diff --git a/detox/ios/Detox/DetoxManager.m b/detox/ios/Detox/DetoxManager.m
index 03de451a84..adc974a3ea 100644
--- a/detox/ios/Detox/DetoxManager.m
+++ b/detox/ios/Detox/DetoxManager.m
@@ -79,14 +79,24 @@ - (instancetype)init
 	self.testRunner = [[TestRunner alloc] init];
 	self.testRunner.delegate = self;
 	
-	if([ReactNativeSupport isReactNativeApp])
-	{
-		[self _waitForRNLoadWithId:@0];
-	}
+	[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(_appDidLaunch:) name:UIApplicationDidFinishLaunchingNotification object:nil];
 	
 	return self;
 }
 
+- (void)_appDidLaunch:(NSNotification*)note
+{
+	[EarlGrey detox_safeExecuteSync:^{
+		self.isReady = YES;
+		[self _sendGeneralReadyMessage];
+	}];
+}
+
+- (void)_sendGeneralReadyMessage
+{
+	[self.webSocket sendAction:@"ready" withParams:@{} withMessageId:@-1000];
+}
+
 - (void)connectToServer:(NSString*)url withSessionId:(NSString*)sessionId
 {
 	[self.webSocket connectToServer:url withSessionId:sessionId];
@@ -205,7 +215,7 @@ - (void)_waitForRNLoadWithId:(id)messageId
 	__weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
 	[ReactNativeSupport waitForReactNativeLoadWithCompletionHandler:^{
 		weakSelf.isReady = YES;
-		[weakSelf.webSocket sendAction:@"ready" withParams:@{} withMessageId:@-1000];
+		[weakSelf _sendGeneralReadyMessage];
 	}];
 }
 
diff --git a/detox/ios/Detox/ReactNativeSupport.m b/detox/ios/Detox/ReactNativeSupport.m
index ed750c3e0b..3a7b2326ee 100644
--- a/detox/ios/Detox/ReactNativeSupport.m
+++ b/detox/ios/Detox/ReactNativeSupport.m
@@ -114,13 +114,8 @@ void setupForTests()
 {
 	wx_original_dispatch_queue_create = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "dispatch_queue_create");
 	
-	// Rebind symbols dispatch_* to point to our own implementation.
-	struct rebinding rebindings[] = {
-		{"dispatch_queue_create", wx_dispatch_queue_create, NULL}
-	};
-	GREY_UNUSED_VARIABLE int failure =
-	rebind_symbols(rebindings, sizeof(rebindings) / sizeof(rebindings[0]));
-	NSCAssert(!failure, @"rebinding symbols failed");
+	// Rebind symbols dispatch_queue_create to point to our own implementation.
+	rebind_symbols((struct rebinding[]){"dispatch_queue_create", wx_dispatch_queue_create, NULL}, 1);
 	
 	__currentIdlingResourceSerialQueue = dispatch_queue_create("__currentIdlingResourceSerialQueue", NULL);