diff --git a/Application/AppController.m b/Application/AppController.m
index 3362b5ae2..827f8f0a8 100644
--- a/Application/AppController.m
+++ b/Application/AppController.m
@@ -146,6 +146,26 @@ void *kAppControllerContext = &kAppControllerContext;
 	[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] registerDefaults:@{ @"NSApplicationCrashOnExceptions": @(YES) }];
 	[FIRApp configure];
 
+	/* Evil startup synchronous crash log submitter, because apparently, there
+	 * are some startup crashes that need diagnosing, and they're not getting
+	 * sent, because the asynchronous defaults are not kicking in before the
+	 * ensuing startup crash that happens somewhere later in this function. */
+	__block BOOL submitCompleted = NO;
+	ALog(@"Checking for unsent reports...");
+	[[FIRCrashlytics crashlytics] checkForUnsentReportsWithCompletion:^(BOOL hasReports) {
+		if(hasReports) {
+			ALog(@"Unsent reports found, sending...");
+			[[FIRCrashlytics crashlytics] sendUnsentReports];
+			ALog(@"Reports sent, continuing...");
+		} else {
+			ALog(@"No reports found, continuing...");
+		}
+		submitCompleted = YES;
+	}];
+	while(!submitCompleted) {
+		[[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] runUntilDate:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:0.01]];
+	}
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	// Prevent updates automatically in debug builds
 	[updater setAutomaticallyChecksForUpdates:NO];