diff --git a/ios/NewExpensify/AppDelegate.mm b/ios/NewExpensify/AppDelegate.mm
index fded3061f7a5..47b7f7a9142f 100644
--- a/ios/NewExpensify/AppDelegate.mm
+++ b/ios/NewExpensify/AppDelegate.mm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
   // They will be passed down to the ViewController used by React Native.
   self.initialProps = @{};
   self.dependencyProvider = [RCTAppDependencyProvider new];
-
+  
   // Configure firebase
   [FIRApp configure];
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
 
   [RCTBootSplash initWithStoryboard:@"BootSplash"
                            rootView:(RCTRootView *)self.window.rootViewController.view]; // <- initialization using the storyboard file name
-
+  
   // Define UNUserNotificationCenter
   UNUserNotificationCenter *center =
       [UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter];
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
       [UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0;
       [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:@"isFirstRunComplete"];
   }
-
+  
   [RNBackgroundTaskManager setup];
 
   return YES;
@@ -85,37 +85,13 @@ - (NSURL *)sourceURLForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
 
 - (NSURL *)bundleURL
 {
-    return [self getBundleURL];
-}
-
-- (NSURL *)getBundleURL
-{
-    NSURL *jsCodeLocation = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"main" withExtension:@"jsbundle"];
-    #if DEBUG && !TARGET_OS_SIMULATOR
-        NSString *ipPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"ip" ofType:@"txt"];
-
-        if (ipPath) {
-            NSError *error;
-            NSString *ip = [[NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:ipPath encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error]
-                                stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet newlineCharacterSet]];
-
-            if (ip && !error) {
-                NSString *metroAddress = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://%@:8081/index.bundle?platform=ios", ip];
-                jsCodeLocation = [NSURL URLWithString:metroAddress];
-                NSLog(@"Using %@ as metro server address", metroAddress);
-            } else {
-                NSLog(@"Failed to get metro server ip from %@, error: %@", ipPath, error.localizedDescription);
-            }
-        } else {
-            NSLog(@"Could not locate ip.txt");
-        }
-    #endif
-
-    #if DEBUG && TARGET_OS_SIMULATOR
-        jsCodeLocation = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:@"http://localhost:8081/index.bundle?platform=ios"];
-    #endif
-
-    return jsCodeLocation;
+#if DEBUG
+  return
+      [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index"];
+#else
+  return [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"main"
+                                 withExtension:@"jsbundle"];
+#endif
 }
 
 // This methods is needed to support the hardware keyboard shortcuts
diff --git a/ios/Podfile b/ios/Podfile
index d43a9d5530f1..1029402d69d4 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile
+++ b/ios/Podfile
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ def __apply_Xcode_14_3_RC_post_install_workaround(installer)
   end
 end
 
+def __modify_react_native_settings_for_debug_build(installer)
+  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
+    if target.name.include?('React')
+      target.build_configurations.each do |config|
+        if config.name.downcase.include?("debug")
+          config.build_settings['GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS'] ||= '$(inherited) DEBUG=1'
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 # Configure Mapbox before installing dependencies
 pre_install do |installer|
   $RNMapboxMaps.pre_install(installer)
@@ -101,6 +113,7 @@ target 'NewExpensify' do
       # :ccache_enabled => true
     )
     __apply_Xcode_14_3_RC_post_install_workaround(installer)
+    __modify_react_native_settings_for_debug_build(installer)
 
     installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
       if target.respond_to?(:product_type) and target.product_type == "com.apple.product-type.bundle"
diff --git a/ios/Podfile.lock b/ios/Podfile.lock
index a84ca7eb3561..48fe31431651 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -3478,6 +3478,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   VisionCamera: c95a8ad535f527562be1fb05fb2fd324578e769c
   Yoga: 1fd059161b449018342943b095a6d4e69bcaa719
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: e185ffe0937c6bc63c014c3164f1756b549b7af6
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 5b2f0a75a0848d964701b52fb6ab7e9602040f3e
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.15.2