app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/FenixApplication.kt

@@ -160,8 +160,10 @@ open class FenixApplication : LocaleAwareApplication(), Provider {
                 runBlocking { megazordSetup.await(); }
             }
 
-            // Give TAS the base Context
-            Prefs.setContext(applicationContext)
+            GlobalScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
+                // Give TAS the base Context
+                Prefs.setContext(applicationContext)
+            }
         }
 
         setupLeakCanary()

app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/tor/bootstrap/TorQuickStart.kt

@@ -6,20 +6,24 @@ package org.mozilla.fenix.tor.bootstrap
 
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.SharedPreferences
+import android.os.StrictMode
 import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.PreferencesHolder
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.booleanPreference
+import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.resetPoliciesAfter
 
 class TorQuickStart(context: Context) : PreferencesHolder {
 
-    override val preferences: SharedPreferences = context.getSharedPreferences(
-        PREF_NAME_TOR_BOOTSTRAP_KEY,
-        Context.MODE_PRIVATE
-    )
+    override val preferences: SharedPreferences = StrictMode.allowThreadDiskReads().resetPoliciesAfter {
+        context.getSharedPreferences(
+            PREF_NAME_TOR_BOOTSTRAP_KEY,
+            Context.MODE_PRIVATE
+        )
+    }
 
     private var torQuickStart by booleanPreference(TOR_QUICK_START, default = false)
 
-    fun quickStartTor() = torQuickStart
+    fun quickStartTor() = StrictMode.allowThreadDiskReads().resetPoliciesAfter { torQuickStart }
 
     fun enableQuickStartTor() {
         torQuickStart = true