diff --git a/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.m b/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.m
index 7fe1741f1c37bc..ac759a99857371 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.m
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ + (instancetype)sharedSettings
   static dispatch_once_t once_token;
   dispatch_once(&once_token, ^{
     sharedInstance = [RCTBundleURLProvider new];
+    [sharedInstance setDefaults];
   });
   return sharedInstance;
 }
diff --git a/local-cli/generator-ios/templates/app/AppDelegate.m b/local-cli/generator-ios/templates/app/AppDelegate.m
index fac3b4fcdd2f65..edaccd8aaf7efb 100644
--- a/local-cli/generator-ios/templates/app/AppDelegate.m
+++ b/local-cli/generator-ios/templates/app/AppDelegate.m
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(
 {
   NSURL *jsCodeLocation;
 
-  [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] setDefaults];
   jsCodeLocation = [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index.ios" fallbackResource:nil];
 
   RCTRootView *rootView = [[RCTRootView alloc] initWithBundleURL:jsCodeLocation