diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebView.java
index 7b3f3b3c0..6664b6f6e 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebView.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.CatalystInstance;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptModule;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.LifecycleEventListener;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableNativeArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableNativeMap;
@@ -391,6 +392,10 @@ public ThemedReactContext getThemedReactContext() {
     return (ThemedReactContext) this.getContext();
   }
 
+  public ReactApplicationContext getReactApplicationContext() {
+      return this.getThemedReactContext().getReactApplicationContext();
+  }
+
   protected class RNCWebViewBridge {
         private String TAG = "RNCWebViewBridge";
         RNCWebView mWebView;
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewClient.java b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewClient.java
index 6f4d085f8..d59e19ce8 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewClient.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewClient.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public void onPageStarted(WebView webView, String url, Bitmap favicon) {
     @Override
     public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
         final RNCWebView rncWebView = (RNCWebView) view;
-        final boolean isJsDebugging = ((ReactContext) view.getContext()).getJavaScriptContextHolder().get() == 0;
+        final boolean isJsDebugging = rncWebView.getReactApplicationContext().getJavaScriptContextHolder().get() == 0;
 
         if (!isJsDebugging && rncWebView.mMessagingJSModule != null) {
             final Pair<Double, AtomicReference<RNCWebViewModuleImpl.ShouldOverrideUrlLoadingLock.ShouldOverrideCallbackState>> lock = RNCWebViewModuleImpl.shouldOverrideUrlLoadingLock.getNewLock();
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManagerImpl.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManagerImpl.kt
index 1b6ff7aa5..6a48a810e 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManagerImpl.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManagerImpl.kt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class RNCWebViewManagerImpl {
         }
         webView.setDownloadListener(DownloadListener { url, userAgent, contentDisposition, mimetype, contentLength ->
             webView.setIgnoreErrFailedForThisURL(url)
-            val module = webView.themedReactContext.getNativeModule(RNCWebViewModule::class.java) ?: return@DownloadListener
+            val module = webView.reactApplicationContext.getNativeModule(RNCWebViewModule::class.java) ?: return@DownloadListener
             val request: DownloadManager.Request = try {
                 DownloadManager.Request(Uri.parse(url))
             } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {