diff --git a/src/runtime2/tests/mod.rs b/src/runtime2/tests/mod.rs
index 6583f36c165d9eb7156bf872c743371240a15fc8..b139ad3ad26b8119bccdbfb57b8b0377e01e9578 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/tests/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ use crate::runtime2::component::{CompCtx, CompPDL};
 
 mod error_handling;
 
+const NUM_THREADS: u32 = 1;
+const DEBUG_LOGGING: bool = true;
+
+pub(crate) fn compile_and_create_component(source: &str, routine_name: &str, args: ValueGroup) {
+    let protocol = ProtocolDescription::parse(source.as_bytes())
+        .expect("successful compilation");
+    let runtime = Runtime::new(NUM_THREADS, DEBUG_LOGGING, protocol)
+        .expect("successful runtime startup");
+    create_component(&runtime, "", routine_name, args);
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn create_component(rt: &Runtime, module_name: &str, routine_name: &str, args: ValueGroup) {
     let prompt = rt.inner.protocol.new_component(
         module_name.as_bytes(), routine_name.as_bytes(), args