diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index e74e8cc..6a24b8e 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ JSExpr = "0.5, 1"
 JSON = "0.20, 0.21"
 JSON3 = "1"
 PlotlyBase = "0.8.15"
-PlotlyKaleido = "2"
+PlotlyKaleido = "2.2.5"
 Reexport = "0.2, 1"
 Requires = "1.0"
 WebIO = "0.8"
diff --git a/src/PlotlyJS.jl b/src/PlotlyJS.jl
index 3f60e31..79eb7c5 100644
--- a/src/PlotlyJS.jl
+++ b/src/PlotlyJS.jl
@@ -99,15 +99,15 @@ function __init__()
         @warn("Warnings were generated during the last build of PlotlyJS:  please check the build log at $_build_log")
     end
 
-    if ccall(:jl_generating_output, Cint, ()) != 1
-        # ensure precompilation of packages depending on PlotlyJS finishes
-        PlotlyKaleido.start()
-    end
-
     if !isfile(_js_path)
-        @info("plotly.js javascript libary not found -- downloading now")
+        @info("plotly.js javascript library not found -- downloading now")
         include(joinpath(_pkg_root, "deps", "build.jl"))
     end
+    
+    if ccall(:jl_generating_output, Cint, ()) != 1
+        # ensure precompilation of packages depending on PlotlyJS finishes
+        PlotlyKaleido.start(plotlyjs=_js_path)
+    end
 
     # set default renderer
     # First check env var
diff --git a/src/kaleido.jl b/src/kaleido.jl
index 67fc288..49da826 100644
--- a/src/kaleido.jl
+++ b/src/kaleido.jl
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ function savefig(
     return fn
 end
 
-_ensure_kaleido_running() = !is_running() && restart()
+_ensure_kaleido_running(; kwargs...) = !is_running() && restart(; plotlyjs=_js_path, kwargs...)
 
 const _KALEIDO_MIMES = Dict(
     "application/pdf" => "pdf",