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
index 43ba9bd1c..163147039 100644
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommCoreJSIModulePackage.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommCoreJSIModulePackage.java
@@ -1,37 +1,44 @@
 package app.comm.android;
 
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.CommHybrid;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.CommMMKV;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.CommSecureStore;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.DatabaseInitializer;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.GlobalDBSingleton;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSIModulePackage;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSIModuleSpec;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptContextHolder;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import expo.modules.securestore.SecureStoreModule;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 public class CommCoreJSIModulePackage implements JSIModulePackage {
 
   @Override
   public List<JSIModuleSpec> getJSIModules(
       ReactApplicationContext reactApplicationContext,
       JavaScriptContextHolder jsContext) {
     Supplier<SecureStoreModule> secureStoreModuleSupplier =
         ExpoUtils.createExpoSecureStoreSupplier(reactApplicationContext);
     CommSecureStore.getInstance().initialize(secureStoreModuleSupplier);
     CommHybrid.initHybrid(reactApplicationContext);
 
+    // We issue a useless set on CommSecureStore here to force it to initialize
+    // prior to scheduling initializeDatabaseManager on the DB thread below.
+    // This avoids a race condition where the DB thread and main thread both
+    // attempt to initialize CommSecureStore at the same time, which can cause
+    // a crash loop as described in ENG-7696 and ENG-8069.
+    CommSecureStore.set("comm.secure_store_initialization_complete", "1");
+
     File sqliteFile = reactApplicationContext.getDatabasePath("comm.sqlite");
     GlobalDBSingleton.scheduleOrRun(() -> {
       DatabaseInitializer.initializeDatabaseManager(sqliteFile.getPath());
     });
     CommMMKV.initialize();
 
     return Collections.emptyList();
   }
 }