diff --git a/r5dev/core/init.cpp b/r5dev/core/init.cpp
index 82f256f3..39c8c8d7 100644
--- a/r5dev/core/init.cpp
+++ b/r5dev/core/init.cpp
@@ -648,4 +648,12 @@ void DetourRegister() // Register detour classes to be searched and hooked.
 	REGISTER(VInputSystem);
 	REGISTER(VDXGI);
 #endif // !DEDICATED
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Singleton accessors:
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+IKeyValuesSystem* KeyValuesSystem()
+{
+	return g_pKeyValuesSystem;
+}
diff --git a/r5dev/revpk/revpk.cpp b/r5dev/revpk/revpk.cpp
index 2410c276..70a3ee7c 100644
--- a/r5dev/revpk/revpk.cpp
+++ b/r5dev/revpk/revpk.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
 static CKeyValuesSystem s_KeyValuesSystem;
 static CFileSystem_Stdio g_FullFileSystem;
 
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Purpose: keyvalues singleton accessor
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+IKeyValuesSystem* KeyValuesSystem()
+{
+    return &s_KeyValuesSystem;
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Purpose: filesystem singleton accessor
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -33,10 +41,6 @@ CFileSystem_Stdio* FileSystem()
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 static void ReVPK_Init()
 {
-    // Assign global kv accessor to static singleton object as we aren't linked
-    // to the game!!!
-    g_pKeyValuesSystem = &s_KeyValuesSystem;
-
     g_CoreMsgVCallback = EngineLoggerSink;
     lzham_enable_fail_exceptions(true);
 
diff --git a/r5dev/vstdlib/keyvaluessystem.cpp b/r5dev/vstdlib/keyvaluessystem.cpp
index 8bd06393..d97df261 100644
--- a/r5dev/vstdlib/keyvaluessystem.cpp
+++ b/r5dev/vstdlib/keyvaluessystem.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 #define MEM_4BYTES_FROM_0_AND_3BYTES( x03bytes ) ( ( (uint32) (x03bytes) ) & 0x00FFFFFF )
 #endif
 
+CKeyValuesSystem* g_pKeyValuesSystem = nullptr;
+void* g_pKeyValuesMemPool = nullptr;
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Purpose: Constructor
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/r5dev/vstdlib/keyvaluessystem.h b/r5dev/vstdlib/keyvaluessystem.h
index 43905ba9..df888747 100644
--- a/r5dev/vstdlib/keyvaluessystem.h
+++ b/r5dev/vstdlib/keyvaluessystem.h
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 #include "tier1/utlvector.h"
 #include "tier1/utlmap.h"
 
-inline void* g_pKeyValuesMemPool = nullptr;
+class CKeyValuesSystem;
+
+/* ==== KEYVALUESSYSTEM ================================================================================================================================================= */
+extern CKeyValuesSystem* g_pKeyValuesSystem;
+extern void* g_pKeyValuesMemPool;
 
 class CKeyValuesSystem : public IKeyValuesSystem// VTABLE @ 0x1413AA1E8 in R5pc_r5launch_N1094_CL456479_2019_10_30_05_20_PM
 {
@@ -103,17 +107,6 @@ private:
 	CThreadFastMutex m_Mutex;
 };
 
-/* ==== KEYVALUESSYSTEM ================================================================================================================================================= */
-inline CKeyValuesSystem* g_pKeyValuesSystem = nullptr;
-
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Instance singleton and expose interface to rest of code
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FORCEINLINE IKeyValuesSystem* KeyValuesSystem()
-{
-	return g_pKeyValuesSystem;
-}
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 class HKeyValuesSystem : public IDetour
 {