diff --git a/BeefLibs/corlib/src/Runtime.bf b/BeefLibs/corlib/src/Runtime.bf
index 778a36cf..96ae54fc 100644
--- a/BeefLibs/corlib/src/Runtime.bf
+++ b/BeefLibs/corlib/src/Runtime.bf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Threading;
 #if BF_ENABLE_OBJECT_DEBUG_FLAGS || BF_DEBUG_ALLOC
 #define BF_DBG_RUNTIME
 #endif
@@ -303,6 +304,7 @@ namespace System
 #if BF_DBG_RUNTIME
 			Dbg_Init(cVersion, (int32)flags, &BfRtCallbacks.sCallbacks);
 #endif
+			Thread.[Friend]Init();
 		}
 
 		[NoReturn]
diff --git a/BeefLibs/corlib/src/Threading/Thread.bf b/BeefLibs/corlib/src/Threading/Thread.bf
index a357cb84..c00b2cf8 100644
--- a/BeefLibs/corlib/src/Threading/Thread.bf
+++ b/BeefLibs/corlib/src/Threading/Thread.bf
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace System.Threading
             SetStart((Delegate)start, maxStackSize);
         }
 
-        static this()
+        static void Init()
         {
 #unwarn
             RuntimeThreadInit runtimeThreadInitRef = ?;