diff --git a/src/io/browser/browser-io.ts b/src/io/browser/browser-io.ts
index 80fa556e8..de399f664 100644
--- a/src/io/browser/browser-io.ts
+++ b/src/io/browser/browser-io.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { makeLocalStorageDisklet } from 'disklet'
 import { LogBackend, makeLog } from '../../core/log/log'
 import { EdgeFetchOptions, EdgeFetchResponse, EdgeIo } from '../../types/types'
 import { scrypt } from '../../util/crypto/scrypt'
-import { initMixFetch, queueMixFetch } from '../../util/nym'
+import { queueMixFetch } from '../../util/nym'
 import { fetchCorsProxy } from './fetch-cors-proxy'
 
 // Only try CORS proxy/bridge techniques up to 5 times
@@ -49,13 +49,16 @@ export function makeBrowserIo(logBackend: LogBackend): EdgeIo {
       const { corsBypass = 'auto', privacy = 'none' } = opts ?? {}
 
       if (privacy === 'nym') {
-        // Ensure mixFetch is initialized before use
-        await initMixFetch(log)
         // Use queued fetch to handle mixFetch's one-request-per-host limitation
-        return await queueMixFetch(uri, {
-          ...opts,
-          mode: 'unsafe-ignore-cors' as RequestMode
-        })
+        // initMixFetch is called within queueMixFetch
+        return await queueMixFetch(
+          uri,
+          {
+            ...opts,
+            mode: 'unsafe-ignore-cors' as RequestMode
+          },
+          log
+        )
       }
       if (corsBypass === 'always') {
         return await fetchCorsProxy(uri, opts)
diff --git a/src/io/react-native/react-native-worker.ts b/src/io/react-native/react-native-worker.ts
index a71b31a18..86be60095 100644
--- a/src/io/react-native/react-native-worker.ts
+++ b/src/io/react-native/react-native-worker.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   EdgeFetchResponse,
   EdgeIo
 } from '../../types/types'
-import { initMixFetch, queueMixFetch } from '../../util/nym'
+import { queueMixFetch } from '../../util/nym'
 import { hideProperties } from '../hidden-properties'
 import { makeNativeBridge } from './native-bridge'
 import { WorkerApi, YAOB_THROTTLE_MS } from './react-native-types'
@@ -176,13 +176,16 @@ async function makeIo(logBackend: LogBackend): Promise<EdgeIo> {
       const { corsBypass = 'auto', privacy = 'none' } = opts ?? {}
 
       if (privacy === 'nym') {
-        // Ensure mixFetch is initialized before use
-        await initMixFetch(log)
         // Use queued fetch to handle mixFetch's one-request-per-host limitation
-        const response = await queueMixFetch(uri, {
-          ...opts,
-          mode: 'unsafe-ignore-cors' as RequestMode
-        })
+        // initMixFetch is called within queueMixFetch
+        const response = await queueMixFetch(
+          uri,
+          {
+            ...opts,
+            mode: 'unsafe-ignore-cors' as RequestMode
+          },
+          log
+        )
         return response
       }
       if (corsBypass === 'always') {
diff --git a/src/util/nym.ts b/src/util/nym.ts
index 23faad2d5..8e700ca78 100644
--- a/src/util/nym.ts
+++ b/src/util/nym.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ export async function initMixFetch(log: EdgeLog): Promise<IMixFetch> {
  */
 export async function queueMixFetch(
   uri: string,
-  opts: RequestInit & { mode?: string }
+  opts: RequestInit & { mode?: string },
+  log: EdgeLog
 ): Promise<Response> {
   const hostKey = getHostKey(uri)
 
@@ -79,7 +80,11 @@ export async function queueMixFetch(
   // Chain our request after the previous one
   const ourWork = previousChain
     .catch(() => {}) // Ignore errors from previous request
-    .then(async () => await mixFetch(uri, opts, mixFetchOptions))
+    .then(async () => {
+      // Initialize mixFetch on first use (cached for subsequent calls)
+      const nymMixFetch = await initMixFetch(log)
+      return await nymMixFetch(uri, opts, mixFetchOptions)
+    })
     .finally(() => {
       // Clean up if we're still the chain tail
       if (hostRequestChains.get(hostKey) === ourWork) {