diff --git a/react-native/desktop/CMakeLists.txt b/react-native/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
index 76905ab8..82dcd13d 100755
--- a/react-native/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/react-native/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ set(REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_INCLUDE_DIRS ${REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EX
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/object-store/src/parser"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/object-store/src"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/qwebengine"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/object-store/build4/CMakeFiles/realm-core/src/realm-core/build.release/installed/include"
   PARENT_SCOPE)
 
+set(REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_LIBS ${REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_LIBS}
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/object-store/build4/CMakeFiles/realm-core/src/realm-core/build.release/installed/lib/librealm.a"
+  libcrypto.a PARENT_SCOPE)
+
diff --git a/react-native/desktop/realm.cpp b/react-native/desktop/realm.cpp
index 2f325b15..0d9aa035 100644
--- a/react-native/desktop/realm.cpp
+++ b/react-native/desktop/realm.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include "bridge.h"
 #include "eventdispatcher.h"
 
+#include "qwebengine_init.h"
+
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QUrl>
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ void Realm::setBridge(Bridge *bridge) {
   Q_D(Realm);
   d->bridge = bridge;
 
-  CustomWebPage::instance()->runJavaScript("console.log(\"Setting Realm\"); var Realm = {}; localStorage.clear();", 1);
+  realm::qwebengine::qwebengine_init();
 }
 
 QString Realm::moduleName() { return "Realm"; }
diff --git a/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.cpp b/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.cpp
index 16f7c9c4..0e1ec790 100644
--- a/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.cpp
+++ b/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.cpp
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@
 #include "qwebengine_init.hpp"
 #include "js_realm.hpp"
 
+#include "bridge.h"
+
 namespace realm {
 namespace qwebengine {
 
-static void init(QVariant exports) {
-
+void qwebengine_init() {
+  CustomWebPage::instance()->runJavaScript("console.log(\"Setting Realm\"); var Realm = {}; localStorage.clear();", 1);
 }
 
-} // node
+} // qwebengine
 } // realm
diff --git a/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.h b/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64bc3418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef _QWEBENGINE_INIT_H_
+#define _QWEBENGINE_INIT_H_
+
+
+#include <QVariant>
+
+namespace realm {
+namespace qwebengine {
+
+void qwebengine_init();
+
+} // qwebengine
+} // realm
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.hpp b/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.hpp
index e8fe3f38..c3ffc2b5 100644
--- a/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.hpp
+++ b/src/qwebengine/qwebengine_init.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "qwebengine_init.h"
 #include "qwebengine_string.hpp"
 #include "qwebengine_protected.hpp"
 #include "qwebengine_context.hpp"