diff --git a/deltachat-ios/AppDelegate.swift b/deltachat-ios/AppDelegate.swift
index 3da948ca1..67f699a09 100644
--- a/deltachat-ios/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/deltachat-ios/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate, UNUserNotificationCenterD
                 UserDefaults.self.pushToDebugArray("ERR2")
             }
 
-            if !appIsInForeground() {
+            if !self.appIsInForeground() {
                 UserDefaults.setMainIoRunning(false) // this also improves resilience: if we crashed before, NSE would never run otherwise
             }
 
@@ -601,13 +601,13 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate, UNUserNotificationCenterD
             let eventHandler = DcEventHandler(dcAccounts: self.dcAccounts)
             let eventEmitter = self.dcAccounts.getEventEmitter()
             logger.info("➡️ event emitter started")
-            while !shouldShutdownEventLoop {
+            while !self.shouldShutdownEventLoop {
                 guard let event = eventEmitter.getNextEvent() else { break }
                 eventHandler.handleEvent(event: event)
             }
             logger.info("⬅️ event emitter finished")
-            eventShutdownSemaphore.signal()
-            eventHandlerActive = false
+            self.eventShutdownSemaphore.signal()
+            self.eventHandlerActive = false
         }
     }