diff --git a/common/components/protocols.js b/common/components/protocols.js
index 42ef14de..20792f5a 100644
--- a/common/components/protocols.js
+++ b/common/components/protocols.js
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ function Dactyl() {
     this.pages = {};
 
     Cu.import("resource://dactyl/bootstrap.jsm");
+    if (!JSMLoader.initialized)
+        JSMLoader.init();
     JSMLoader.load("base.jsm", global);
     require(global, "config");
     require(global, "services");
diff --git a/common/modules/bootstrap.jsm b/common/modules/bootstrap.jsm
index b890dff1..1d2a3110 100644
--- a/common/modules/bootstrap.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/bootstrap.jsm
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ if (!JSMLoader || JSMLoader.bump != 3)
         storage: storage,
         suffix: "",
         init: function init(suffix) {
+            this.initialized = true;
             this.suffix = suffix || "";
 
             this.storage.set("dactyl.JSMLoader", this);