diff --git a/codeflash/code_utils/code_extractor.py b/codeflash/code_utils/code_extractor.py
index 96b6dd845..2a129a6a1 100644
--- a/codeflash/code_utils/code_extractor.py
+++ b/codeflash/code_utils/code_extractor.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import ast
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, Optional, Set
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Optional, Set
 
 import libcst as cst
 import libcst.matchers as m
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
     from codeflash.discovery.functions_to_optimize import FunctionToOptimize
 
-from typing import List, Union
 
 class GlobalAssignmentCollector(cst.CSTVisitor):
     """Collects all global assignment statements."""
@@ -112,15 +111,11 @@ def leave_Module(self, original_node: cst.Module, updated_node: cst.Module) -> c
 
             # Add the new assignments
             for assignment in assignments_to_append:
-                new_statements.append(
-                    cst.SimpleStatementLine(
-                        [assignment],
-                        leading_lines=[cst.EmptyLine()]
-                    )
-                )
+                new_statements.append(cst.SimpleStatementLine([assignment], leading_lines=[cst.EmptyLine()]))
 
         return updated_node.with_changes(body=new_statements)
 
+
 class GlobalStatementCollector(cst.CSTVisitor):
     """Visitor that collects all global statements (excluding imports and functions/classes)."""
 
@@ -204,17 +199,14 @@ def leave_Module(self, original_node: cst.Module, updated_node: cst.Module) -> c
 def extract_global_statements(source_code: str) -> List[cst.SimpleStatementLine]:
     """Extract global statements from source code."""
     module = cst.parse_module(source_code)
-    collector = GlobalStatementCollector()
-    module.visit(collector)
-    return collector.global_statements
+    return extract_global_statements_from_module(module)
 
 
 def find_last_import_line(target_code: str) -> int:
     """Find the line number of the last import statement."""
     module = cst.parse_module(target_code)
-    finder = LastImportFinder()
-    module.visit(finder)
-    return finder.last_import_line
+    return find_last_import_line_from_module(module)
+
 
 class FutureAliasedImportTransformer(cst.CSTTransformer):
     def leave_ImportFrom(
@@ -236,35 +228,34 @@ def delete___future___aliased_imports(module_code: str) -> str:
 
 
 def add_global_assignments(src_module_code: str, dst_module_code: str) -> str:
-    non_assignment_global_statements = extract_global_statements(src_module_code)
+    # Parse both modules only once
+    src_module = cst.parse_module(src_module_code)
+    dst_module = cst.parse_module(dst_module_code)
 
-    # Find the last import line in target
-    last_import_line = find_last_import_line(dst_module_code)
+    # Extract statements just once, given a module
+    non_assignment_global_statements = extract_global_statements_from_module(src_module)
 
-    # Parse the target code
-    target_module = cst.parse_module(dst_module_code)
+    # Find the last import line, given the target module
+    last_import_line = find_last_import_line_from_module(dst_module)
 
-    # Create transformer to insert non_assignment_global_statements
+    # Insert global statements with a single transformation
     transformer = ImportInserter(non_assignment_global_statements, last_import_line)
-    #
-    # # Apply transformation
-    modified_module = target_module.visit(transformer)
-    dst_module_code = modified_module.code
+    modified_dst_module = dst_module.visit(transformer)
+    mid_dst_code = modified_dst_module.code
 
-    # Parse the code
-    original_module = cst.parse_module(dst_module_code)
-    new_module = cst.parse_module(src_module_code)
+    # Only parse the code after import insertion once
+    modified_dst_module2 = cst.parse_module(mid_dst_code)
 
-    # Collect assignments from the new file
+    # Collect assignments from the parsed src module
     new_collector = GlobalAssignmentCollector()
-    new_module.visit(new_collector)
+    src_module.visit(new_collector)
 
-    # Transform the original file
-    transformer = GlobalAssignmentTransformer(new_collector.assignments, new_collector.assignment_order)
-    transformed_module = original_module.visit(transformer)
+    # Transform the modified_dst_module2 (which has the extra global statements in place)
+    transformer2 = GlobalAssignmentTransformer(new_collector.assignments, new_collector.assignment_order)
+    transformed_dst_module = modified_dst_module2.visit(transformer2)
 
-    dst_module_code = transformed_module.code
-    return dst_module_code
+    # Return the final code
+    return transformed_dst_module.code
 
 
 def add_needed_imports_from_module(
@@ -481,3 +472,17 @@ def find_preexisting_objects(source_code: str) -> set[tuple[str, tuple[FunctionP
                 if isinstance(cnode, (ast.FunctionDef, ast.AsyncFunctionDef)):
                     preexisting_objects.add((cnode.name, (FunctionParent(node.name, "ClassDef"),)))
     return preexisting_objects
+
+
+def extract_global_statements_from_module(module: cst.Module) -> List[cst.SimpleStatementLine]:
+    """Extract global statements from parsed module."""
+    collector = GlobalStatementCollector()
+    module.visit(collector)
+    return collector.global_statements
+
+
+def find_last_import_line_from_module(module: cst.Module) -> int:
+    """Find the line number of the last import statement in a parsed module."""
+    finder = LastImportFinder()
+    module.visit(finder)
+    return finder.last_import_line