diff --git a/veilid-core/proto/veilid.capnp b/veilid-core/proto/veilid.capnp
index 55c40b2b..f38acab9 100644
--- a/veilid-core/proto/veilid.capnp
+++ b/veilid-core/proto/veilid.capnp
@@ -156,17 +156,12 @@ using ValueSeqNum = UInt32;                             # sequence numbers for v
 
 struct ValueKey @0xe64b0992c21a0736 {
     publicKey               @0  :ValueID;               # the location of the value
-    subkey                  @1  :Text;                  # the name of the subkey (or empty if the whole key)
+    subkey                  @1  :Text;                  # the name of the subkey (or empty for the default subkey)
 }
 
-# struct ValueKeySeq {
-#    key                     @0  :ValueKey;              # the location of the value
-#    seq                     @1  :ValueSeqNum;           # the sequence number of the value subkey
-# }
-
 struct ValueData @0xb4b7416f169f2a3d {
-    data                    @0  :Data;                  # value or subvalue contents
-    seq                     @1  :ValueSeqNum;           # sequence number of value
+    seq                     @0  :ValueSeqNum;           # sequence number of value
+    data                    @1  :Data;                  # value or subvalue contents
 }
 
 # Operations
diff --git a/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs b/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs
index 182824a2..3956f11b 100644
--- a/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs
+++ b/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use tracing_subscriber::*;
 
 // Globals
 lazy_static! {
+    static ref CORE_INITIALIZED: Mutex<bool> = Mutex::new(false);
     static ref VEILID_API: AsyncMutex<Option<veilid_core::VeilidAPI>> = AsyncMutex::new(None);
     static ref FILTERS: Mutex<BTreeMap<&'static str, veilid_core::VeilidLayerFilter>> =
         Mutex::new(BTreeMap::new());
@@ -144,6 +145,17 @@ pub extern "C" fn initialize_veilid_flutter(dart_post_c_object_ptr: ffi::DartPos
 #[no_mangle]
 #[instrument]
 pub extern "C" fn initialize_veilid_core(platform_config: FfiStr) {
+
+    // Only do this once, ever
+    // Until we have Dart native finalizers running on hot-restart, this will cause a crash if run more than once
+    {
+        let mut core_init = CORE_INITIALIZED.lock();
+        if *core_init {
+            return;
+        }
+        *core_init = true;
+    }
+
     let platform_config = platform_config.into_opt_string();
     let platform_config: VeilidFFIConfig = veilid_core::deserialize_opt_json(platform_config)
         .expect("failed to deserialize plaform config json");