diff --git a/test/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.cpp b/test/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.cpp
index 16a4dd893..0270e4b83 100644
--- a/test/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.cpp
+++ b/test/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class AlgorithmRunnerFixture
 protected:
 	shared_ptr<FitnessMetric> m_fitnessMetric = make_shared<ChromosomeLengthMetric>();
 	output_test_stream m_output;
+	AlgorithmRunner::Options m_options;
 };
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(Phaser)
@@ -57,33 +58,38 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(AlgorithmRunnerTest)
 
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(run_should_call_runNextRound_once_per_round, AlgorithmRunnerFixture)
 {
-	AlgorithmRunner runner(Population(m_fitnessMetric), m_output);
+	m_options.maxRounds = 5;
+	AlgorithmRunner runner(Population(m_fitnessMetric), m_options, m_output);
 	DummyAlgorithm algorithm;
 
 	BOOST_TEST(algorithm.m_currentRound == 0);
-	runner.run(algorithm, 10);
+	runner.run(algorithm);
+	BOOST_TEST(algorithm.m_currentRound == 5);
+	runner.run(algorithm);
 	BOOST_TEST(algorithm.m_currentRound == 10);
-	runner.run(algorithm, 3);
-	BOOST_TEST(algorithm.m_currentRound == 13);
 }
 
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(run_should_print_the_top_chromosome, AlgorithmRunnerFixture)
 {
 	// run() is allowed to print more but should at least print the first one
 
+	m_options.maxRounds = 1;
 	AlgorithmRunner runner(
 		// NOTE: Chromosomes chosen so that they're not substrings of each other and are not
 		// words likely to appear in the output in normal circumstances.
 		Population(m_fitnessMetric, {Chromosome("fcCUnDve"), Chromosome("jsxIOo"), Chromosome("ighTLM")}),
+		m_options,
 		m_output
 	);
 
 	DummyAlgorithm algorithm;
 
 	BOOST_TEST(m_output.is_empty());
-	runner.run(algorithm, 1);
+	runner.run(algorithm);
 	BOOST_TEST(countSubstringOccurrences(m_output.str(), toString(runner.population().individuals()[0].chromosome)) == 1);
-	runner.run(algorithm, 3);
+	runner.run(algorithm);
+	runner.run(algorithm);
+	runner.run(algorithm);
 	BOOST_TEST(countSubstringOccurrences(m_output.str(), toString(runner.population().individuals()[0].chromosome)) == 4);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.cpp b/tools/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.cpp
index 881f5b46e..bd5ce5755 100644
--- a/tools/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.cpp
+++ b/tools/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.cpp
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace solidity::phaser;
 
-void AlgorithmRunner::run(GeneticAlgorithm& _algorithm, optional<size_t> _numRounds)
+void AlgorithmRunner::run(GeneticAlgorithm& _algorithm)
 {
-	for (size_t round = 0; !_numRounds.has_value() || round < _numRounds.value(); ++round)
+	for (size_t round = 0; !m_options.maxRounds.has_value() || round < m_options.maxRounds.value(); ++round)
 	{
 		m_population = _algorithm.runNextRound(m_population);
 
diff --git a/tools/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.h b/tools/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.h
index ff436d73b..c0aaa5621 100644
--- a/tools/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.h
+++ b/tools/yulPhaser/AlgorithmRunner.h
@@ -39,19 +39,28 @@ namespace solidity::phaser
 class AlgorithmRunner
 {
 public:
+	struct Options
+	{
+		std::optional<size_t> maxRounds = std::nullopt;
+	};
+
 	AlgorithmRunner(
 		Population _initialPopulation,
+		Options _options,
 		std::ostream& _outputStream
 	):
 		m_population(std::move(_initialPopulation)),
+		m_options(std::move(_options)),
 		m_outputStream(_outputStream) {}
 
-	void run(GeneticAlgorithm& _algorithm, std::optional<size_t> _numRounds = std::nullopt);
+	void run(GeneticAlgorithm& _algorithm);
 
+	Options const& options() const { return m_options; }
 	Population const& population() const { return m_population; }
 
 private:
 	Population m_population;
+	Options m_options;
 	std::ostream& m_outputStream;
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp b/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp
index 0a3e7f66e..7708e85ba 100644
--- a/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp
+++ b/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void Phaser::runAlgorithm(string const& _sourcePath, Algorithm _algorithm)
 		maxChromosomeLength
 	);
 
-	AlgorithmRunner algorithmRunner(population, cout);
+	AlgorithmRunner algorithmRunner(population, AlgorithmRunner::Options{}, cout);
 	switch (_algorithm)
 	{
 		case Algorithm::Random: