submit(lambda: asyncio.run(coro)).result()