diff --git a/build.mjs b/build.mjs
index 38f92ca..6ee549c 100644
--- a/build.mjs
+++ b/build.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { build } from "esbuild";
 import alias from "esbuild-plugin-alias";
+import esg from "esbuild-plugin-external-global";
 import fs from "fs/promises";
 import path from "path";
 
@@ -13,9 +14,13 @@ try {
         minify: true,
         bundle: true,
         format: "iife",
-        external: ["react", "react-native"],
         target: "esnext",
-        plugins: [alias(aliases)],
+        plugins: [
+            alias(aliases),
+            esg.externalGlobalPlugin({
+                "react": "window.React",
+            })
+        ],
         legalComments: "external",
     });
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf5590c..6199fe2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         "@types/react-native": "^0.70.5",
         "esbuild": "^0.15.11",
         "esbuild-plugin-alias": "^0.2.1",
+        "esbuild-plugin-external-global": "^1.0.1",
         "redux": "^4.2.0",
         "typescript": "^4.8.4",
         "zustand": "^4.1.2"
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d8c4a1c..7461c97 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ async function init() {
     let erroredOnLoad = false;
 
     try {
-        initSettings();
-        patchAssets();
-        patchLogHook();
-    
         window.vendetta = {
             patcher: patcher,
             metro: { ...metro, common: { ...common } },
@@ -48,6 +44,10 @@ async function init() {
             },
             logger: logger,
         };
+
+        initSettings();
+        patchAssets();
+        patchLogHook();
     } catch (e: Error | any) {
         erroredOnLoad = true;
         alert(`Vendetta failed to initialize...\n${e.stack || e.toString()}`);