diff --git a/src/bootstrap.js b/src/bootstrap.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap.js
+++ b/src/bootstrap.js
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+// disable electron's asar support early on because bootstrap.js is used in forked processes
+// where the environment is purely node based. this will instruct electron to not treat files
+// with *.asar ending any special from normal files.
+process.noAsar = true;
+
 // Will be defined if we got forked from another node process
 // In that case we override console.log/warn/error to be able
 // to send loading issues to the main side for logging.
process.noAsar in forked processes