diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cd288d55..becebe8a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ crossbow-android = { path = "platform/android", version = "0.2.3", optional = tr
 crossbow-ios = { path = "platform/ios", version = "0.2.3", optional = true }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
+bevy = { git = "https://github.com/dodorare/bevy", rev = "732fc8c585ebd3a622153771a8c51ace93024a04" }
 miniquad = { git = "https://github.com/not-fl3/miniquad", rev = "d67ffe6950cf73df307e2d23aaa4726f14399985" }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/docs/src/tutorials/subxt-with-bevy.md b/docs/src/tutorials/subxt-with-bevy.md
index 4bb0ab8d..5c2a8e34 100644
--- a/docs/src/tutorials/subxt-with-bevy.md
+++ b/docs/src/tutorials/subxt-with-bevy.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ```sh
 [dependencies]
 substrate-subxt = "0.21"
-bevy = "0.8.0"
+bevy = "0.8.1"
 ```
 
 ## Bevy explorer example
diff --git a/examples/bevy-2d/Cargo.toml b/examples/bevy-2d/Cargo.toml
index c9687bf8..63b0020c 100644
--- a/examples/bevy-2d/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/bevy-2d/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 crossbow = { version = "0.2.3", path = "../../" }
 log = "0.4"
 anyhow = "1.0"
-bevy = { version = "0.8.0", default-features = false, features = ["bevy_winit", "render", "bevy_asset"] }
+bevy = { version = "0.8.1", default-features = false, features = ["bevy_winit", "render", "bevy_asset"] }
 
 [package.metadata]
 app_name = "Bevy 2D"
diff --git a/examples/bevy-explorer/Cargo.toml b/examples/bevy-explorer/Cargo.toml
index 32c9ce15..3d4f40e1 100644
--- a/examples/bevy-explorer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/bevy-explorer/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 subxt = "0.21"
 tokio = { version = "1.17", features = ["sync", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-bevy = { version = "0.8.0", default-features = false, features = ["bevy_winit", "render", "bevy_asset"] }
+bevy = { version = "0.8.1", default-features = false, features = ["bevy_winit", "render", "bevy_asset"] }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full", "bit-vec"] }
 jsonrpsee = { version = "0.10.1", features = ["async-client", "client-ws-transport"] }
 
@@ -22,6 +22,20 @@ assets = ["../../assets"]
 release_build_targets = ["aarch64-linux-android"]
 resources = ["../../assets/res/android"]
 
+[[package.metadata.android.plugins_local_projects]]
+include = ":crossbow"
+dont_implement = true
+project_dir = "../../platform/android/java"
+[[package.metadata.android.plugins_local_projects]]
+include = ":crossbow:lib"
+[package.metadata.android.manifest]
+package = "com.crossbow.example.permissions"
+[[package.metadata.android.manifest.uses_permission]]
+name = "android.permission.INTERNET"
+[package.metadata.android.manifest.uses_sdk]
+min_sdk_version = 19
+target_sdk_version = 31
+
 [package.metadata.apple]
 release_build_targets = ["aarch64-apple-ios", "x86_64-apple-ios"]
 resources = ["../../assets/res/apple"]
diff --git a/examples/bevy-explorer/res/metadata.scale b/examples/bevy-explorer/res/metadata.scale
deleted file mode 100644
index 73ed03cf..00000000
Binary files a/examples/bevy-explorer/res/metadata.scale and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/examples/bevy-explorer/res/polkadot_metadata.scale b/examples/bevy-explorer/res/polkadot_metadata.scale
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f29d1024
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/bevy-explorer/res/polkadot_metadata.scale differ
diff --git a/examples/bevy-explorer/src/explorer.rs b/examples/bevy-explorer/src/explorer.rs
index dc3a7a32..3490869b 100644
--- a/examples/bevy-explorer/src/explorer.rs
+++ b/examples/bevy-explorer/src/explorer.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use subxt::{
 };
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
-#[subxt::subxt(runtime_metadata_path = "res/metadata.scale")]
+#[subxt::subxt(runtime_metadata_path = "res/polkadot_metadata.scale")]
 pub mod bevy_explorer {}
 
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
@@ -28,14 +28,16 @@ impl ExplorerStateChannel {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn explorer_startup(task_pool: Res<AsyncComputeTaskPool>, channel: Res<ExplorerStateChannel>) {
+pub fn explorer_startup(channel: Res<ExplorerStateChannel>) {
+    let thread_pool = AsyncComputeTaskPool::get();
     let tx = channel.tx.clone();
+
     #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
     let certificate = CertificateStore::WebPki;
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
     let certificate = CertificateStore::Native;
 
-    task_pool
+    thread_pool
         .spawn(async move {
             let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
             rt.block_on(async {
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ pub fn explorer_startup(task_pool: Res<AsyncComputeTaskPool>, channel: Res<Explo
                         finalized_block_parent_hash: finalized.parent_hash.to_string(),
                     })
                     .await
-                    .unwrap();
+                    .ok();
                 }
             });
         })