diff --git a/ios/Podfile b/ios/Podfile
index 8eaa995..3da15a0 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile
+++ b/ios/Podfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
-platform :ios, '12.0'
+platform :ios, '14.0'
 
 # CocoaPods analytics sends network stats synchronously affecting flutter build latency.
 ENV['COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS'] = 'true'
diff --git a/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift b/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift
index d236fa2..aa84a21 100644
--- a/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ import UniformTypeIdentifiers
   ) -> Bool {
     GeneratedPluginRegistrant.register(with: self)
 
+    guard let controller = window?.rootViewController as? FlutterViewController else {
+          fatalError("rootViewController is not of type FlutterViewController")
+    }
+
     let methodChannel = FlutterMethodChannel(name: "venera/method_channel", binaryMessenger: controller.binaryMessenger)
     methodChannel.setMethodCallHandler { (call, result) in
       if call.method == "getProxy" {