diff --git a/LLama/Native/NativeApi.Load.cs b/LLama/Native/NativeApi.Load.cs
index 5ae02c1a..9153c1f2 100644
--- a/LLama/Native/NativeApi.Load.cs
+++ b/LLama/Native/NativeApi.Load.cs
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ namespace LLama.Native
 #endif
         }
 
-        private const string libraryName = "libllama";
+        internal const string libraryName = "libllama";
         private const string cudaVersionFile = "version.json";
         private const string loggingPrefix = "[LLamaSharp Native]";
         private static bool enableLogging = false;
diff --git a/LLama/Native/NativeApi.cs b/LLama/Native/NativeApi.cs
index 2a34820d..22cc483e 100644
--- a/LLama/Native/NativeApi.cs
+++ b/LLama/Native/NativeApi.cs
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ namespace LLama.Native
         /// A method that does nothing. This is a native method, calling it will force the llama native dependencies to be loaded.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        [DllImport(libraryName, EntryPoint = "llama_mmap_supported", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-        public static extern bool llama_empty_call();
+        public static void llama_empty_call()
+        {
+            llama_mmap_supported();
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Get the maximum number of devices supported by llama.cpp
@@ -70,25 +72,6 @@ namespace LLama.Native
         [DllImport(libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         public static extern bool llama_mlock_supported();
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Load all of the weights of a model into memory.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="path_model"></param>
-        /// <param name="params"></param>
-        /// <returns>The loaded model, or null on failure.</returns>
-        [DllImport(libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-        public static extern SafeLlamaModelHandle llama_load_model_from_file(string path_model, LLamaModelParams @params);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Create a new llama_context with the given model.
-        /// Return value should always be wrapped in SafeLLamaContextHandle!
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="model"></param>
-        /// <param name="params"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        [DllImport(libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-        public static extern IntPtr llama_new_context_with_model(SafeLlamaModelHandle model, LLamaContextParams @params);
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Initialize the llama + ggml backend
         /// Call once at the start of the program
@@ -96,20 +79,6 @@ namespace LLama.Native
         [DllImport(libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         private static extern void llama_backend_init(bool numa);
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Frees all allocated memory in the given llama_context
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="ctx"></param>
-        [DllImport(libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-        public static extern void llama_free(IntPtr ctx);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Frees all allocated memory associated with a model
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="model"></param>
-        [DllImport(libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-        public static extern void llama_free_model(IntPtr model);
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Apply a LoRA adapter to a loaded model
         /// path_base_model is the path to a higher quality model to use as a base for
diff --git a/LLama/Native/SafeLLamaContextHandle.cs b/LLama/Native/SafeLLamaContextHandle.cs
index 98b51078..b6c8eca6 100644
--- a/LLama/Native/SafeLLamaContextHandle.cs
+++ b/LLama/Native/SafeLLamaContextHandle.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Buffers;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using LLama.Exceptions;
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ namespace LLama.Native
     /// <summary>
     /// A safe wrapper around a llama_context
     /// </summary>
+    // ReSharper disable once ClassNeverInstantiated.Global (used implicitly in native API)
     public sealed class SafeLLamaContextHandle
         : SafeLLamaHandleBase
     {
@@ -36,26 +38,10 @@ namespace LLama.Native
         #endregion
 
         #region construction/destruction
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Create a new SafeLLamaContextHandle
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="handle">pointer to an allocated llama_context</param>
-        /// <param name="model">the model which this context was created from</param>
-        public SafeLLamaContextHandle(IntPtr handle, SafeLlamaModelHandle model)
-            : base(handle)
-        {
-            // Increment the model reference count while this context exists
-            _model = model;
-            var success = false;
-            _model.DangerousAddRef(ref success);
-            if (!success)
-                throw new RuntimeError("Failed to increment model refcount");
-        }
-
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override bool ReleaseHandle()
         {
-            NativeApi.llama_free(DangerousGetHandle());
+            llama_free(handle);
             SetHandle(IntPtr.Zero);
 
             // Decrement refcount on model
@@ -84,12 +70,42 @@ namespace LLama.Native
         /// <exception cref="RuntimeError"></exception>
         public static SafeLLamaContextHandle Create(SafeLlamaModelHandle model, LLamaContextParams lparams)
         {
-            var ctx_ptr = NativeApi.llama_new_context_with_model(model, lparams);
-            if (ctx_ptr == IntPtr.Zero)
+            var ctx = llama_new_context_with_model(model, lparams);
+            if (ctx == null)
                 throw new RuntimeError("Failed to create context from model");
 
-            return new(ctx_ptr, model);
+            // Increment the model reference count while this context exists.
+            // DangerousAddRef throws if it fails, so there is no need to check "success"
+            ctx._model = model;
+            var success = false;
+            ctx._model.DangerousAddRef(ref success);
+
+            return ctx;
+        }
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Native API
+        static SafeLLamaContextHandle()
+        {
+            // This ensures that `NativeApi` has been loaded before calling the two native methods below
+            NativeApi.llama_empty_call();
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a new llama_context with the given model. **This should never be called directly! Always use SafeLLamaContextHandle.Create**!
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="model"></param>
+        /// <param name="params"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        [DllImport(NativeApi.libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        private static extern SafeLLamaContextHandle llama_new_context_with_model(SafeLlamaModelHandle model, LLamaContextParams @params);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Frees all allocated memory in the given llama_context
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="ctx"></param>
+        [DllImport(NativeApi.libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        private static extern void llama_free(IntPtr ctx);
         #endregion
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/LLama/Native/SafeLLamaHandleBase.cs b/LLama/Native/SafeLLamaHandleBase.cs
index 6371b327..7171c803 100644
--- a/LLama/Native/SafeLLamaHandleBase.cs
+++ b/LLama/Native/SafeLLamaHandleBase.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ namespace LLama.Native
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override string ToString()
-            => $"0x{handle.ToString("x16")}";
+            => $"0x{handle:x16}";
     }
 }
diff --git a/LLama/Native/SafeLlamaModelHandle.cs b/LLama/Native/SafeLlamaModelHandle.cs
index 291cfbc2..1e9fbca3 100644
--- a/LLama/Native/SafeLlamaModelHandle.cs
+++ b/LLama/Native/SafeLlamaModelHandle.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using LLama.Exceptions;
 using LLama.Extensions;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ namespace LLama.Native
     /// <summary>
     /// A reference to a set of llama model weights
     /// </summary>
+    // ReSharper disable once ClassNeverInstantiated.Global (used implicitly in native API)
     public sealed class SafeLlamaModelHandle
         : SafeLLamaHandleBase
     {
@@ -47,8 +49,7 @@ namespace LLama.Native
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override bool ReleaseHandle()
         {
-            NativeApi.llama_free_model(DangerousGetHandle());
-            SetHandle(IntPtr.Zero);
+            llama_free_model(handle);
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -61,13 +62,37 @@ namespace LLama.Native
         /// <exception cref="RuntimeError"></exception>
         public static SafeLlamaModelHandle LoadFromFile(string modelPath, LLamaModelParams lparams)
         {
-            var model_ptr = NativeApi.llama_load_model_from_file(modelPath, lparams);
-            if (model_ptr == null)
+            var model = llama_load_model_from_file(modelPath, lparams);
+            if (model == null)
                 throw new RuntimeError($"Failed to load model {modelPath}.");
 
-            return model_ptr;
+            return model;
         }
 
+        #region native API
+        static SafeLlamaModelHandle()
+        {
+            // This ensures that `NativeApi` has been loaded before calling the two native methods below
+            NativeApi.llama_empty_call();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Load all of the weights of a model into memory.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path_model"></param>
+        /// <param name="params"></param>
+        /// <returns>The loaded model, or null on failure.</returns>
+        [DllImport(NativeApi.libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        private static extern SafeLlamaModelHandle llama_load_model_from_file(string path_model, LLamaModelParams @params);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Frees all allocated memory associated with a model
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="model"></param>
+        [DllImport(NativeApi.libraryName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        private static extern void llama_free_model(IntPtr model);
+        #endregion
+
         #region LoRA
 
         /// <summary>