diff --git a/fri/fri.go b/fri/fri.go
index e71d6e3..2e37f0f 100644
--- a/fri/fri.go
+++ b/fri/fri.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 type Chip struct {
 	api               frontend.API             `gnark:"-"`
-	gl                gl.Chip                  `gnark:"-"`
+	gl                *gl.Chip                 `gnark:"-"`
 	poseidonBN254Chip *poseidon.BN254Chip      `gnark:"-"`
 	commonData        *types.CommonCircuitData `gnark:"-"`
 	friParams         *types.FriParams         `gnark:"-"`
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func NewChip(
 		poseidonBN254Chip: poseidonBN254Chip,
 		commonData:        commonData,
 		friParams:         friParams,
-		gl:                *gl.New(api),
+		gl:                gl.New(api),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/goldilocks/base.go b/goldilocks/base.go
index 1908325..ed63eb6 100644
--- a/goldilocks/base.go
+++ b/goldilocks/base.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/field/goldilocks"
 	"github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint/solver"
@@ -40,7 +42,13 @@ var POWER_OF_TWO_GENERATOR goldilocks.Element = goldilocks.NewElement(1753635133
 var MODULUS *big.Int = emulated.Goldilocks{}.Modulus()
 
 // The number of bits to use for range checks on inner products of field elements.
-var RANGE_CHECK_NB_BITS int = 140
+// This MUST be a multiple of EXPECTED_OPTIMAL_BASEWIDTH if the commit based range checker is used.
+// There is a bug in the pre 0.9.2 gnark range checker where it wouldn't appropriately range check a bitwidth that
+// is misaligned from EXPECTED_OPTIMAL_BASEWIDTH:  https://github.com/Consensys/gnark/security/advisories/GHSA-rjjm-x32p-m3f7
+var RANGE_CHECK_NB_BITS int = 144
+
+// The bit width size that the gnark commit based range checker should use.
+var EXPECTED_OPTIMAL_BASEWIDTH int = 16
 
 // Registers the hint functions with the solver.
 func init() {
@@ -76,25 +84,78 @@ func NegOne() Variable {
 	return NewVariable(MODULUS.Uint64() - 1)
 }
 
+type RangeCheckerType int
+
+const (
+	NATIVE_RANGE_CHECKER RangeCheckerType = iota
+	COMMIT_RANGE_CHECKER
+	BIT_DECOMP_RANGE_CHECKER
+)
+
 // The chip used for Goldilocks field operations.
 type Chip struct {
-	api          frontend.API
-	rangeChecker frontend.Rangechecker
+	api frontend.API
+
+	rangeChecker     frontend.Rangechecker
+	rangeCheckerType RangeCheckerType
+
+	rangeCheckCollected []checkedVariable // These field are used if rangeCheckerType == commit_range_checker
+	collectedMutex      sync.Mutex
 }
 
+var (
+	poseidonChips = make(map[frontend.API]*Chip)
+	mutex         sync.Mutex
+)
+
 // Creates a new Goldilocks Chip.
 func New(api frontend.API) *Chip {
-	use_bit_decomp := os.Getenv("USE_BIT_DECOMPOSITION_RANGE_CHECK")
+	mutex.Lock()
+	defer mutex.Unlock()
 
-	var rangeChecker frontend.Rangechecker
+	if chip, ok := poseidonChips[api]; ok {
+		return chip
+	}
 
-	// If USE_BIT_DECOMPOSITION_RANGE_CHECK is not set, then use the std.rangecheck New function
-	if use_bit_decomp == "" {
-		rangeChecker = rangecheck.New(api)
+	c := &Chip{api: api}
+
+	// Instantiate the range checker gadget
+	// Per Gnark's range checker gadget's New function, there are three possible range checkers:
+	// 1. The native range checker
+	// 2. The commit range checker
+	// 3. The bit decomposition range checker
+	//
+	// See https://github.com/Consensys/gnark/blob/3421eaa7d544286abf3de8c46282b8d4da6d5da0/std/rangecheck/rangecheck.go#L3
+
+	// This function will emulate gnark's range checker selection logic (within the gnarkRangeCheckSelector func).  However,
+	// if the USE_BIT_DECOMPOSITION_RANGE_CHECK env var is set, then it will explicitly use the bit decomposition range checker.
+
+	rangeCheckerType := gnarkRangeCheckerSelector(api)
+	useBitDecomp := os.Getenv("USE_BIT_DECOMPOSITION_RANGE_CHECK")
+	if useBitDecomp == "true" {
+		fmt.Println("The USE_BIT_DECOMPOSITION_RANGE_CHECK env var is set to true.  Using the bit decomposition range checker.")
+		rangeCheckerType = BIT_DECOMP_RANGE_CHECKER
+	}
+
+	c.rangeCheckerType = rangeCheckerType
+
+	// If we are using the bit decomposition range checker, then create bitDecompChecker object
+	if c.rangeCheckerType == BIT_DECOMP_RANGE_CHECKER {
+		c.rangeChecker = bitDecompChecker{api: api}
 	} else {
-		rangeChecker = bitDecompChecker{api: api}
+		if c.rangeCheckerType == COMMIT_RANGE_CHECKER {
+			api.Compiler().Defer(c.checkCollected)
+		}
+
+		// If we are using the native or commit range checker, then have gnark's range checker gadget's New function create it.
+		// Also, note that the range checker will need to be created AFTER the c.checkCollected function is deferred.
+		// The commit range checker gadget will also call a deferred function, which needs to be called after c.checkCollected.
+		c.rangeChecker = rangecheck.New(api)
 	}
-	return &Chip{api: api, rangeChecker: rangeChecker}
+
+	poseidonChips[api] = c
+
+	return c
 }
 
 // Adds two goldilocks field elements and returns a value within the goldilocks field.
@@ -209,7 +270,7 @@ func (p *Chip) ReduceWithMaxBits(x Variable, maxNbBits uint64) Variable {
 	}
 
 	quotient := result[0]
-	p.rangeChecker.Check(quotient, int(maxNbBits))
+	p.rangeCheckerCheck(quotient, int(maxNbBits))
 
 	remainder := NewVariable(result[1])
 	p.RangeCheck(remainder)
@@ -321,8 +382,8 @@ func (p *Chip) RangeCheck(x Variable) {
 		),
 		x.Limb,
 	)
-	p.rangeChecker.Check(mostSigLimb, 32)
-	p.rangeChecker.Check(leastSigLimb, 32)
+	p.rangeCheckerCheck(mostSigLimb, 32)
+	p.rangeCheckerCheck(leastSigLimb, 32)
 
 	// If the most significant bits are all 1, then we need to check that the least significant bits are all zero
 	// in order for element to be less than the Goldilock's modulus.
@@ -340,13 +401,46 @@ func (p *Chip) RangeCheck(x Variable) {
 
 // This function will assert that the field element x is less than 2^maxNbBits.
 func (p *Chip) RangeCheckWithMaxBits(x Variable, maxNbBits uint64) {
-	p.rangeChecker.Check(x.Limb, int(maxNbBits))
+	p.rangeCheckerCheck(x.Limb, int(maxNbBits))
 }
 
 func (p *Chip) AssertIsEqual(x, y Variable) {
 	p.api.AssertIsEqual(x.Limb, y.Limb)
 }
 
+func (p *Chip) rangeCheckerCheck(x frontend.Variable, nbBits int) {
+	switch p.rangeCheckerType {
+	case NATIVE_RANGE_CHECKER:
+	case BIT_DECOMP_RANGE_CHECKER:
+		p.rangeChecker.Check(x, nbBits)
+	case COMMIT_RANGE_CHECKER:
+		p.collectedMutex.Lock()
+		defer p.collectedMutex.Unlock()
+		p.rangeCheckCollected = append(p.rangeCheckCollected, checkedVariable{v: x, bits: nbBits})
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *Chip) checkCollected(api frontend.API) error {
+	if p.rangeCheckerType != COMMIT_RANGE_CHECKER {
+		panic("checkCollected should only be called when using the commit range checker")
+	}
+
+	nbBits := getOptimalBasewidth(p.api, p.rangeCheckCollected)
+	if nbBits != EXPECTED_OPTIMAL_BASEWIDTH {
+		panic("nbBits should be " + strconv.Itoa(EXPECTED_OPTIMAL_BASEWIDTH))
+	}
+
+	for _, v := range p.rangeCheckCollected {
+		if v.bits%nbBits != 0 {
+			panic("v.bits is not nbBits aligned")
+		}
+
+		p.rangeChecker.Check(v.v, v.bits)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Computes the n'th primitive root of unity for the Goldilocks field.
 func PrimitiveRootOfUnity(nLog uint64) goldilocks.Element {
 	if nLog > TWO_ADICITY {
diff --git a/goldilocks/quadratic_extension_algebra.go b/goldilocks/quadratic_extension_algebra.go
index d3d5aa2..f9f28c0 100644
--- a/goldilocks/quadratic_extension_algebra.go
+++ b/goldilocks/quadratic_extension_algebra.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (p *Chip) SubExtensionAlgebra(
 	return diff
 }
 
-func (p Chip) MulExtensionAlgebra(
+func (p *Chip) MulExtensionAlgebra(
 	a QuadraticExtensionAlgebraVariable,
 	b QuadraticExtensionAlgebraVariable,
 ) QuadraticExtensionAlgebraVariable {
diff --git a/goldilocks/range_checker_utils.go b/goldilocks/range_checker_utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..594d83e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/goldilocks/range_checker_utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package goldilocks
+
+import (
+	"math"
+
+	"github.com/consensys/gnark/frontend"
+)
+
+// The types, structs, and functions in this file were ported over from the gnark library
+// https://github.com/Consensys/gnark/blob/3421eaa7d544286abf3de8c46282b8d4da6d5da0/std/rangecheck/rangecheck_commit.go
+type Type int
+
+const (
+	R1CS Type = iota
+	SCS
+)
+
+type FrontendTyper interface {
+	FrontendType() Type
+}
+
+type checkedVariable struct {
+	v    frontend.Variable
+	bits int
+}
+
+func getOptimalBasewidth(api frontend.API, collected []checkedVariable) int {
+	if ft, ok := api.(FrontendTyper); ok {
+		switch ft.FrontendType() {
+		case R1CS:
+			return optimalWidth(nbR1CSConstraints, collected)
+		case SCS:
+			return optimalWidth(nbPLONKConstraints, collected)
+		}
+	}
+	return optimalWidth(nbR1CSConstraints, collected)
+}
+
+func optimalWidth(countFn func(baseLength int, collected []checkedVariable) int, collected []checkedVariable) int {
+	min := math.MaxInt64
+	minVal := 0
+	for j := 2; j < 18; j++ {
+		current := countFn(j, collected)
+		if current < min {
+			min = current
+			minVal = j
+		}
+	}
+
+	return minVal
+}
+
+func decompSize(varSize int, limbSize int) int {
+	return (varSize + limbSize - 1) / limbSize
+}
+
+func nbR1CSConstraints(baseLength int, collected []checkedVariable) int {
+	nbDecomposed := 0
+	for i := range collected {
+		nbDecomposed += int(decompSize(collected[i].bits, baseLength))
+	}
+	eqs := len(collected)       // correctness of decomposition
+	nbRight := nbDecomposed     // inverse per decomposed
+	nbleft := (1 << baseLength) // div per table
+	return nbleft + nbRight + eqs + 1
+}
+
+func nbPLONKConstraints(baseLength int, collected []checkedVariable) int {
+	nbDecomposed := 0
+	for i := range collected {
+		nbDecomposed += int(decompSize(collected[i].bits, baseLength))
+	}
+	eqs := nbDecomposed               // check correctness of every decomposition. this is nbDecomp adds + eq cost per collected
+	nbRight := 3 * nbDecomposed       // denominator sub, inv and large sum per table entry
+	nbleft := 3 * (1 << baseLength)   // denominator sub, div and large sum per table entry
+	return nbleft + nbRight + eqs + 1 // and the final assert
+}
+
+func gnarkRangeCheckerSelector(api frontend.API) RangeCheckerType {
+	// Emulate the logic within rangecheck.New
+	// https://github.com/Consensys/gnark/blob/3421eaa7d544286abf3de8c46282b8d4da6d5da0/std/rangecheck/rangecheck.go#L24
+	if _, ok := api.(frontend.Rangechecker); ok {
+		return NATIVE_RANGE_CHECKER
+	} else if _, ok := api.(frontend.Committer); ok {
+		return COMMIT_RANGE_CHECKER
+	} else {
+		return BIT_DECOMP_RANGE_CHECKER
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plonk/gates/arithmetic_extension_gate.go b/plonk/gates/arithmetic_extension_gate.go
index 7391798..3e689e5 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/arithmetic_extension_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/arithmetic_extension_gate.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (g *ArithmeticExtensionGate) wiresIthOutput(i uint64) Range {
 
 func (g *ArithmeticExtensionGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	const0 := vars.localConstants[0]
diff --git a/plonk/gates/arithmetic_gate.go b/plonk/gates/arithmetic_gate.go
index f248bc4..3abb62d 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/arithmetic_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/arithmetic_gate.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (g *ArithmeticGate) WireIthOutput(i uint64) uint64 {
 
 func (g *ArithmeticGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	const0 := vars.localConstants[0]
diff --git a/plonk/gates/base_sum_gate.go b/plonk/gates/base_sum_gate.go
index 444d188..9b7d23a 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/base_sum_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/base_sum_gate.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (g *BaseSumGate) limbs() []uint64 {
 
 func (g *BaseSumGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	sum := vars.localWires[BASESUM_GATE_WIRE_SUM]
diff --git a/plonk/gates/constant_gate.go b/plonk/gates/constant_gate.go
index da7d852..c5280f2 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/constant_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/constant_gate.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (g *ConstantGate) WireOutput(i uint64) uint64 {
 
 func (g *ConstantGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	constraints := []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable{}
diff --git a/plonk/gates/coset_interpolation_gate.go b/plonk/gates/coset_interpolation_gate.go
index a9a835d..26d4dd9 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/coset_interpolation_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/coset_interpolation_gate.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (g *CosetInterpolationGate) wiresShiftedEvaluationPoint() Range {
 
 func (g *CosetInterpolationGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	constraints := []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable{}
diff --git a/plonk/gates/evaluate_gates.go b/plonk/gates/evaluate_gates.go
index 835eb6e..d95f9a3 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/evaluate_gates.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/evaluate_gates.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (g *EvaluateGatesChip) evalFiltered(
 
 	vars.RemovePrefix(numSelectors)
 
-	unfiltered := gate.EvalUnfiltered(g.api, *glApi, vars)
+	unfiltered := gate.EvalUnfiltered(g.api, glApi, vars)
 	for i := range unfiltered {
 		unfiltered[i] = glApi.MulExtension(unfiltered[i], filter)
 	}
diff --git a/plonk/gates/exponentiation_gate.go b/plonk/gates/exponentiation_gate.go
index eff38b4..f4f1fab 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/exponentiation_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/exponentiation_gate.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (g *ExponentiationGate) wireIntermediateValue(i uint64) uint64 {
 
 func (g *ExponentiationGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	base := vars.localWires[g.wireBase()]
diff --git a/plonk/gates/gates.go b/plonk/gates/gates.go
index a10aee8..fc76580 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/gates.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/gates.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type Gate interface {
 	Id() string
 	EvalUnfiltered(
 		api frontend.API,
-		glApi gl.Chip,
+		glApi *gl.Chip,
 		vars EvaluationVars,
 	) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable
 }
diff --git a/plonk/gates/gates_test.go b/plonk/gates/gates_test.go
index 8e793c9..f9b4672 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/gates_test.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/gates_test.go
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ func (circuit *TestGateCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
 
 	vars := gates.NewEvaluationVars(localConstants[numSelectors:], localWires, publicInputsHash)
 
-	constraints := circuit.testGate.EvalUnfiltered(api, *glApi, *vars)
+	constraints := circuit.testGate.EvalUnfiltered(api, glApi, *vars)
 
 	if len(constraints) != len(circuit.ExpectedConstraints) {
 		return errors.New("gate constraints length mismatch")
diff --git a/plonk/gates/multiplication_extension_gate.go b/plonk/gates/multiplication_extension_gate.go
index 7948138..febc0f6 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/multiplication_extension_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/multiplication_extension_gate.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (g *MultiplicationExtensionGate) wiresIthOutput(i uint64) Range {
 
 func (g *MultiplicationExtensionGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	const0 := vars.localConstants[0]
diff --git a/plonk/gates/noop_gate.go b/plonk/gates/noop_gate.go
index f7c67e0..6df7630 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/noop_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/noop_gate.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (g *NoopGate) Id() string {
 
 func (g *NoopGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	return []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable{}
diff --git a/plonk/gates/poseidon_gate.go b/plonk/gates/poseidon_gate.go
index 4576b2f..2d3dbe4 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/poseidon_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/poseidon_gate.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (g *PoseidonGate) WiresEnd() uint64 {
 
 func (g *PoseidonGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	constraints := []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable{}
diff --git a/plonk/gates/poseidon_mds_gate.go b/plonk/gates/poseidon_mds_gate.go
index db23e9a..48cf20e 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/poseidon_mds_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/poseidon_mds_gate.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (g *PoseidonMdsGate) mdsLayerAlgebra(
 
 func (g *PoseidonMdsGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	constraints := []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable{}
diff --git a/plonk/gates/public_input_gate.go b/plonk/gates/public_input_gate.go
index caf780e..cdb8cdf 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/public_input_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/public_input_gate.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (g *PublicInputGate) WiresPublicInputsHash() []uint64 {
 
 func (g *PublicInputGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	constraints := []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable{}
diff --git a/plonk/gates/random_access_gate.go b/plonk/gates/random_access_gate.go
index ca49934..706f47f 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/random_access_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/random_access_gate.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (g *RandomAccessGate) WireBit(i uint64, copy uint64) uint64 {
 
 func (g *RandomAccessGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	two := gl.NewVariable(2).ToQuadraticExtension()
diff --git a/plonk/gates/reducing_extension_gate.go b/plonk/gates/reducing_extension_gate.go
index fd92f2d..7bb9aee 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/reducing_extension_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/reducing_extension_gate.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (g *ReducingExtensionGate) wiresAccs(i uint64) Range {
 
 func (g *ReducingExtensionGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	alpha := vars.GetLocalExtAlgebra(g.wiresAlpha())
diff --git a/plonk/gates/reducing_gate.go b/plonk/gates/reducing_gate.go
index cb212e6..57c29a3 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/reducing_gate.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/reducing_gate.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (g *ReducingGate) wiresAccs(i uint64) Range {
 
 func (g *ReducingGate) EvalUnfiltered(
 	api frontend.API,
-	glApi gl.Chip,
+	glApi *gl.Chip,
 	vars EvaluationVars,
 ) []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable {
 	alpha := vars.GetLocalExtAlgebra(g.wiresAlpha())
diff --git a/poseidon/bn254.go b/poseidon/bn254.go
index 25ad83c..80dab15 100644
--- a/poseidon/bn254.go
+++ b/poseidon/bn254.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const BN254_SPONGE_RATE int = 3
 
 type BN254Chip struct {
 	api frontend.API `gnark:"-"`
-	gl  gl.Chip      `gnark:"-"`
+	gl  *gl.Chip     `gnark:"-"`
 }
 
 type BN254State = [BN254_SPONGE_WIDTH]frontend.Variable
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func NewBN254Chip(api frontend.API) *BN254Chip {
 		panic("Gnark compiler not set to BN254 scalar field")
 	}
 
-	return &BN254Chip{api: api, gl: *gl.New(api)}
+	return &BN254Chip{api: api, gl: gl.New(api)}
 }
 
 func (c *BN254Chip) Poseidon(state BN254State) BN254State {
diff --git a/poseidon/goldilocks.go b/poseidon/goldilocks.go
index 7fe658c..93e1ebe 100644
--- a/poseidon/goldilocks.go
+++ b/poseidon/goldilocks.go
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ type GoldilocksHashOut = [POSEIDON_GL_HASH_SIZE]gl.Variable
 
 type GoldilocksChip struct {
 	api frontend.API `gnark:"-"`
-	gl  gl.Chip      `gnark:"-"`
+	gl  *gl.Chip     `gnark:"-"`
 }
 
 func NewGoldilocksChip(api frontend.API) *GoldilocksChip {
-	return &GoldilocksChip{api: api, gl: *gl.New(api)}
+	return &GoldilocksChip{api: api, gl: gl.New(api)}
 }
 
 // The permutation function.
diff --git a/poseidon/public_inputs_hash_test.go b/poseidon/public_inputs_hash_test.go
index 2939c6d..51ef4dd 100644
--- a/poseidon/public_inputs_hash_test.go
+++ b/poseidon/public_inputs_hash_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (circuit *TestPublicInputsHashCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
 		input[i] = gl.NewVariable(api.FromBinary(api.ToBinary(circuit.In[i], 64)...))
 	}
 
-	poseidonChip := &GoldilocksChip{api: api, gl: *glAPI}
+	poseidonChip := &GoldilocksChip{api: api, gl: glAPI}
 	output := poseidonChip.HashNoPad(input[:])
 
 	// Check that output is correct