diff --git a/react-native/android/app/src/main/java/com/reacttests/RealmReactAndroid.java b/react-native/android/app/src/main/java/com/reacttests/RealmReactAndroid.java
index 6efb903c..16caa505 100644
--- a/react-native/android/app/src/main/java/com/reacttests/RealmReactAndroid.java
+++ b/react-native/android/app/src/main/java/com/reacttests/RealmReactAndroid.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public class RealmReactAndroid extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
 	public RealmReactAndroid(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
 		super(reactContext);
 		ReLinker.loadLibrary(reactContext, "realmreact");
+        getDefaultRealmFileDirectory();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/react-native/android/app/src/main/jni/Android.mk b/react-native/android/app/src/main/jni/Android.mk
index c3bc1d07..0d2fa9c9 100644
--- a/react-native/android/app/src/main/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/react-native/android/app/src/main/jni/Android.mk
@@ -32,17 +32,23 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
   src/object-store/impl/transact_log_handler.cpp \
   vendor/base64.cpp
 
-LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := src/object-store
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := src
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += src/object-store
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += src/object-store/parser
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += vendor
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += vendor/PEGTL
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += ../../../../../../../../react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += ../../../../../../../../react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += ../../../../../../../../react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/fb/include
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(JAVA_HOME)/include
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(JAVA_HOME)/include/darwin
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += core/include
 
 CXX11_FLAGS := -std=c++14
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -fexceptions $(CXX11_FLAGS) -frtti
 LOCAL_EXPORT_CPPFLAGS := $(CXX11_FLAGS)
 
-LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/usr/lib -llog
+LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(SYSROOT)/usr/lib -llog /Users/ari/src/realm/realm-js/react-native/android/app/build/intermediates/exploded-aar/com.facebook.react/react-native/0.16.1/jni/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/libreactnativejni.so
 
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := realm-android-$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libjsc
diff --git a/src/android/com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid.cpp b/src/android/com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid.cpp
index cf237df0..a54eaaa7 100644
--- a/src/android/com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid.cpp
+++ b/src/android/com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 
 #include "com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid.h"
+#include "JSCExecutor.h"
+#include "js_init.h"
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+extern std::unordered_map<JSContextRef, facebook::react::JSCExecutor*> s_globalContextRefToJSCExecutor;
+
 /*
  * Class:     com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid
  * Method:    getDefaultRealmFileDirectory
@@ -12,7 +18,9 @@
 JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid_getDefaultRealmFileDirectory
   (JNIEnv *env, jclass) 
   {
-
-	 return env->NewStringUTF("Hello from JNI ! ");
+    for (auto pair : s_globalContextRefToJSCExecutor) {
+      RJSInitializeInContext(pair.first);
+    }
+    return env->NewStringUTF("Hello from JNI ! ");
   }