diff --git a/termux/termux-app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java b/termux/termux-app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java
index 628242a677..0ad293f617 100644
--- a/termux/termux-app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java
+++ b/termux/termux-app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ public void close() {
     public void onCreate() {
         Logger.logVerbose(LOG_TAG, "onCreate");
 
-        // Get Termux app SharedProperties without loading from disk since TermuxApplication handles
-        // load and TermuxActivity handles reloads
-        mProperties = TermuxAppSharedProperties.getProperties();
+        mProperties = TermuxAppSharedProperties.init(getApplicationContext());
 
         // Use init() instead of getShellManager() so the singleton is lazily created if the
         // OS auto-restarted the service after process death (TermuxApplication.onCreate did not
diff --git a/termux/termux-app/src/test/java/com/termux/app/TermuxServicePropertiesNpeTest.java b/termux/termux-app/src/test/java/com/termux/app/TermuxServicePropertiesNpeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18fc079bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/termux/termux-app/src/test/java/com/termux/app/TermuxServicePropertiesNpeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package com.termux.app;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
+
+import com.termux.shared.termux.settings.properties.TermuxAppSharedProperties;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.robolectric.Robolectric;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
+import org.robolectric.android.controller.ServiceController;
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+public class TermuxServicePropertiesNpeTest {
+
+    @Before
+    public void clearPropertiesSingleton() throws Exception {
+        Field singleton = TermuxAppSharedProperties.class.getDeclaredField("properties");
+        singleton.setAccessible(true);
+        singleton.set(null, null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void onCreateBeforeTheAppLoaderRan_initializesTheServiceProperties() throws Exception {
+        assertNull(TermuxAppSharedProperties.getProperties());
+
+        ServiceController<TermuxService> controller = Robolectric.buildService(TermuxService.class).create();
+
+        Object serviceProperties = servicePropertiesOf(controller.get());
+        assertNotNull("TermuxService.mProperties must not be null after onCreate()", serviceProperties);
+        assertSame(TermuxAppSharedProperties.getProperties(), serviceProperties);
+
+        controller.destroy();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void onCreateAfterTheAppLoaderRan_reusesTheLoadedProperties() throws Exception {
+        TermuxAppSharedProperties loaded = TermuxAppSharedProperties.init(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication());
+
+        ServiceController<TermuxService> controller = Robolectric.buildService(TermuxService.class).create();
+
+        assertSame(loaded, servicePropertiesOf(controller.get()));
+
+        controller.destroy();
+    }
+
+    private static Object servicePropertiesOf(TermuxService service) throws Exception {
+        Field field = TermuxService.class.getDeclaredField("mProperties");
+        field.setAccessible(true);
+        return field.get(service);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/termux/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/termux/settings/properties/TermuxAppSharedProperties.java b/termux/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/termux/settings/properties/TermuxAppSharedProperties.java
index 7faf5f8b10..63d6f2b815 100644
--- a/termux/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/termux/settings/properties/TermuxAppSharedProperties.java
+++ b/termux/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/termux/settings/properties/TermuxAppSharedProperties.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 public class TermuxAppSharedProperties extends TermuxSharedProperties {
 
-    private static TermuxAppSharedProperties properties;
+    private static volatile TermuxAppSharedProperties properties;
 
 
     private TermuxAppSharedProperties(@NonNull Context context) {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ private TermuxAppSharedProperties(@NonNull Context context) {
      * @param context The {@link Context} for operations.
      * @return Returns the {@link TermuxAppSharedProperties}.
      */
-    public static TermuxAppSharedProperties init(@NonNull Context context) {
+    public static synchronized TermuxAppSharedProperties init(@NonNull Context context) {
         if (properties == null)
             properties = new TermuxAppSharedProperties(context);