diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2d2c9ca447..1a6b219640 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * @format
  */
 
+import 'platform/polyfills'
 import {AppRegistry} from 'react-native'
 import App from './src/App'
 import {name as appName} from './src/app.json'
diff --git a/index.web.js b/index.web.js
index 5154bfa7b3..f443dbb6d2 100644
--- a/index.web.js
+++ b/index.web.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // index.web.js
 
+import 'platform/polyfills'
 import {AppRegistry} from 'react-native'
 import App from './src/App'
 import {name as appName} from './src/app.json'
diff --git a/src/platform/polyfills.native.ts b/src/platform/polyfills.native.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 26a535cca3..0000000000
--- a/src/platform/polyfills.native.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-import '@zxing/text-encoding' // TextEncoder / TextDecoder
diff --git a/src/platform/polyfills.ts b/src/platform/polyfills.ts
index ac31e55efc..336ce12bb9 100644
--- a/src/platform/polyfills.ts
+++ b/src/platform/polyfills.ts
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-// do nothing
 export {}
diff --git a/src/platform/polyfills.web.ts b/src/platform/polyfills.web.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a42f4887c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/polyfills.web.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/// <reference lib="dom" />
+
+// @ts-ignore whatever typescript wants to complain about here, I dont care about -prf
+window.setImmediate = (cb: () => void) => setTimeout(cb, 0)