diff --git a/android/bifrost.c b/android/bifrost.c
index ba9d0629ce..8645006652 100644
--- a/android/bifrost.c
+++ b/android/bifrost.c
@@ -104,9 +104,13 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_com_retroarch_rruntime_load_1game
    (*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, j_path, game_path);
 }
 
+static int counter = 0;
+
 JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_com_retroarch_rruntime_run_1frame
    (JNIEnv *env, jclass class)
 {
+   counter++;
+   RARCH_LOG("counter: %d.\n", counter);
    return rarch_main_iterate();
 }
 
@@ -121,6 +125,8 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_com_retroarch_rruntime_startup
    
    retval = rarch_startup(config_path);
 
+   rarch_init_msg_queue();
+
    (*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, j_config_path, config_path);
 }
 
diff --git a/android/src/com/retroarch/main.java b/android/src/com/retroarch/main.java
index 9fe3c917c9..5f55c62091 100644
--- a/android/src/com/retroarch/main.java
+++ b/android/src/com/retroarch/main.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public class main extends Activity
            		 + R.raw.retroarch);
             
             rruntime.startup(video.toString());
+            while(rruntime.run_frame());
     	}
     }