diff --git a/brightray/browser/browser_context.cc b/brightray/browser/browser_context.cc
index 31c00b8d6aa0..3ade3b1c51a8 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/browser_context.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/browser_context.cc
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ private:
 };
 
 BrowserContext::BrowserContext() : resource_context_(new ResourceContext) {
+}
+
+void BrowserContext::Initialize() {
   auto prefs_path = GetPath().Append(FILE_PATH_LITERAL("Preferences"));
   PrefServiceBuilder builder;
   builder.WithUserFilePrefs(prefs_path,
diff --git a/brightray/browser/browser_context.h b/brightray/browser/browser_context.h
index 85f00148c9c0..ec3f1f6e5a2f 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/browser_context.h
+++ b/brightray/browser/browser_context.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ public:
   BrowserContext();
   ~BrowserContext();
 
+  void Initialize();
+
   net::URLRequestContextGetter* CreateRequestContext(content::ProtocolHandlerMap*);
 
   PrefService* prefs() { return prefs_.get(); }
diff --git a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
index 04e67f24fb18..bb435057c056 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BrowserMainParts::~BrowserMainParts() {
 
 void BrowserMainParts::PreMainMessageLoopRun() {
   browser_context_.reset(CreateBrowserContext());
+  browser_context_->Initialize();
 
   // These two objects are owned by devtools_http_handler_.
   auto delegate = new DevToolsDelegate;