diff --git a/src/Lynx/Model/Game.cs b/src/Lynx/Model/Game.cs
index 004d239b1..7e4e8c645 100644
--- a/src/Lynx/Model/Game.cs
+++ b/src/Lynx/Model/Game.cs
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public void UpdateInitialPosition()
 
     public void FreeResources()
     {
-        ArrayPool<PlyStackEntry>.Shared.Return(_gameStack);
+        ArrayPool<PlyStackEntry>.Shared.Return(_gameStack, clearArray: true);
         ArrayPool<ulong>.Shared.Return(_positionHashHistory);
 
         CurrentPosition.FreeResources();
diff --git a/src/Lynx/Searcher.cs b/src/Lynx/Searcher.cs
index 444df0d99..01b63007a 100644
--- a/src/Lynx/Searcher.cs
+++ b/src/Lynx/Searcher.cs
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ public Searcher(ChannelReader<string> uciReader, ChannelWriter<object> engineWri
         _engineWriter = engineWriter;
 
         _tt = new TranspositionTable();
-        _logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
         Engine = new Engine(_engineWriter, _tt);
+
+        _logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
     }
 
     public Engine Engine { get; }
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ public async Task Run(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     private void OnGoCommand(GoCommand goCommand)
     {
         var searchConstraints = TimeManager.CalculateTimeManagement(Engine.Game, goCommand);
-
         var searchResult = Engine.Search(goCommand, searchConstraints);
 
         if (searchResult is not null)
diff --git a/tests/Lynx.Generator.Test/Lynx.Generator.Test.csproj b/tests/Lynx.Generator.Test/Lynx.Generator.Test.csproj
index d8bf4db80..42841f9f2 100644
--- a/tests/Lynx.Generator.Test/Lynx.Generator.Test.csproj
+++ b/tests/Lynx.Generator.Test/Lynx.Generator.Test.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.11.0" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.11.0" PrivateAssets="all" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.11.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="4.2.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit.Analyzers" Version="4.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.6.0" />
diff --git a/tests/Lynx.Test/Lynx.Test.csproj b/tests/Lynx.Test/Lynx.Test.csproj
index 9232b8c66..94ca2e719 100644
--- a/tests/Lynx.Test/Lynx.Test.csproj
+++ b/tests/Lynx.Test/Lynx.Test.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.11.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.18.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="4.2.2" />
     <!--<PackageReference Include="NUnit.Analyzers" Version="4.3.0" />-->