diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommCoreJSIModulePackage.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommCoreJSIModulePackage.java
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommCoreJSIModulePackage.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommCoreJSIModulePackage.java
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 package app.comm.android;
 
-import android.util.Log;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.CommHybrid;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.CommSecureStore;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSIModuleSpec;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptContextHolder;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.swmansion.reanimated.ReanimatedJSIModulePackage;
-import expo.modules.adapters.react.NativeModulesProxy;
-import expo.modules.core.ModuleRegistry;
 import expo.modules.securestore.SecureStoreModule;
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -22,7 +18,7 @@
       ReactApplicationContext reactApplicationContext,
       JavaScriptContextHolder jsContext) {
     Supplier<SecureStoreModule> secureStoreModuleSupplier =
-        () -> new SecureStoreModule(reactApplicationContext);
+        ExpoUtils.createExpoSecureStoreSupplier(reactApplicationContext);
     CommSecureStore.getInstance().initialize(secureStoreModuleSupplier);
     CommHybrid.initHybrid(reactApplicationContext);
     super.getJSIModules(reactApplicationContext, jsContext);
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommNotificationsHandler.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommNotificationsHandler.java
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommNotificationsHandler.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommNotificationsHandler.java
@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.NetworkModule;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.ThreadOperations;
 import com.google.firebase.messaging.RemoteMessage;
-import expo.modules.securestore.SecureStoreModule;
 import io.invertase.firebase.messaging.RNFirebaseMessagingService;
 import java.io.File;
 import me.leolin.shortcutbadger.ShortcutBadger;
-import org.json.JSONException;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 /**
  * We're extending RNFirebaseMessagingService here instead of
@@ -57,7 +54,7 @@
   public void onCreate() {
     super.onCreate();
     CommSecureStore.getInstance().initialize(
-        () -> new SecureStoreModule(this.getApplicationContext()));
+        ExpoUtils.createExpoSecureStoreSupplier(this.getApplicationContext()));
     notificationManager = (NotificationManager)this.getSystemService(
         Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
   }
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/ExpoUtils.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/ExpoUtils.java
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/ExpoUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package app.comm.android;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
+import expo.modules.adapters.react.services.UIManagerModuleWrapper;
+import expo.modules.core.ModuleRegistry;
+import expo.modules.core.interfaces.InternalModule;
+import expo.modules.securestore.SecureStoreModule;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+public class ExpoUtils {
+  public static Supplier<SecureStoreModule>
+  createExpoSecureStoreSupplier(@NonNull Context context) {
+    return () -> {
+      List<InternalModule> expoInternalModules = new ArrayList<>(1);
+      if (context instanceof ReactContext) {
+        // We can only provide the UIManager module if provided context is a
+        // React context. If this is called from non-react activity, like
+        // CommNotificationsHandler, we skip adding this module. This is fine,
+        // unless we use the `requiresAuthentication` option when dealing with
+        // expo-secure-store (at this moment we don't use it anywhere)
+        expoInternalModules.add(
+            new UIManagerModuleWrapper((ReactContext)context));
+      }
+
+      ModuleRegistry expoModuleRegistry = new ModuleRegistry(
+          expoInternalModules,
+          Collections.emptyList(),
+          Collections.emptyList(),
+          Collections.emptyList());
+      SecureStoreModule secureStoreModule = new SecureStoreModule(context);
+      secureStoreModule.onCreate(expoModuleRegistry);
+      return secureStoreModule;
+    };
+  }
+}