diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/repl/repl.go b/gnovm/pkg/repl/repl.go
index 9f58d77ed91..4ec7aceaf71 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/repl/repl.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/repl/repl.go
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ func NewRepl(opts ...ReplOption) *Repl {
 	r.stdout = &b
 	r.stderr = &b
 
-	for _, o := range opts {
-		o(r)
-	}
-
 	r.storeFunc = func() gno.Store {
 		return tests.TestStore("teststore", "", r.stdin, r.stdout, r.stderr, tests.ImportModeStdlibsOnly)
 	}
 
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(r)
+	}
+
 	r.state = newState(r.stdout, r.storeFunc)
 
 	br := bufio.NewReader(r.stdin)
diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/repl/repl_test.go b/gnovm/pkg/repl/repl_test.go
index 8f835709c7e..a299f217241 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/repl/repl_test.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/repl/repl_test.go
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ func TestReplOpts(t *testing.T) {
 	require := require.New(t)
 
 	r := NewRepl(WithStd(nil, nil, nil), WithStore(nil))
+	require.Nil(r.storeFunc())
+	require.Nil(r.stderr)
+	require.Nil(r.stdin)
+	require.Nil(r.stdout)
+
 	_, err := r.Process("import \"fmt\"")
 	require.NoError(err)
 }