diff --git a/src/android/com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid.cpp b/src/android/com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid.cpp
index 3fb2da0b..7e1f83ad 100644
--- a/src/android/com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid.cpp
+++ b/src/android/com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid.h"
 #include "JSCExecutor.h"
 #include "js_init.h"
+#include "platform.hpp"
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 /*
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid_injectRealmJsCon
     // Getting the internal storage path for the application
     const char* strFileDir = env->GetStringUTFChars(fileDir , NULL);
     std::string absoluteAppPath(strFileDir); 
-    env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(fileDir , strFileDir); 
+    env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(fileDir , strFileDir);
+      realm::set_default_realm_file_directory(absoluteAppPath);
 
     // load the symbol
 	typedef std::unordered_map<JSContextRef, facebook::react::JSCExecutor*> (*get_jsc_context_t)();
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_com_reacttests_RealmReactAndroid_injectRealmJsCon
 	  	msg << "Got the globalContext map, size=" << s_globalContextRefToJSCExecutor.size();
 
           for (auto pair : s_globalContextRefToJSCExecutor) {
-			  RJSInitializeInContextUsingPath(pair.first, absoluteAppPath);
+			  RJSInitializeInContext(pair.first);
 		  }
 
 	  	return env->NewStringUTF(msg.str().c_str());
diff --git a/src/android/platform.cpp b/src/android/platform.cpp
index a2ad3b3c..f87e9c53 100644
--- a/src/android/platform.cpp
+++ b/src/android/platform.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@
 
 namespace realm {
 
+    static std::string s_default_realm_directory;
+    void set_default_realm_file_directory(std::string dir) {
+        s_default_realm_directory = dir;
+    }
+
 std::string default_realm_file_directory()
 {
-	// appFilesDir is defined in js_init.cpp
-	return appFilesDir;
+	return s_default_realm_directory;
 }
 
 void ensure_directory_exists_for_file(const std::string &fileName)
diff --git a/src/js_init.cpp b/src/js_init.cpp
index 7659f77d..09572007 100644
--- a/src/js_init.cpp
+++ b/src/js_init.cpp
@@ -78,16 +78,6 @@ void RJSInitializeInContext(JSContextRef ctx) {
     assert(!exception);
 }
 
-// The default (internal) storage for each application is unique
-// the only way to get this path is using the android.content.Context via the JNI
-// we set this path when we initialise the Realm by calling RJSConstructorCreate, as it's the
-// only contact between the JNI layer and the Realm JS API.
-std::string appFilesDir; 
-void RJSInitializeInContextUsingPath(JSContextRef ctx, std::string path) {
-    RJSInitializeInContext(ctx);
-    appFilesDir = path;
-}
-
 void RJSClearTestState() {
     realm::Realm::s_global_cache.clear();
     realm::remove_realm_files_from_directory(realm::default_realm_file_directory());
diff --git a/src/js_init.h b/src/js_init.h
index 95b6757f..be9f38aa 100644
--- a/src/js_init.h
+++ b/src/js_init.h
@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 JSObjectRef RJSConstructorCreate(JSContextRef ctx);
 void RJSInitializeInContext(JSContextRef ctx);
-void RJSInitializeInContextUsingPath(JSContextRef ctx, std::string path);
 void RJSClearTestState(void);
 
-extern std::string appFilesDir;
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/platform.hpp b/src/platform.hpp
index 0b1c5024..95aadbab 100644
--- a/src/platform.hpp
+++ b/src/platform.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ namespace realm {
 // separately for eadh platform
 //
 
-// return the directory in which realm files can/should be written to
+    // set the directory where realm files should be stored
+    void set_default_realm_file_directory(std::string dir);
+
+    // return the directory in which realm files can/should be written to
 std::string default_realm_file_directory();
 
 // create the directories for the given filename
diff --git a/tests/react-test-app/run-android.sh b/tests/react-test-app/run-android.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdd9fe43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/react-test-app/run-android.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cp ../../react-native/android/app/build/outputs/aar/app-debug.aar android/app/lib/
+rm -rf node_modules/realm node_modules/realm-tests
+npm install realm realm-tests
+cp ../../src/object-store/parser/queryTests.json node_modules/realm-tests/
+react-native run-android