diff --git a/src/main/arrpc.ts b/src/main/arrpc.ts
index e0fd023..1899d9c 100644
--- a/src/main/arrpc.ts
+++ b/src/main/arrpc.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import Server from "arrpc";
+import { IpcEvents } from "shared/IpcEvents";
 
 import { mainWin } from "./mainWindow";
 import { Settings } from "./settings";
@@ -17,11 +18,8 @@ export async function initArRPC() {
     if (server || !Settings.store.arRPC) return;
 
     try {
-        // This module starts a server as a side effect, so it needs to be lazy imported
-        const { send: sendToBridge } = await import("arrpc/src/bridge");
-
         server = await new Server();
-        server.on("activity", sendToBridge);
+        server.on("activity", (data: any) => mainWin.webContents.send(IpcEvents.ARRPC_ACTIVITY, JSON.stringify(data)));
         server.on("invite", (invite: string, callback: (valid: boolean) => void) => {
             invite = String(invite);
             if (!inviteCodeRegex.test(invite)) return callback(false);
diff --git a/src/preload/VesktopNative.ts b/src/preload/VesktopNative.ts
index 1706bed..f99656a 100644
--- a/src/preload/VesktopNative.ts
+++ b/src/preload/VesktopNative.ts
@@ -58,5 +58,10 @@ export const VesktopNative = {
     },
     capturer: {
         getLargeThumbnail: (id: string) => invoke<string>(IpcEvents.CAPTURER_GET_LARGE_THUMBNAIL, id)
+    },
+    arrpc: {
+        onActivity(cb: (data: string) => void) {
+            ipcRenderer.on(IpcEvents.ARRPC_ACTIVITY, (_, data: string) => cb(data));
+        }
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/renderer/index.ts b/src/renderer/index.ts
index e7871d3..9f75644 100644
--- a/src/renderer/index.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/index.ts
@@ -47,14 +47,12 @@ customSettingsSections.push(() => ({
     className: "vc-vesktop-settings"
 }));
 
-const arRPC = Vencord.Plugins.plugins["WebRichPresence (arRPC)"];
+const arRPC = Vencord.Plugins.plugins["WebRichPresence (arRPC)"] as any as {
+    handleEvent(e: MessageEvent): void;
+};
 
-arRPC.required = !!Settings.store.arRPC;
+VesktopNative.arrpc.onActivity(data => {
+    if (!Settings.store.arRPC) return;
 
-Settings.addChangeListener("arRPC", v => {
-    arRPC.required = !!v;
-    if (v && !arRPC.started) Vencord.Plugins.startPlugin(arRPC);
-    else if (arRPC.started) {
-        Vencord.Plugins.stopPlugin(arRPC);
-    }
+    arRPC.handleEvent(new MessageEvent("message", { data }));
 });
diff --git a/src/shared/IpcEvents.ts b/src/shared/IpcEvents.ts
index 2d453e3..1f46a5a 100644
--- a/src/shared/IpcEvents.ts
+++ b/src/shared/IpcEvents.ts
@@ -40,5 +40,7 @@ export const enum IpcEvents {
 
     AUTOSTART_ENABLED = "VCD_AUTOSTART_ENABLED",
     ENABLE_AUTOSTART = "VCD_ENABLE_AUTOSTART",
-    DISABLE_AUTOSTART = "VCD_DISABLE_AUTOSTART"
+    DISABLE_AUTOSTART = "VCD_DISABLE_AUTOSTART",
+
+    ARRPC_ACTIVITY = "VCD_ARRPC_ACTIVITY"
 }