diff --git a/shell/android-studio/flycast/src/main/java/com/flycast/emulator/BaseGLActivity.java b/shell/android-studio/flycast/src/main/java/com/flycast/emulator/BaseGLActivity.java
index 3c0555933..81d5d11ed 100644
--- a/shell/android-studio/flycast/src/main/java/com/flycast/emulator/BaseGLActivity.java
+++ b/shell/android-studio/flycast/src/main/java/com/flycast/emulator/BaseGLActivity.java
@@ -87,10 +87,7 @@ public abstract class BaseGLActivity extends Activity implements ActivityCompat.
         }
         prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
 
-        Emulator app = (Emulator)getApplicationContext();
-        app.getConfigurationPrefs();
         Emulator.setCurrentActivity(this);
-
         OuyaController.init(this);
         new HttpClient().nativeInit();
 
@@ -129,6 +126,8 @@ public abstract class BaseGLActivity extends Activity implements ActivityCompat.
             return;
         }
         Log.i("flycast", "Environment initialized");
+        Emulator app = (Emulator)getApplicationContext();
+        app.getConfigurationPrefs();
         storage = new AndroidStorage(this);
         setStorageDirectories();
 
diff --git a/shell/android-studio/flycast/src/main/java/com/flycast/emulator/emu/HttpClient.java b/shell/android-studio/flycast/src/main/java/com/flycast/emulator/emu/HttpClient.java
index fdfe76bb1..f39a9ae9f 100644
--- a/shell/android-studio/flycast/src/main/java/com/flycast/emulator/emu/HttpClient.java
+++ b/shell/android-studio/flycast/src/main/java/com/flycast/emulator/emu/HttpClient.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 public class HttpClient {
     private CloseableHttpClient httpClient;
 
+    static { System.loadLibrary("flycast"); }
+
     // Called from native code
     public int openUrl(String url_string, byte[][] content, String[] contentType)
     {