diff --git a/jellyfin_kodi/jellyfin/ws_client.py b/jellyfin_kodi/jellyfin/ws_client.py
index 3ba8d6b3..6c80d9b4 100644
--- a/jellyfin_kodi/jellyfin/ws_client.py
+++ b/jellyfin_kodi/jellyfin/ws_client.py
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ from kodi_six import xbmc
 
 from helper import LazyLogger
 
+# If numpy is installed, the websockets library tries to use it, and then
+# kodi hard crashes for reasons I don't even want to pretend to understand
+import sys
+sys.modules['numpy'] = None
 import websocket
 
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