diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/GridContext.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/GridContext.java
index 688c3aa6344d79d994cf23b3fb4546485e4fe627..f914d4c94eca2392c4a0a0998e2fc0943cce1a09 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/GridContext.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/GridContext.java
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.env.REnvironment;
  * Encapsulated the access to the global grid state.
  */
 public final class GridContext {
-    private static final GridContext INSTANCE = new GridContext();
-
     private RInternalCode internalCode;
     private final GridState gridState = new GridState();
     /**
@@ -65,7 +63,11 @@ public final class GridContext {
     }
 
     public static GridContext getContext() {
-        return INSTANCE;
+        RContext rCtx = RContext.getInstance();
+        if (rCtx.gridContext == null) {
+            rCtx.gridContext = new GridContext();
+        }
+        return (GridContext) rCtx.gridContext;
     }
 
     @TruffleBoundary
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/RGridGraphicsAdapter.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/RGridGraphicsAdapter.java
index 651ec5ff1bdd5a59effb55fdf06d0fd1c2edac2c..709b772191ffea17cfc2b2e789a4d9f116dd103f 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/RGridGraphicsAdapter.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.library/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/library/fastrGrid/graphics/RGridGraphicsAdapter.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.ROptions.OptionsException;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.RRuntime;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.context.RContext;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RDataFactory;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RList;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RNull;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RPairList;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.env.REnvironment;
@@ -81,14 +82,13 @@ public final class RGridGraphicsAdapter {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Fixup .Devices array as someone may have set it to something that is not a pair list nor
-     * RNull, which breaks dev.cur built-in R function and others. GNUR seems to have active binding
-     * for it. This is such special case that it doesn't seem necessary for now.
+     * Fixup .Devices array as someone may have set it to something that is not a (pair) list nor
+     * RNull, which breaks dev.cur built-in R function and others.
      */
     @TruffleBoundary
     public static void fixupDevicesVariable() {
         Object devices = REnvironment.baseEnv().get(DOT_DEVICES);
-        if (devices == RNull.instance || !(devices instanceof RPairList)) {
+        if (!(devices instanceof RPairList || devices instanceof RList)) {
             // reset the .Devices and .Device variables to initial values
             REnvironment.baseEnv().safePut(DOT_DEVICES, RNull.instance);
             addDevice(NULL_DEVICE);
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/context/RContext.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/context/RContext.java
index 6de77baa7e43dbc7c86d6b2b19189aae6815a519..8af2341afbf9fb09911971519bb828c0cf4cb103 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/context/RContext.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/context/RContext.java
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ public final class RContext implements RTruffleObject {
 
     @CompilationFinal private RFFIContext stateRFFI;
 
+    // Context specific state required for libraries, the initialization is handled lazily by the
+    // concrete library.
+    public Object gridContext = null;
+
     public final WeakHashMap<String, WeakReference<String>> stringMap = new WeakHashMap<>();
     public final WeakHashMap<Source, REnvironment> sourceRefEnvironments = new WeakHashMap<>();
     public final WeakHashMap<Path, REnvironment> srcfileEnvironments = new WeakHashMap<>();