diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d4302227..35335be27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixes
+
+- Tweaked the SDK reinstalling the backend to capture native crashes on Windows. C++ exceptions are now getting properly captured again ([#1622](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-unity/pull/1622))
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Bump Java SDK from v7.6.0 to v7.7.0 ([#1610](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-unity/pull/1610))
diff --git a/package-dev/Runtime/SentryInitialization.cs b/package-dev/Runtime/SentryInitialization.cs
index 7cefc142b..f44875c77 100644
--- a/package-dev/Runtime/SentryInitialization.cs
+++ b/package-dev/Runtime/SentryInitialization.cs
@@ -118,6 +118,17 @@ public static void Init()
 #endif
             }
         }
+
+#if SENTRY_NATIVE
+        [RuntimeInitializeOnLoadMethod(RuntimeInitializeLoadType.BeforeSceneLoad)]
+        public static void ReinstallBackend()
+        {
+            // At this point Unity has taken the signal handler and will not invoke our handler. So we register our
+            // backend once more to make sure user-defined data is available in the crash report and the SDK is able
+            // to capture the crash.
+            SentryNative.ReinstallBackend();
+        }
+#endif
     }
 
     public class SentryUnityInfo : ISentryUnityInfo
diff --git a/src/Sentry.Unity.Native/SentryNative.cs b/src/Sentry.Unity.Native/SentryNative.cs
index bcc5485ee..9825619fe 100644
--- a/src/Sentry.Unity.Native/SentryNative.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry.Unity.Native/SentryNative.cs
@@ -69,11 +69,8 @@ public static void Configure(SentryUnityOptions options, ISentryUnityInfo sentry
                 }
             }
             options.CrashedLastRun = () => crashedLastRun;
-
-            // At this point Unity has taken the signal handler and will not invoke our handler. So we register our
-            // backend once more to make sure user-defined data is available in the crash report and the SDK is able
-            // to capture the crash.
-            SentryNativeBridge.ReinstallBackend();
         }
+
+        public static void ReinstallBackend() => SentryNativeBridge.ReinstallBackend();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Sentry.Unity.Native/SentryNativeBridge.cs b/src/Sentry.Unity.Native/SentryNativeBridge.cs
index eb2367342..bde377f36 100644
--- a/src/Sentry.Unity.Native/SentryNativeBridge.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry.Unity.Native/SentryNativeBridge.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace Sentry.Unity.Native
     /// <see href="https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native"/>
     public static class SentryNativeBridge
     {
-
         public static bool CrashedLastRun;
 
         public static bool Init(SentryUnityOptions options, ISentryUnityInfo sentryUnityInfo)