diff --git a/src/bls/bls_worker.cpp b/src/bls/bls_worker.cpp
index f93d8504b2f43..ab286919f75dd 100644
--- a/src/bls/bls_worker.cpp
+++ b/src/bls/bls_worker.cpp
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ std::pair<std::function<void(T)>, std::future<T> > BuildFutureDoneCallback2()
 
 CBLSWorker::CBLSWorker()
 {
-    int workerCount = std::thread::hardware_concurrency() / 2;
-    workerCount = std::max(std::min(1, workerCount), 4);
-    workerPool.resize(workerCount);
-
-    RenameThreadPool(workerPool, "bls-worker");
 }
 
 CBLSWorker::~CBLSWorker()
@@ -63,6 +58,14 @@ CBLSWorker::~CBLSWorker()
     Stop();
 }
 
+void CBLSWorker::Start()
+{
+    int workerCount = std::thread::hardware_concurrency() / 2;
+    workerCount = std::max(std::min(1, workerCount), 4);
+    workerPool.resize(workerCount);
+    RenameThreadPool(workerPool, "bls-worker");
+}
+
 void CBLSWorker::Stop()
 {
     workerPool.clear_queue();
diff --git a/src/bls/bls_worker.h b/src/bls/bls_worker.h
index 5c1767126b3e6..691163dbb71c5 100644
--- a/src/bls/bls_worker.h
+++ b/src/bls/bls_worker.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class CBLSWorker
     CBLSWorker();
     ~CBLSWorker();
 
+    void Start();
     void Stop();
 
     bool GenerateContributions(int threshold, const BLSIdVector& ids, BLSVerificationVectorPtr& vvecRet, BLSSecretKeyVector& skShares);
diff --git a/src/llmq/quorums_init.cpp b/src/llmq/quorums_init.cpp
index 641be871cbf43..32248264df000 100644
--- a/src/llmq/quorums_init.cpp
+++ b/src/llmq/quorums_init.cpp
@@ -20,18 +20,19 @@
 namespace llmq
 {
 
-static CBLSWorker blsWorker;
+CBLSWorker* blsWorker;
 
 CDBWrapper* llmqDb;
 
 void InitLLMQSystem(CEvoDB& evoDb, CScheduler* scheduler, bool unitTests)
 {
     llmqDb = new CDBWrapper(unitTests ? "" : (GetDataDir() / "llmq"), 1 << 20, unitTests);
+    blsWorker = new CBLSWorker();
 
     quorumDKGDebugManager = new CDKGDebugManager(scheduler);
     quorumBlockProcessor = new CQuorumBlockProcessor(evoDb);
-    quorumDKGSessionManager = new CDKGSessionManager(*llmqDb, blsWorker);
-    quorumManager = new CQuorumManager(evoDb, blsWorker, *quorumDKGSessionManager);
+    quorumDKGSessionManager = new CDKGSessionManager(*llmqDb, *blsWorker);
+    quorumManager = new CQuorumManager(evoDb, *blsWorker, *quorumDKGSessionManager);
     quorumSigSharesManager = new CSigSharesManager();
     quorumSigningManager = new CSigningManager(*llmqDb, unitTests);
     chainLocksHandler = new CChainLocksHandler(scheduler);
@@ -56,12 +57,17 @@ void DestroyLLMQSystem()
     quorumBlockProcessor = nullptr;
     delete quorumDKGDebugManager;
     quorumDKGDebugManager = nullptr;
+    delete blsWorker;
+    blsWorker = nullptr;
     delete llmqDb;
     llmqDb = nullptr;
 }
 
 void StartLLMQSystem()
 {
+    if (blsWorker) {
+        blsWorker->Start();
+    }
     if (quorumDKGDebugManager) {
         quorumDKGDebugManager->StartScheduler();
     }
@@ -95,6 +101,9 @@ void StopLLMQSystem()
     if (quorumDKGSessionManager) {
         quorumDKGSessionManager->StopMessageHandlerPool();
     }
+    if (blsWorker) {
+        blsWorker->Stop();
+    }
 }
 
 void InterruptLLMQSystem()