diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
index 4cb32e75e7..d88b3272cf 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
@@ -460,7 +460,8 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
   await appManager.activatePlugin(['mainPanel', 'menuicons', 'tabs'])
   await appManager.activatePlugin(['sidePanel']) // activating  host plugin separately
   await appManager.activatePlugin(['home'])
-  await appManager.activatePlugin(['hiddenPanel', 'pluginManager', 'filePanel', 'settings', 'contextualListener', 'terminal', 'fetchAndCompile', 'contentImport'])
+  await appManager.activatePlugin(['settings'])
+  await appManager.activatePlugin(['hiddenPanel', 'pluginManager', 'filePanel', 'contextualListener', 'terminal', 'fetchAndCompile', 'contentImport'])
 
   const queryParams = new QueryParams()
   const params = queryParams.get()
diff --git a/libs/remix-core-plugin/src/lib/compiler-content-imports.ts b/libs/remix-core-plugin/src/lib/compiler-content-imports.ts
index 3a907fa2b4..ea4eae6958 100644
--- a/libs/remix-core-plugin/src/lib/compiler-content-imports.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-core-plugin/src/lib/compiler-content-imports.ts
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ export class CompilerImports extends Plugin {
     this.urlResolver.setGistToken(token, protocol)
   }
 
-  onActivation () {
-    this.setToken()
-  }
-
   isRelativeImport (url) {
     return /^([^/]+)/.exec(url)
   }
@@ -73,6 +69,7 @@ export class CompilerImports extends Plugin {
 
     let resolved
     try {
+      await this.setToken()
       resolved = await this.urlResolver.resolve(url)
       const { content, cleanUrl, type } = resolved
       self.previouslyHandled[url] = {