diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactlibrary/RNThreadModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/reactlibrary/RNThreadModule.java
index 5ca8b1b3a5e8577ba4f794bf7d7adcda7f5fb416..b8f19eb0d2a9c7aad93df973430dd7445bbae4db 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactlibrary/RNThreadModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactlibrary/RNThreadModule.java
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ public class RNThreadModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements Lifecy
   public void startThread(final String jsFileName, final Promise promise) {
     Log.d(TAG, "Starting web thread - " + jsFileName);
 
-    String jsFileSlug = jsFileName.contains("/") ? jsFileName.replaceAll("/", "_") : jsFileName;
+    // When we create the absolute file path later, a "./" will break it.
+    // Remove the leading "./" if it exists.
+    String jsFileSlug = jsFileName.contains("./")
+      ? jsFileName.replace("./", "")
+      : jsFileName;
 
     JSBundleLoader bundleLoader = getDevSupportManager().getDevSupportEnabled()
             ? createDevBundleLoader(jsFileName, jsFileSlug)
diff --git a/examples/SimpleExample/android/app/build.gradle b/examples/SimpleExample/android/app/build.gradle
index cd800887a00c13c686a3bc65ee30f71fee9315ff..8e0b6b6ce66932477704f1d6fe8a201997f1ae5e 100644
--- a/examples/SimpleExample/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/SimpleExample/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile project(':react-native-threads')
     compile fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
     compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1"
     compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
+    compile project(':react-native-threads')
 }
 
 // Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK