diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 1716bdc4..1cffc931 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-logger (= 0.75.4)
     - React-perflogger (= 0.75.4)
     - React-utils (= 0.75.4)
-  - RNPermissions (5.0.0):
+  - RNPermissions (5.0.1):
     - React-Core
   - RNVectorIcons (10.2.0):
     - DoubleConversion
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-utils: cbe8b8b3d7b2ac282e018e46f0e7b25cdc87c5a0
   ReactCodegen: 4bcb34e6b5ebf6eef5cee34f55aa39991ea1c1f1
   ReactCommon: 6a952e50c2a4b694731d7682aaa6c79bc156e4ad
-  RNPermissions: 71b219b536d93ecf39169432f1037f6cb45aa9ec
+  RNPermissions: ed7216b9f49ed98b6cf56b8030de68b9a10b2423
   RNVectorIcons: 6382277afab3c54658e9d555ee0faa7a37827136
   SocketRocket: abac6f5de4d4d62d24e11868d7a2f427e0ef940d
   Yoga: 055f92ad73f8c8600a93f0e25ac0b2344c3b07e6
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 670068e6..ff9c5f41 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-permissions",
-  "version": "5.0.0",
+  "version": "5.0.1",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "An unified permissions API for React Native on iOS, Android and Windows",
   "author": "Mathieu Acthernoene <zoontek@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/src/expo.ts b/src/expo.ts
index 3595c6fd..6ff52314 100644
--- a/src/expo.ts
+++ b/src/expo.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {ConfigPlugin, withDangerousMod} from '@expo/config-plugins';
+import {ConfigPlugin, createRunOncePlugin, withDangerousMod} from '@expo/config-plugins';
 import {mergeContents} from '@expo/config-plugins/build/utils/generateCode';
 import * as fs from 'fs/promises';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -60,16 +60,9 @@ ${iosPermissions.map((permission) => `  '${permission}',`).join('\n')}
         comment: '#',
       });
 
-      if (!withRequire.didMerge || !withSetup.didMerge) {
-        console.error(
-          "ERROR: Cannot add react-native-permissions to the project's ios/Podfile because it's malformed. Please report this with a copy of your project Podfile.",
-        );
-        return config;
-      }
-
       await fs.writeFile(file, withSetup.contents, 'utf-8');
       return config;
     },
   ]);
 
-export default withPermissions;
+export default createRunOncePlugin(withPermissions, 'react-native-permissions');