diff --git a/src/debug/runReporter.ts b/src/debug/runReporter.ts
index 2c6563b6d..70a244f43 100644
--- a/src/debug/runReporter.ts
+++ b/src/debug/runReporter.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import { Logger } from "@utils/Logger";
 import * as Webpack from "@webpack";
 import { patches } from "plugins";
+import { initWs } from "plugins/devCompanion.dev/initWs";
 
 import { loadLazyChunks } from "./loadLazyChunks";
 import { reporterData } from "./reporterData";
@@ -78,11 +79,13 @@ async function runReporter() {
             }
         }
 
+        // if we are running the reporter with companion integration, send the list to vscode as soon as we can
+        if(IS_COMPANION_TEST)
+            initWs();
         ReporterLogger.log("Finished test");
     } catch (e) {
         ReporterLogger.log("A fatal error occurred:", e);
     }
-    console.log(reporterData);
 }
 
 // imported in webpack for reporterData, wrap to avoid running reporter
diff --git a/src/plugins/devCompanion.dev/index.tsx b/src/plugins/devCompanion.dev/index.tsx
index 6e9a287d1..22a10dba0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/devCompanion.dev/index.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/devCompanion.dev/index.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import { definePluginSettings } from "@api/Settings";
 import { Devs } from "@utils/constants";
 import { Logger } from "@utils/Logger";
 import definePlugin, { OptionType, ReporterTestable } from "@utils/types";
-import { reporterData } from "debug/reporterData";
 
 import { initWs, socket, stopWs } from "./initWs";
 console.log("imported");
@@ -58,9 +57,9 @@ export default definePlugin({
     },
 
     start() {
-        console.log(123);
-        console.log(reporterData);
-        initWs();
+        // if were running the reporter, we need to initws in the reporter file to avoid a race condition
+        if (!IS_COMPANION_TEST)
+            initWs();
     },
 
     stop: stopWs,
diff --git a/src/plugins/devCompanion.dev/initWs.tsx b/src/plugins/devCompanion.dev/initWs.tsx
index 000c79b1f..a99c168c3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/devCompanion.dev/initWs.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/devCompanion.dev/initWs.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import { showNotification } from "@api/Notifications";
 import { canonicalizeMatch, canonicalizeReplace } from "@utils/patches";
-import { Patch } from "@utils/types";
 import { filters, findAll, search, wreq } from "@webpack";
 import { reporterData } from "debug/reporterData";
 
@@ -40,29 +39,19 @@ export function initWs(isManual = false) {
             data: Object.keys(wreq.m),
             ok: true,
         });
-        // if we are running the reporter with companion integration, send the list to vscode as soon as we can
+
         if (IS_COMPANION_TEST) {
-            const toSend = reporterData;
-            for (const i in toSend.failedPatches) {
-                for (const j in toSend.failedPatches[i]) {
-                    const patch: Patch = toSend.failedPatches[i][j];
-                    if (patch.find instanceof RegExp)
-                        patch.find = String(patch.find);
-                    if (!Array.isArray(patch.replacement))
-                        patch.replacement = [patch.replacement];
-                    patch.replacement = patch.replacement.map(v => {
-                        return {
-                            match: String(v.match),
-                            replace: String(v.replace)
-                        };
-                    });
-                }
-            }
-            replyData({
-                type: "report",
-                data: toSend,
-                ok: true
+            const toSend = JSON.stringify(reporterData, (_k, v) => {
+                if (v instanceof RegExp)
+                    return String(v);
+                return v;
             });
+
+            socket?.send(JSON.stringify({
+                type: "report",
+                data: JSON.parse(toSend),
+                ok: true
+            }));
         }