diff --git a/IPA.Injector/IPA.Injector.csproj b/IPA.Injector/IPA.Injector.csproj
index 34d63e86..f8a462b9 100644
--- a/IPA.Injector/IPA.Injector.csproj
+++ b/IPA.Injector/IPA.Injector.csproj
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
       <Link>Libraries\Mono\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll</Link>
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
+    <Content Include="..\Libs\netstandard.dll">
+      <Link>Libraries\Mono\netstandard.dll</Link>
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -84,9 +88,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="AsyncBridge" Version="0.3.1" />
     
     <ProjectReference Include="..\SemVer\SemVer.csproj" />
-    <Reference Include="Hive.Versioning" Version="0.1.0">
-      <HintPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Libs\thirdparty\Hive.Versioning.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   
   <Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent">
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Loader/LibLoader.cs b/IPA.Loader/Loader/LibLoader.cs
index 4960b6c6..337eb5e6 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Loader/LibLoader.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Loader/LibLoader.cs
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ namespace IPA.Loader
 
                 //var unityData = Directory.EnumerateDirectories(Environment.CurrentDirectory, "*_Data").First();
                 //AddDir(Path.Combine(unityData, "Plugins"));
+
+                // TODO: find a way to either safely remove Newtonsoft, or switch to a different JSON lib
+                _ = LoadLibrary(new AssemblyName("Newtonsoft.Json, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral"));
             }
         }
 
@@ -151,21 +154,29 @@ namespace IPA.Loader
             return Assembly.LoadFrom(path);
         }
 
-    internal static void Log(Logger.Level lvl, string message)
+        internal static void Log(Logger.Level lvl, string message)
         { // multiple proxy methods to delay loading of assemblies until it's done
             if (Logger.LogCreated)
+            {
                 AssemblyLibLoaderCallLogger(lvl, message);
+            }
             else
+            {
                 if (((byte)lvl & (byte)StandardLogger.PrintFilter) != 0)
                     Console.WriteLine($"[{lvl}] {message}");
+            }
         }
         internal static void Log(Logger.Level lvl, Exception message)
         { // multiple proxy methods to delay loading of assemblies until it's done
             if (Logger.LogCreated)
+            {
                 AssemblyLibLoaderCallLogger(lvl, message);
+            }
             else
+            {
                 if (((byte)lvl & (byte)StandardLogger.PrintFilter) != 0)
-                Console.WriteLine($"[{lvl}] {message}");
+                    Console.WriteLine($"[{lvl}] {message}");
+            }
         }
 
         private static void AssemblyLibLoaderCallLogger(Logger.Level lvl, string message) => Logger.LibLoader.Log(lvl, message);
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