diff --git a/toolkit/editor/editor/editor.cc b/toolkit/editor/editor/editor.cc
index e0b5b7636..eae813212 100644
--- a/toolkit/editor/editor/editor.cc
+++ b/toolkit/editor/editor/editor.cc
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ Create()
     IO::AssignRegistry::Instance()->SetAssign(IO::Assign("work", "proj:work"));
     IO::AssignRegistry::Instance()->SetAssign(IO::Assign("assets", "work:assets"));
 
-    Scripting::ScriptServer::Instance()->AddModulePath("edscr:");
-    Scripting::ScriptServer::Instance()->EvalFile("edscr:bootstrap.py");
-
-    /// Import reload to be able to reload modules.
-    Scripting::ScriptServer::Instance()->Eval("from importlib import reload");
-
     Game::TimeSourceCreateInfo editorTimeSourceInfo;
     editorTimeSourceInfo.hash = TIMESOURCE_EDITOR;
     Game::TimeManager::CreateTimeSource(editorTimeSourceInfo);
@@ -63,7 +57,21 @@ Create()
     CreatePathConverter({});
 
     Game::EditorState::Singleton = new Game::EditorState();
-    Game::EditorState::Instance()->isRunning = true;    
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/**
+*/
+void
+Start()
+{
+    Scripting::ScriptServer::Instance()->AddModulePath("edscr:");
+    Scripting::ScriptServer::Instance()->EvalFile("edscr:bootstrap.py");
+
+    /// Import reload to be able to reload modules.
+    Scripting::ScriptServer::Instance()->Eval("from importlib import reload");
+
+    Game::EditorState::Instance()->isRunning = true;
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/toolkit/editor/editor/editor.h b/toolkit/editor/editor/editor.h
index e4cb35ec9..0a7a31dbd 100644
--- a/toolkit/editor/editor/editor.h
+++ b/toolkit/editor/editor/editor.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ struct State
 /// Create the editor
 void Create();
 
+/// Start the editor
+void Start();
+
 /// Destroy the editor
 void Destroy();
 
diff --git a/toolkit/editor/editorfeature/editorfeatureunit.cc b/toolkit/editor/editorfeature/editorfeatureunit.cc
index 97b30fb21..853ab060c 100644
--- a/toolkit/editor/editorfeature/editorfeatureunit.cc
+++ b/toolkit/editor/editorfeature/editorfeatureunit.cc
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ EditorFeatureUnit::OnActivate()
 
         this->AttachManager(Editor::UIManager::Create());
 
+        Editor::Start();
+
         // TODO: move this to a game manager that is created by the editor
 
         Game::World* world = Game::GetWorld(WORLD_DEFAULT);