diff --git a/shared/liboxide/udev.cpp b/shared/liboxide/udev.cpp
index d4d09d6be..704448222 100644
--- a/shared/liboxide/udev.cpp
+++ b/shared/liboxide/udev.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ namespace Oxide {
     }
 
     void UDev::run(){
+        if(QThread::currentThread() != &_thread){
+            O_DEBUG("UDev::Monitor on wrong thread, attempting to run on correct thread");
+            QTimer* timer = new QTimer();
+            timer->moveToThread(&_thread);
+            timer->setSingleShot(true);
+            QObject::connect(timer, &QTimer::timeout, [=](){
+                // main thread
+                run();
+                timer->deleteLater();
+            });
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(timer, "start", Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection, Q_ARG(int, 0));
+        }
         O_DEBUG("UDev::Monitor starting");
         udev_monitor* mon = udev_monitor_new_from_netlink(udevLib, "udev");
         if(!mon){