diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f513663f5f1..6b8ca9d48bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 ## Introduction
 
-[Wasmer](https://wasmer.io/) is a standalone WebAssembly runtime for running WebAssembly [outside of the browser](https://webassembly.org/docs/non-web/), supporting [WASI](https://github.com/WebAssembly/WASI) and [Emscripten](https://emscripten.org/).
+[Wasmer](https://wasmer.io/) is a standalone WebAssembly runtime for running WebAssembly [outside of the browser](https://webassembly.org/docs/non-web/), supporting [WASI](https://github.com/WebAssembly/WASI) and [Emscripten](https://emscripten.org/). Wasmer can be used standalone (via the CLI) and embedded in different languages, running in x86 and [ARM devices](https://medium.com/wasmer/running-webassembly-on-arm-7d365ed0e50c).
 
 Install the Wasmer CLI with:
 
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/codegen.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/codegen.rs
index 7085b7c7e2b..991e05ed8ad 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/codegen.rs
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ impl<
 fn requires_pre_validation(backend: Backend) -> bool {
     match backend {
         Backend::Cranelift => true,
-        Backend::LLVM => false,
+        Backend::LLVM => true,
         Backend::Singlepass => false,
         Backend::Auto => false,
     }