diff --git a/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/context.rs b/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/context.rs
index 7072c41..b3f7927 100644
--- a/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/context.rs
+++ b/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/context.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ use mlua::prelude::*;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
 use tokio::{
     fs,
-    sync::{broadcast::Sender, Mutex},
+    sync::{
+        broadcast::{self, Sender},
+        Mutex,
+    },
 };
 
 /// The private struct that's stored in mlua's app data container
@@ -78,6 +81,48 @@ impl RequireContext {
         path_rel: PathBuf,
         path_abs: PathBuf,
     ) -> LuaResult<LuaMultiValue> {
+        // wait for module to be required
+        // if its pending somewhere else
+        {
+            let data_ref = lua
+            .app_data_ref::<RequireContextData>()
+            .ok_or(LuaError::runtime("Couldn't find RequireContextData in app data container, make sure RequireStorage::init is called on this lua instance"))?;
+
+            let pending = data_ref.pending.try_lock().into_lua_err()?;
+
+            if let Some(a) = pending.get(&path_abs) {
+                a.subscribe().recv().await.into_lua_err()?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // get module from cache
+        // *if* its cached
+        {
+            let data_ref = lua
+            .app_data_ref::<RequireContextData>()
+            .ok_or(LuaError::runtime("Couldn't find RequireContextData in app data container, make sure RequireStorage::init is called on this lua instance"))?;
+
+            let cache = data_ref.cache.lock().await;
+
+            if let Some(cached) = cache.get(&path_abs) {
+                return cached.into_lua(lua).into_lua_multi(lua);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // create a broadcast channel
+        {
+            let data_ref = lua
+        .app_data_ref::<RequireContextData>()
+        .ok_or(LuaError::runtime("Couldn't find RequireContextData in app data container, make sure RequireStorage::init is called on this lua instance"))?;
+
+            let (broadcast_tx, _) = broadcast::channel(1);
+
+            {
+                let mut pending = data_ref.pending.try_lock().into_lua_err()?;
+                pending.insert(path_abs.clone(), broadcast_tx);
+            }
+        }
+
         if !fs::try_exists(&path_abs).await? {
             return Err(LuaError::runtime(format!(
                 "Can not require '{}' as it does not exist",
@@ -87,10 +132,35 @@ impl RequireContext {
 
         let content = fs::read_to_string(&path_abs).await?;
 
-        lua.load(content)
+        let multi = lua
+            .load(content)
             .set_name(path_abs.to_string_lossy())
-            .eval_async()
+            .eval_async::<LuaMultiValue>()
+            .await?;
+
+        let mutli_clone = multi.clone();
+        let multi_reg = lua.create_registry_value(mutli_clone.into_vec())?;
+
+        let data_ref = lua
+            .app_data_ref::<RequireContextData>()
+            .ok_or(LuaError::runtime("Couldn't find RequireContextData in app data container, make sure RequireStorage::init is called on this lua instance"))?;
+
+        data_ref
+            .cache
+            .lock()
             .await
+            .insert(path_abs.clone(), multi_reg);
+
+        let broadcast_tx = data_ref
+            .pending
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .remove(&path_abs)
+            .expect("Pending require broadcaster was unexpectedly removed");
+
+        broadcast_tx.send(()).ok();
+
+        Ok(multi)
     }
 
     pub fn inject_std(