diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/customizers/QCodeLoader.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/customizers/QCodeLoader.java
index 23162753..a8adaed6 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/customizers/QCodeLoader.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/customizers/QCodeLoader.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.customizers;
 
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.automation.RecordAutomationHandler;
@@ -34,30 +35,23 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.code.QCodeType;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.possiblevalues.QPossibleValueSource;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.QTableMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.automation.TableAutomationAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.lambdas.UnsafeFunction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.memoization.Memoization;
 import static com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.LogUtils.logPair;
 
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  ** Utility to load code for running QQQ customizers.
+ **
+ ** TODO - redo all to go through method that memoizes class & constructor
+ ** lookup.  That memoziation causes 1,000,000 such calls to go from ~500ms
+ ** to ~100ms.
  *******************************************************************************/
 public class QCodeLoader
 {
    private static final QLogger LOG = QLogger.getLogger(QCodeLoader.class);
 
-
-
-   /*******************************************************************************
-    **
-    *******************************************************************************/
-   public static <T, R> Optional<Function<T, R>> getTableCustomizerFunction(QTableMetaData table, String customizerName)
-   {
-      Optional<QCodeReference> codeReference = table.getCustomizer(customizerName);
-      if(codeReference.isPresent())
-      {
-         return (Optional.ofNullable(QCodeLoader.getFunction(codeReference.get())));
-      }
-      return (Optional.empty());
-   }
+   private static Memoization<String, Constructor<?>> constructorMemoization = new Memoization<>();
 
 
 
@@ -175,8 +169,20 @@ public class QCodeLoader
 
       try
       {
-         Class<?> customizerClass = Class.forName(codeReference.getName());
-         return ((T) customizerClass.getConstructor().newInstance());
+         Optional<Constructor<?>> constructor = constructorMemoization.getResultThrowing(codeReference.getName(), (UnsafeFunction<String, Constructor<?>, Exception>) s -> {
+            Class<?> customizerClass = Class.forName(codeReference.getName());
+            return customizerClass.getConstructor();
+         });
+
+         if(constructor.isPresent())
+         {
+            return ((T) constructor.get().newInstance());
+         }
+         else
+         {
+            LOG.error("Could not get constructor for code reference", logPair("codeReference", codeReference));
+            return (null);
+         }
       }
       catch(Exception e)
       {
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/customizers/QCodeLoaderTest.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/customizers/QCodeLoaderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83cf8298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/customizers/QCodeLoaderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2024.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.customizers;
+
+
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.BaseTest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.code.QCodeReference;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.Timer;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Unit test for QCodeLoader 
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class QCodeLoaderTest extends BaseTest
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testGetAdHoc()
+   {
+      QCodeLoader qCodeLoader = QCodeLoader.getAdHoc(QCodeLoader.class, new QCodeReference(QCodeLoader.class));
+      assertThat(qCodeLoader).isInstanceOf(QCodeLoader.class);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   @Disabled("performance test, used during memoization change")
+   void testBulkPerformance()
+   {
+      Timer timer = new Timer("start");
+      for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+      {
+         useCodeLoader(1_000_000);
+         timer.mark("done with code loader");
+
+         useNew(1_000_000);
+         timer.mark("done with new");
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static void useNew(int count)
+   {
+      for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+      {
+         QCodeLoader qCodeLoader = new QCodeLoader();
+      }
+   }
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static void useCodeLoader(int count)
+   {
+      for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+      {
+         QCodeLoader qCodeLoader = QCodeLoader.getAdHoc(QCodeLoader.class, new QCodeReference(QCodeLoader.class));
+      }
+   }
+
+}
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