diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/android/AndroidFlipperClient.java b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/android/AndroidFlipperClient.java
index fe40a1f79..aa65c748a 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/android/AndroidFlipperClient.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/android/AndroidFlipperClient.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.net.wifi.WifiInfo;
 import android.net.wifi.WifiManager;
 import android.os.Build;
+import android.os.StrictMode;
 import android.util.Log;
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
 import com.facebook.flipper.BuildConfig;
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@ public final class AndroidFlipperClient {
 
       final Context app =
           context.getApplicationContext() == null ? context : context.getApplicationContext();
+
+      // exempt this disk read as this is a debug tool
+      StrictMode.ThreadPolicy oldPolicy = StrictMode.allowThreadDiskReads();
+      String privateAppDirectory;
+      try {
+        privateAppDirectory = context.getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath();
+      } finally {
+        StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(oldPolicy);
+      }
       FlipperClientImpl.init(
           sFlipperThread.getEventBase(),
           sConnectionThread.getEventBase(),
@@ -52,7 +62,7 @@ public final class AndroidFlipperClient {
           getId(),
           getRunningAppName(app),
           getPackageName(app),
-          context.getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
+          privateAppDirectory);
       sIsInitialized = true;
     }
     return FlipperClientImpl.getInstance();
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/android/FlipperProps.java b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/android/FlipperProps.java
index 0d8647ae3..aeafce7f7 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/android/FlipperProps.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/android/FlipperProps.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.flipper.android;
 
+import android.os.StrictMode;
 import android.util.Log;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ class FlipperProps {
     String propValue = null;
     Process process = null;
     BufferedReader reader = null;
+
+    // this function does not read from disk and this tool is for debug only
+    StrictMode.ThreadPolicy oldPolicy = StrictMode.allowThreadDiskReads();
     try {
       process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"/system/bin/getprop", propsName});
       reader =
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ class FlipperProps {
       if (process != null) {
         process.destroy();
       }
+      StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(oldPolicy);
     }
     return propValue;
   }