diff --git a/screensharing/main.js b/screensharing/main.js
index f06f6300..70c17c3e 100644
--- a/screensharing/main.js
+++ b/screensharing/main.js
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class ScreenShareMainHook {
         });
 
         this._screenShareTracker.sharingIdentity = this._identity;
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
         this._screenShareTracker.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/screenSharingTracker.html?`);
     }
 }
diff --git a/screensharing/render.js b/screensharing/render.js
index 664131cb..8eff77b2 100644
--- a/screensharing/render.js
+++ b/screensharing/render.js
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@ class ScreenShareRenderHook {
     /**
      * Creates a ScreenShareRenderHook hooked to jitsi meet iframe events.
      *
+     * @param {iframe} iframe - The jitsi Meet iframe object. This may seem redundant as we can access it from
+     * the api object, however we need it here for backwards compatibility as some clients are setup is such a
+     * way that they may end up calling the old jitsi-meet-electron-utils with the updated api, causing crashes.
      * @param {JitsiIFrameApi} api - The Jitsi Meet iframe api object.
      */
-    constructor(api) {
+    constructor(iframe, api) {
         this._api = api;
-        this._iframe = this._api.getIFrame();
+        this._iframe = iframe;
 
         this._onScreenSharingStatusChanged = this._onScreenSharingStatusChanged.bind(this);
         this._sendCloseTrackerEvent = this._sendCloseTrackerEvent.bind(this);
@@ -153,8 +156,9 @@ class ScreenShareRenderHook {
  * Initializes the screen sharing electron specific functionality in the renderer process containing the
  * jitsi meet iframe.
  *
+ * @param {iframe} iframe - The jitsi Meet iframe object.
  * @param {JitsiIFrameApi} api - The Jitsi Meet iframe api object.
  */
-module.exports = function setupScreenSharingForWindow(api) {
-    return new ScreenShareRenderHook(api);
+module.exports = function setupScreenSharingForWindow(iframe, api) {
+    return new ScreenShareRenderHook(iframe, api);
 };