diff --git a/pkg/ebpf/instruction_generators.go b/pkg/ebpf/instruction_generators.go
index fcd4ae2..8a7a4b0 100644
--- a/pkg/ebpf/instruction_generators.go
+++ b/pkg/ebpf/instruction_generators.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package ebpf
 import (
 	"buzzer/pkg/rand"
 	pb "buzzer/proto/ebpf_go_proto"
+	protobuf "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
 // GenerateRandomAluInstruction provides a random ALU operation with either
@@ -234,3 +235,12 @@ func generateRegAluInstruction(op pb.AluOperationCode, insClass pb.InsClass, dst
 
 	return newAluInstruction(op, insClass, dstReg, srcReg)
 }
+
+func DuplicateProgram(prog []*pb.Instruction) []*pb.Instruction {
+	ret := []*pb.Instruction{}
+	for _, ins := range prog {
+		insCp := protobuf.Clone(ins).(*pb.Instruction)
+		ret = append(ret, insCp)
+	}
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/pkg/ebpf/poc_generator.go b/pkg/ebpf/poc_generator.go
index 0bf7443..6fa98ca 100644
--- a/pkg/ebpf/poc_generator.go
+++ b/pkg/ebpf/poc_generator.go
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	jsonpb "github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
+	protobuf "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"os"
 )
 
-// GeneratePoc generates a c program that can be used to reproduce fuzzer
-// test cases.
-func GeneratePoc(program *pb.Program) error {
+func writeJsonProgram(program *pb.Program) error {
 	m := &jsonpb.Marshaler{
 		OrigName:     true,
 		EnumsAsInts:  false,
@@ -43,5 +42,159 @@ func GeneratePoc(program *pb.Program) error {
 	fmt.Printf("Writing eBPF PoC %q.\n", f.Name())
 	_, err = f.Write([]byte(textpbData))
 	return errors.Join(err, f.Close())
+}
+
+func copyProgram(program *pb.Program) *pb.Program {
+	return protobuf.Clone(program).(*pb.Program)
+}
+
+func Minimizer(program *pb.Program, bugCheckFunction func(*pb.Program) bool, footerSize int) (*pb.Program, error) {
+	fmt.Println("Running minimizer...")
+	minimalProgram := copyProgram(program)
+	minimalProgramInstructions := DuplicateProgram(program.Functions[0].Instructions)
+	if footerSize > len(minimalProgramInstructions) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("footerSize > len(program) (%d vs %d)", footerSize, len(minimalProgramInstructions))
+	}
+
+	minimalProgram.Functions[0].Instructions = minimalProgramInstructions
+	noop := Jmp(0)
+
+	phase1 := func() bool {
+		// First step: change all instructions not contributing to the bug
+		// to be noops.
+		changed := true
+		fmt.Println("Step 1: noop'ing instructions")
+		roundCount := 1
+		nooped := 0
+		for changed {
+			changed = false
+			for i := 0; i < len(minimalProgramInstructions)-footerSize; i++ {
+				fmt.Printf("\tattempting to noop instruction: %d (of %d), nooped: %d                         \r", i, len(minimalProgramInstructions), nooped)
+				prev := minimalProgramInstructions[i]
+
+				// Don't process any previous noops
+				if protobuf.Equal(prev, noop) {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// Replace instruction with a noop
+				minimalProgramInstructions[i] = noop
+				if bugCheckFunction(minimalProgram) {
+					changed = true
+					nooped += 1
+				} else {
+					minimalProgramInstructions[i] = prev
+				}
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("\n\tround %d finished\n", roundCount)
+			roundCount += 1
+		}
+		return nooped != 0
+	}
+
+	phase2 := func() bool {
+		changesDone := false
+		// Second step: reduce the jumps to a minimum offset.
+		fmt.Println("--------------------------------------")
+		fmt.Println("Step 2: minimizing jumps")
+		for i := 0; i < len(minimalProgramInstructions); i++ {
+			insn := minimalProgramInstructions[i]
+			switch insn.Opcode.(type) {
+			case *pb.Instruction_JmpOpcode:
+				if insn.Offset == 0 {
+					continue
+				}
+				previousOffset := insn.Offset
+				insn.Offset -= 1
+				fmt.Printf("\tminimizing offset of instruction %d (initial: %d)\n", i, previousOffset)
+				for bugCheckFunction(minimalProgram) && insn.Offset != 0 {
+					changesDone = true
+					previousOffset = insn.Offset
+					insn.Offset -= 1
+					fmt.Printf("\t\treducing offset to: %d              \r", insn.Offset)
+				}
+				fmt.Printf("\t\tfound minimal offset: %d              \n", previousOffset)
+				insn.Offset = previousOffset
+			default:
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		return changesDone
+	}
+	phase3 := func() (bool, []*pb.Instruction) {
+		fmt.Println("--------------------------------------")
+		fmt.Println("Step 3: removing noop instructions")
+		removed := 0
+		minimalModified := []*pb.Instruction{}
+		for i := 0; i < len(minimalProgramInstructions); i++ {
+			insn := minimalProgramInstructions[i]
+			fmt.Printf("\tattempting to remove instruction: %d, removed: %d                         \r", i, removed)
+			if !protobuf.Equal(insn, noop) {
+				minimalModified = append(minimalModified, insn)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			candidateProgram := []*pb.Instruction{}
+			if i != (len(minimalProgramInstructions) - 1) {
+				candidateProgram = append(minimalModified, minimalProgramInstructions[i+1:]...)
+			} else {
+				candidateProgram = minimalModified
+			}
+
+			// If bug is no longer present then the instruction cannot be removed
+			if !bugCheckFunction(&pb.Program{
+				Functions: []*pb.Functions{
+					{
+						Instructions: candidateProgram,
+					},
+				},
+				Maps: program.Maps,
+			}) {
+				minimalModified = append(minimalModified, insn)
+			} else {
+				// if the bug is present without the instruction then it can
+				// be removed from the program.
+				removed += 1
+			}
+		}
+		fmt.Println()
+		return removed != 0, minimalModified
+	}
+
+	changesDone := true
+	iteration := 0
+	for changesDone {
+		fmt.Printf("> iteration: %d of minimizer\n", iteration)
+		changesDone = false
+
+		// Noop instructions.
+		changes := phase1()
+		changesDone = changesDone || changes
+
+		// Reduce jumps.
+		changes = phase2()
+		changesDone = changesDone || changes
+
+		// Remove noops.
+		changes, minInstructions := phase3()
+
+		changesDone = changesDone || changes
+		minimalProgramInstructions = minInstructions
+		minimalProgram.Functions[0].Instructions = minimalProgramInstructions
+
+		iteration += 1
+	}
 
+	return minimalProgram, nil
+
+}
+
+// GeneratePoc generates a c program that can be used to reproduce fuzzer
+// test cases.
+func GeneratePoc(program *pb.Program, bugCheckFunction func(*pb.Program) bool, footerSize int) error {
+	minimizedProgram, err := Minimizer(program, bugCheckFunction, footerSize)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return writeJsonProgram(minimizedProgram)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/units/control.go b/pkg/units/control.go
index 0618142..3e29490 100644
--- a/pkg/units/control.go
+++ b/pkg/units/control.go
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ func (cu *Control) runEbpf(prog *epb.Program) error {
 	ok := cu.strat.OnExecuteDone(cu.ffi, exRes)
 	if !ok {
 		fmt.Println("Program produced unexpected results")
-		ebpf.GeneratePoc(prog)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/units/ffi.go b/pkg/units/ffi.go
index e8750a4..45d5045 100644
--- a/pkg/units/ffi.go
+++ b/pkg/units/ffi.go
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ func (e *FFI) ValidateEbpfProgram(encodedProgram *fpb.EncodedProgram) (*fpb.Vali
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	e.MetricsUnit.RecordVerificationResults(res)
+	if e.MetricsUnit != nil {
+		e.MetricsUnit.RecordVerificationResults(res)
+	}
 	return res, nil
 }