diff --git a/src/Joystick/JoystickAndroid.cc b/src/Joystick/JoystickAndroid.cc
index 19fc106..7f77b79 100644
--- a/src/Joystick/JoystickAndroid.cc
+++ b/src/Joystick/JoystickAndroid.cc
@@ -211,9 +211,7 @@ static JoystickManager *_manager = nullptr;
 
 //helper method
 bool JoystickAndroid::init(JoystickManager *manager) {
-    if (_manager == nullptr) {
-        setNativeMethods(manager);
-    }
+    _manager = manager;
 
     //this gets list of all possible buttons - this is needed to check how many buttons our gamepad supports
     //instead of the whole logic below we could have just a simple array of hardcoded int values as these 'should' not change
@@ -267,12 +265,10 @@ static void jniUpdateAvailableJoysticks(JNIEnv *envA, jobject thizA)
     }
 }
 
-void JoystickAndroid::setNativeMethods(JoystickManager *manager)
+void JoystickAndroid::setNativeMethods()
 {
     qCDebug(JoystickLog) << "Registering Native Functions";
 
-    _manager = manager;
-
     //  REGISTER THE C++ FUNCTION WITH JNI
     JNINativeMethod javaMethods[] {
         {"nativeUpdateAvailableJoysticks", "()V", reinterpret_cast<void *>(jniUpdateAvailableJoysticks)}
diff --git a/src/Joystick/JoystickAndroid.h b/src/Joystick/JoystickAndroid.h
index 329194e..1a0afbd 100644
--- a/src/Joystick/JoystickAndroid.h
+++ b/src/Joystick/JoystickAndroid.h
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ public:
 
     static bool init(JoystickManager *manager);
 
+    static void setNativeMethods();
+
     static QMap<QString, Joystick*> discover(MultiVehicleManager* _multiVehicleManager);
 
 private:
     bool handleKeyEvent(jobject event);
     bool handleGenericMotionEvent(jobject event);
 
-    static void setNativeMethods(JoystickManager *manager);
-
     virtual bool _open();
     virtual void _close();
     virtual bool _update();
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 26afa36..c65c971 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -78,9 +78,12 @@ int WindowsCrtReportHook(int reportType, char* message, int* returnValue)
 
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__android__) && !defined(NO_SERIAL_LINK)
+#if defined(__android__)
 #include <jni.h>
+#include "JoystickAndroid.h"
+#if !defined(NO_SERIAL_LINK)
 #include "qserialport.h"
+#endif
 
 jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* reserved)
 {
@@ -90,8 +93,10 @@ jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* reserved)
     if (vm->GetEnv(reinterpret_cast<void**>(&env), JNI_VERSION_1_6) != JNI_OK) {
         return -1;
     }
-
+ #if !defined(NO_SERIAL_LINK)
     QSerialPort::setNativeMethods();
+ #endif
+    JoystickAndroid::setNativeMethods();
 
     return JNI_VERSION_1_6;
 }