diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/issue/issueReporter.js b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/issue/issueReporter.js
index 47369aabee6..423dbe75a1c 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/issue/issueReporter.js
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/issue/issueReporter.js
@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@ function parseURLQueryArgs() {
 		.reduce(function (r, param) { r[param[0]] = decodeURIComponent(param[1]); return r; }, {});
 }
 
-function createScript(src, onload) {
-	const script = document.createElement('script');
-	script.src = src;
-	script.addEventListener('load', onload);
-
-	const head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
-	head.insertBefore(script, head.lastChild);
-}
-
 function uriFromPath(_path) {
 	var pathName = path.resolve(_path).replace(/\\/g, '/');
 	if (pathName.length > 0 && pathName.charAt(0) !== '/') {
@@ -143,31 +134,34 @@ function main() {
 
 	window.document.documentElement.setAttribute('lang', locale);
 
-	// In the bundled version the nls plugin is packaged with the loader so the NLS Plugins
-	// loads as soon as the loader loads. To be able to have pseudo translation
-	createScript(rootUrl + '/vs/loader.js', function () {
-		var define = global.define;
-		global.define = undefined;
-		define('fs', ['original-fs'], function (originalFS) { return originalFS; }); // replace the patched electron fs with the original node fs for all AMD code
+	// Load the loader
+	const loaderFilename = configuration.appRoot + '/out/vs/loader.js';
+	const loaderSource = fs.readFileSync(loaderFilename);
+	require('vm').runInThisContext(loaderSource, { filename: loaderFilename });
+	var define = global.define;
+	global.define = undefined;
 
-		window.MonacoEnvironment = {};
+	window.nodeRequire = require.__$__nodeRequire;
 
-		require.config({
-			baseUrl: rootUrl,
-			'vs/nls': nlsConfig,
-			nodeCachedDataDir: configuration.nodeCachedDataDir,
-			nodeModules: [/*BUILD->INSERT_NODE_MODULES*/]
+	define('fs', ['original-fs'], function (originalFS) { return originalFS; }); // replace the patched electron fs with the original node fs for all AMD code
+
+	window.MonacoEnvironment = {};
+
+	require.config({
+		baseUrl: rootUrl,
+		'vs/nls': nlsConfig,
+		nodeCachedDataDir: configuration.nodeCachedDataDir,
+		nodeModules: [/*BUILD->INSERT_NODE_MODULES*/]
+	});
+
+	if (nlsConfig.pseudo) {
+		require(['vs/nls'], function (nlsPlugin) {
+			nlsPlugin.setPseudoTranslation(nlsConfig.pseudo);
 		});
+	}
 
-		if (nlsConfig.pseudo) {
-			require(['vs/nls'], function (nlsPlugin) {
-				nlsPlugin.setPseudoTranslation(nlsConfig.pseudo);
-			});
-		}
-
-		require(['vs/code/electron-browser/issue/issueReporterMain'], (issueReporter) => {
-			issueReporter.startup(configuration);
-		});
+	require(['vs/code/electron-browser/issue/issueReporterMain'], (issueReporter) => {
+		issueReporter.startup(configuration);
 	});
 }