diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/blockchain.tsx b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/blockchain.tsx
index ac972952bd..18e11ec102 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/blockchain.tsx
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/blockchain.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react' // eslint-disable-line
 import {fromWei, toBigInt, toWei} from 'web3-utils'
 import {Plugin} from '@remixproject/engine'
-import {toBuffer, addHexPrefix, bufferToHex} from '@ethereumjs/util'
+import {toBuffer, addHexPrefix} from '@ethereumjs/util'
 import {EventEmitter} from 'events'
 import {format} from 'util'
 import {ExecutionContext} from './execution-context'
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ export class Blockchain extends Plugin {
 
   setupEvents() {
     this.executionContext.event.register('contextChanged', async (context) => {
-      await this.resetEnvironment()
+      console.log('context changed', context)
+      // reset environment to last known state of the context
+      await this.loadContext(context)
       this._triggerEvent('contextChanged', [context])
       this.detectNetwork((error, network) => {
         this.networkStatus = {network, error}
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ export class Blockchain extends Plugin {
   }
 
   setupProviders() {
-    const vmProvider = new VMProvider(this.executionContext, this)
+    const vmProvider = new VMProvider(this.executionContext)
     this.providers = {}
     this.providers['vm'] = vmProvider
     this.providers.injected = new InjectedProvider(this.executionContext)
@@ -643,8 +645,16 @@ export class Blockchain extends Plugin {
     })
   }
 
-  async resetEnvironment() {
-    await this.getCurrentProvider().resetEnvironment()
+  async loadContext(context: string) {
+    const contextExists = await this.call('fileManager', 'exists', '.context')
+    if (contextExists) {
+      const stateDb = await this.call('fileManager', 'readFile', `.states/${context}/state.json`)
+
+      await this.getCurrentProvider().loadContext(stateDb)
+    } else {
+      await this.getCurrentProvider().resetEnvironment()
+    }
+
     // TODO: most params here can be refactored away in txRunner
     const web3Runner = new TxRunnerWeb3(
       {
@@ -890,27 +900,9 @@ export class Blockchain extends Plugin {
       let returnValue = null
       if (isVM) {
         if (!tx.useCall) {
-          // TODO: this won't save the state for transactions executed outside of the UI (dor instande from a script execution).
-          setTimeout(async() => {
-            const root = await this.web3().remix.getStateTrieRoot()
-            const db = await this.web3().remix.getStateDb()
-            const state = {
-              root,
-              db: Object.fromEntries(db._database)
-            }
-            console.log('saving', state)
-            const stringifyed = JSON.stringify(state, (key, value) => {
-              if (key === 'root') {
-                return bufferToHex(value)
-              } else if (key === 'db') {
-                return value
-              } else if (key === '') {
-                return value           
-              }
-              return bufferToHex(value)
-            }, '\t')
-            this.call('fileManager', 'writeFile', '.states/state.json', stringifyed)
-          }, 500)
+          await this.executionContext.getStateDetails().then((state) => {
+            this.call('fileManager', 'writeFile', `.states/${this.executionContext.getProvider()}/state.json`, state)
+          })
         }
 
         const hhlogs = await this.web3().remix.getHHLogsForTx(txResult.transactionHash)
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/execution-context.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/execution-context.js
index 7c33bb4f27..e6a5eace08 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/execution-context.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/execution-context.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import Web3 from 'web3'
 import { execution } from '@remix-project/remix-lib'
 import EventManager from '../lib/events'
+import {bufferToHex} from '@ethereumjs/util'
 const _paq = window._paq = window._paq || []
 
 let web3
@@ -71,35 +72,44 @@ export class ExecutionContext {
   }
 
   detectNetwork (callback) {
-    if (this.isVM()) {
-      callback(null, { id: '-', name: 'VM' })
-    } else {
-      if (!web3.currentProvider) {
-        return callback('No provider set')
-      }
-      const cb = (err, id) => {
-        let name = null
-        if (err) name = 'Unknown'
-        // https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-155.md
-        else if (id === 1) name = 'Main'
-        else if (id === 3) name = 'Ropsten'
-        else if (id === 4) name = 'Rinkeby'
-        else if (id === 5) name = 'Goerli'
-        else if (id === 42) name = 'Kovan'
-        else if (id === 11155111) name = 'Sepolia'
-        else name = 'Custom'
-
-        if (id === 1) {
-          web3.eth.getBlock(0).then((block) => {
-            if (block && block.hash !== this.mainNetGenesisHash) name = 'Custom'
-            callback(err, { id, name, lastBlock: this.lastBlock, currentFork: this.currentFork })
-          }).catch((error) => callback(error))
-        } else {
-          callback(err, { id, name, lastBlock: this.lastBlock, currentFork: this.currentFork })
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      if (this.isVM()) {
+        callback && callback(null, { id: '-', name: 'VM' })
+        return resolve({ id: '-', name: 'VM' })
+      } else {
+        if (!web3.currentProvider) {
+          callback && callback('No provider set')
+          return reject('No provider set')
+        }
+        const cb = (err, id) => {
+          let name = null
+          if (err) name = 'Unknown'
+          // https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-155.md
+          else if (id === 1) name = 'Main'
+          else if (id === 3) name = 'Ropsten'
+          else if (id === 4) name = 'Rinkeby'
+          else if (id === 5) name = 'Goerli'
+          else if (id === 42) name = 'Kovan'
+          else if (id === 11155111) name = 'Sepolia'
+          else name = 'Custom'
+  
+          if (id === 1) {
+            web3.eth.getBlock(0).then((block) => {
+              if (block && block.hash !== this.mainNetGenesisHash) name = 'Custom'
+              callback && callback(err, { id, name, lastBlock: this.lastBlock, currentFork: this.currentFork })
+              return resolve({ id, name, lastBlock: this.lastBlock, currentFork: this.currentFork })
+            }).catch((error) => {
+              callback && callback(error)
+              return reject(error)
+            })
+          } else {
+            callback && callback(err, { id, name, lastBlock: this.lastBlock, currentFork: this.currentFork })
+            return resolve({ id, name, lastBlock: this.lastBlock, currentFork: this.currentFork })
+          }
         }
+        web3.eth.net.getId().then(id=>cb(null,parseInt(id))).catch(err=>cb(err))
       }
-      web3.eth.net.getId().then(id=>cb(null,parseInt(id))).catch(err=>cb(err))
-    }
+    })
   }
 
   removeProvider (name) {
@@ -195,4 +205,26 @@ export class ExecutionContext {
       return transactionDetailsLinks[network] + hash
     }
   }
+
+  async getStateDetails() {
+    // TODO: this won't save the state for transactions executed outside of the UI (for instance from a script execution).
+    const root = await this.web3().remix.getStateTrieRoot()
+    const db = await this.web3().remix.getStateDb()
+    const state = {
+      root,
+      db: Object.fromEntries(db._database)
+    }
+    const stringifyed = JSON.stringify(state, (key, value) => {
+      if (key === 'root') {
+        return bufferToHex(value)
+      } else if (key === 'db') {
+        return value
+      } else if (key === '') {
+        return value           
+      }
+      return bufferToHex(value)
+    }, '\t')
+
+    return stringifyed
+  }
 }
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/injected.ts b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/injected.ts
index 32b4938f70..6c021b534f 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/injected.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/injected.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ export class InjectedProvider {
     /* Do nothing. */
   }
 
+  async loadContext (context) {
+    /* Do nothing. */
+  }
+
   async getBalanceInEther (address) {
     const balance = await this.executionContext.web3().eth.getBalance(address)
     const balInString = balance.toString(10)
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/node.ts b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/node.ts
index c77421e045..301c006936 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/node.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/node.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ export class NodeProvider {
     /* Do nothing. */
   }
 
+  async loadContext (context) {
+    /* Do nothing. */
+  }
+
   async getBalanceInEther (address) {
     const balance = await this.executionContext.web3().eth.getBalance(address)
     const balInString = balance.toString(10)
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/vm.ts b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/vm.ts
index 43266c5250..ced901e288 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/vm.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/vm.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ export class VMProvider {
     sendAsync: (query: JSONRPCRequestPayload, callback: JSONRPCResponseCallback) => void
   }
   newAccountCallback: {[stamp: number]: (error: Error, address: string) => void}
-  plugin: Plugin
-  constructor (executionContext: ExecutionContext, plugin: Plugin) {
-    this.plugin = plugin
+  constructor (executionContext: ExecutionContext) {
     this.executionContext = executionContext
     this.worker = null
     this.provider = null
@@ -32,66 +30,41 @@ export class VMProvider {
   }
 
   async resetEnvironment () {
+    if (this.worker) {
+      const provider = this.executionContext.getProviderObject()
+
+      this.worker.postMessage({
+        cmd: 'init',
+        fork: this.executionContext.getCurrentFork(),
+        nodeUrl: provider?.options['nodeUrl'],
+        blockNumber: provider?.options['blockNumber']
+      })
+    } else {
+      this.worker = new Worker(new URL('./worker-vm', import.meta.url))
+      this.setWorkerEventListeners(this.worker)
+      const provider = this.executionContext.getProviderObject()
+
+      this.worker.postMessage({
+        cmd: 'init',
+        fork: this.executionContext.getCurrentFork(),
+        nodeUrl: provider?.options['nodeUrl'],
+        blockNumber: provider?.options['blockNumber']
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  async loadContext (stringifiedStateDb: string) {
     if (this.worker) this.worker.terminate()
     this.worker = new Worker(new URL('./worker-vm', import.meta.url))
+    this.setWorkerEventListeners(this.worker)
     const provider = this.executionContext.getProviderObject()
 
-    let incr = 0
-    const stamps = {}
-
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.worker.addEventListener('message', (msg) => {
-        if (msg.data.cmd === 'sendAsyncResult' && stamps[msg.data.stamp]) {
-          if (stamps[msg.data.stamp].callback) {
-            stamps[msg.data.stamp].callback(msg.data.error, msg.data.result)
-            return
-          }
-          if (msg.data.error) {
-            stamps[msg.data.stamp].reject(msg.data.error)
-          } else {
-            stamps[msg.data.stamp].resolve(msg.data.result)
-          }          
-        } else if (msg.data.cmd === 'initiateResult') {
-          if (!msg.data.error) {
-            this.provider = {
-              sendAsync: (query, callback) => {
-                return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-                  const stamp = Date.now() + incr
-                  incr++
-                  stamps[stamp] = { callback, resolve, reject }
-                  this.worker.postMessage({ cmd: 'sendAsync', query, stamp })              
-                })
-              }
-            }
-            this.web3 = new Web3(this.provider as LegacySendAsyncProvider)
-            this.web3.setConfig({ defaultTransactionType: '0x0' })
-            extend(this.web3)
-            this.executionContext.setWeb3(this.executionContext.getProvider(), this.web3)
-            resolve({})
-          } else {
-            reject(new Error(msg.data.error))
-          }
-        } else if (msg.data.cmd === 'newAccountResult') {
-          if (this.newAccountCallback[msg.data.stamp]) {
-            this.newAccountCallback[msg.data.stamp](msg.data.error, msg.data.result)
-            delete this.newAccountCallback[msg.data.stamp]
-          }
-        }
-      })
-      const init = async () => {
-        let stateDb
-        if (await this.plugin.call('fileManager', 'exists', '.states/state.json')) {
-          stateDb = await this.plugin.call('fileManager', 'readFile', '.states/state.json')
-        }
-        this.worker.postMessage({
-          cmd: 'init',
-          fork: this.executionContext.getCurrentFork(),
-          nodeUrl: provider?.options['nodeUrl'],
-          blockNumber: provider?.options['blockNumber'],
-          stateDb
-        })
-      }
-      init()
+    this.worker.postMessage({
+      cmd: 'init',
+      fork: this.executionContext.getCurrentFork(),
+      nodeUrl: provider?.options['nodeUrl'],
+      blockNumber: provider?.options['blockNumber'],
+      stateDb: stringifiedStateDb
     })
   }
 
@@ -131,4 +104,49 @@ export class VMProvider {
   getProvider () {
     return this.executionContext.getProvider()
   }
+
+  private setWorkerEventListeners (worker: Worker) {
+    if (!worker) throw new Error('Worker not initialized')
+    let incr = 0
+    const stamps = {}
+
+    worker.addEventListener('message', (msg) => {
+      if (msg.data.cmd === 'sendAsyncResult' && stamps[msg.data.stamp]) {
+        if (stamps[msg.data.stamp].callback) {
+          stamps[msg.data.stamp].callback(msg.data.error, msg.data.result)
+          return
+        }
+        if (msg.data.error) {
+          stamps[msg.data.stamp].reject(msg.data.error)
+        } else {
+          stamps[msg.data.stamp].resolve(msg.data.result)
+        }          
+      } else if (msg.data.cmd === 'initiateResult') {
+        if (!msg.data.error) {
+          this.provider = {
+            sendAsync: (query, callback) => {
+              return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+                const stamp = Date.now() + incr
+                incr++
+                stamps[stamp] = { callback, resolve, reject }
+                worker.postMessage({ cmd: 'sendAsync', query, stamp })              
+              })
+            }
+          }
+          this.web3 = new Web3(this.provider as LegacySendAsyncProvider)
+          this.web3.setConfig({ defaultTransactionType: '0x0' })
+          extend(this.web3)
+          this.executionContext.setWeb3(this.executionContext.getProvider(), this.web3)
+        } else {
+          console.error(msg.data.error)
+          throw new Error(msg.data.error)
+        }
+      } else if (msg.data.cmd === 'newAccountResult') {
+        if (this.newAccountCallback[msg.data.stamp]) {
+          this.newAccountCallback[msg.data.stamp](msg.data.error, msg.data.result)
+          delete this.newAccountCallback[msg.data.stamp]
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  }
 }
diff --git a/libs/remix-simulator/src/provider.ts b/libs/remix-simulator/src/provider.ts
index 8ad22b35ec..98c358cba7 100644
--- a/libs/remix-simulator/src/provider.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-simulator/src/provider.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,16 @@ export type State = {
   root: Buffer
 }
 
+export type ProviderOptions = {
+  fork: string,
+  nodeUrl: string,
+  blockNumber: number | 'latest',
+  stateDb: State,
+  logDetails?: boolean
+}
+
 export class Provider {
-  options: Record<string, string | number | State>
+  options: ProviderOptions
   vmContext
   Accounts
   Transactions
@@ -42,10 +50,10 @@ export class Provider {
   initialized: boolean
   pendingRequests: Array<any>
 
-  constructor (options: Record<string, string | number | State> = {}) {
+  constructor (options: ProviderOptions = {} as ProviderOptions) {
     this.options = options
     this.connected = true
-    this.vmContext = new VMContext(options['fork'] as string, options['nodeUrl'] as string, options['blockNumber'] as (number | 'latest'), options['stateDb'] as State)
+    this.vmContext = new VMContext(options['fork'], options['nodeUrl'], options['blockNumber'], options['stateDb'])
 
     this.Accounts = new Web3Accounts(this.vmContext)
     this.Transactions = new Transactions(this.vmContext)
diff --git a/libs/remix-simulator/src/vm-context.ts b/libs/remix-simulator/src/vm-context.ts
index 405ad3eed2..b449686c16 100644
--- a/libs/remix-simulator/src/vm-context.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-simulator/src/vm-context.ts
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ export class VMContext {
   exeResults: Record<string, Transaction>
   nodeUrl: string
   blockNumber: number | 'latest'
-  stateDb: any
+  stateDb: State
 
-  constructor (fork?: string, nodeUrl?: string, blockNumber?: number | 'latest', stateDb?: any) {
+  constructor (fork?: string, nodeUrl?: string, blockNumber?: number | 'latest', stateDb?: State) {
     this.blockGasLimitDefault = 4300000
     this.blockGasLimit = this.blockGasLimitDefault
     this.currentFork = fork || 'merge'
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/blockchain.d.ts b/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/blockchain.d.ts
index a0b6bd0636..6cf9ffc964 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/blockchain.d.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/blockchain.d.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export class Blockchain extends Plugin<any, any> {
   /** Listen on New Transaction. (Cannot be done inside constructor because txlistener doesn't exist yet) */
   startListening(txlistener: any): void;
   resetEnvironment(): Promise<void>;
+  loadContext(): Promise<void>;
   /**
      * Create a VM Account
      * @param {{privateKey: string, balance: string}} newAccount The new account to create
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/injected.d.ts b/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/injected.d.ts
index 2c2c4fb3fe..562f6709b7 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/injected.d.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/injected.d.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ declare class InjectedProvider {
   getAccounts(cb: any): any;
   newAccount(passwordPromptCb: any, cb: any): void;
   resetEnvironment(): Promise<void>;
+  loadContext(context: any): Promise<void>;
   getBalanceInEther(address: any): Promise<string>;
   getGasPrice(cb: any): void;
   signMessage(message: any, account: any, _passphrase: any, cb: any): void;
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/node.d.ts b/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/node.d.ts
index 84169e3be7..5e7e8f49d7 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/node.d.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/node.d.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ declare class NodeProvider {
   getAccounts(cb: any): any;
   newAccount(passwordPromptCb: any, cb: any): any;
   resetEnvironment(): Promise<void>;
+  loadContext(context: any): Promise<void>;
   getBalanceInEther(address: any): Promise<string>;
   getGasPrice(cb: any): void;
   signMessage(message: any, account: any, passphrase: any, cb: any): void;
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/vm.d.ts b/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/vm.d.ts
index ff602d4f26..52fc498c5f 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/vm.d.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/types/vm.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ declare class VMProvider {
   executionContext: any;
   getAccounts(cb: any): void;
   resetEnvironment(): Promise<void>;
+  loadEnvironment(stringifiedStateDb: string): Promise<void>;
   accounts: any;
   RemixSimulatorProvider: any;
   web3: any;