diff --git a/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/VRBrowserApplication.java b/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/VRBrowserApplication.java
index 21519c3d0b..645970da9f 100644
--- a/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/VRBrowserApplication.java
+++ b/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/VRBrowserApplication.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.mozilla.vrbrowser.utils.BitmapCache;
 import org.mozilla.vrbrowser.utils.EnvironmentsManager;
 import org.mozilla.vrbrowser.utils.LocaleUtils;
+import org.mozilla.vrbrowser.utils.SystemUtils;
 
 public class VRBrowserApplication extends Application implements AppServicesProvider {
 
@@ -42,6 +43,13 @@ public class VRBrowserApplication extends Application implements AppServicesProv
     @Override
     public void onCreate() {
         super.onCreate();
+
+        if (!SystemUtils.isMainProcess(this)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        TelemetryWrapper.init(this, EngineProvider.INSTANCE.getDefaultClient(this));
+        GleanMetricsService.init(this, EngineProvider.INSTANCE.getDefaultClient(this));
     }
 
     protected void onActivityCreate(@NonNull Context activityContext) {
@@ -53,9 +61,6 @@ protected void onActivityCreate(@NonNull Context activityContext) {
         mAppExecutors = new AppExecutors();
         mBitmapCache = new BitmapCache(this, mAppExecutors.diskIO(), mAppExecutors.mainThread());
         mEnvironmentsManager = new EnvironmentsManager(activityContext);
-
-        TelemetryWrapper.init(this, EngineProvider.INSTANCE.getDefaultClient(this));
-        GleanMetricsService.init(this, EngineProvider.INSTANCE.getDefaultClient(this));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/utils/SystemUtils.java b/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/utils/SystemUtils.java
index 959cc8a04d..eb0cd5c4a3 100644
--- a/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/utils/SystemUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/utils/SystemUtils.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package org.mozilla.vrbrowser.utils;
 
+import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.app.AlarmManager;
 import android.app.PendingIntent;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Process;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
@@ -113,4 +115,16 @@ public static void clearCrashFiles(@NonNull Context context, final ArrayList<Str
         }
     }
 
+    public static boolean isMainProcess(@NonNull Context context) {
+        int pid = Process.myPid();
+
+        final ActivityManager activityManager = (ActivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
+        if (activityManager == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return activityManager.getRunningAppProcesses().stream().anyMatch(processInfo ->
+                processInfo.pid == pid && processInfo.processName.equals(context.getPackageName()));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/GleanMetricsServiceTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/GleanMetricsServiceTest.kt
index 338ce9a23a..f49d49186c 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/GleanMetricsServiceTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/GleanMetricsServiceTest.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
 
 
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
-@Config(manifest = Config.NONE)
+@Config(manifest = Config.NONE, application = TestApplication::class)
 class GleanMetricsServiceTest {
 
     @get:Rule
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class GleanMetricsServiceTest {
 
     @Before
     fun setup() {
-        val app = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext<VRBrowserApplication>()
+        val app = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext<TestApplication>()
         // We use the HttpURLConnectionClient for tests as the GeckoWebExecutor based client needs
         // full GeckoRuntime initialization and it crashes in the test environment.
         val client = HttpURLConnectionClient()
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/TestApplication.kt b/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/TestApplication.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be6ff5d3cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/TestApplication.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package org.mozilla.vrbrowser
+
+import android.app.Application
+
+class TestApplication: Application()
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