diff --git a/packages/vanilla-bundle/dist-grid-bundle-zip/slickgrid-vanilla-bundle.zip b/packages/vanilla-bundle/dist-grid-bundle-zip/slickgrid-vanilla-bundle.zip
index 96a9fa06c..7c322db61 100644
Binary files a/packages/vanilla-bundle/dist-grid-bundle-zip/slickgrid-vanilla-bundle.zip and b/packages/vanilla-bundle/dist-grid-bundle-zip/slickgrid-vanilla-bundle.zip differ
diff --git a/packages/vanilla-bundle/src/components/slick-vanilla-grid-bundle.ts b/packages/vanilla-bundle/src/components/slick-vanilla-grid-bundle.ts
index 8bb7cba5e..fb35aa0d6 100644
--- a/packages/vanilla-bundle/src/components/slick-vanilla-grid-bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/vanilla-bundle/src/components/slick-vanilla-grid-bundle.ts
@@ -558,9 +558,6 @@ export class SlickVanillaGridBundle {
     this.sharedService.dataView = this.dataView;
     this.sharedService.slickGrid = this.slickGrid;
 
-    // load the resizer service
-    this.resizerService.init(this.slickGrid, this._gridParentContainerElm);
-
     this.extensionService.bindDifferentExtensions();
     this.bindDifferentHooks(this.slickGrid, this._gridOptions, this.dataView);
     this._slickgridInitialized = true;
@@ -577,6 +574,10 @@ export class SlickVanillaGridBundle {
     // initialize the SlickGrid grid
     this.slickGrid.init();
 
+    // initialized the resizer service only after SlickGrid is initialized
+    // if we don't we end up binding our resize to a grid element that doesn't yet exist in the DOM and the resizer service will fail silently (because it has a try/catch that unbinds the resize without throwing back)
+    this.resizerService.init(this.slickGrid, this._gridParentContainerElm);
+
     // user could show a custom footer with the data metrics (dataset length and last updated timestamp)
     if (!this.gridOptions.enablePagination && this.gridOptions.showCustomFooter && this.gridOptions.customFooterOptions) {
       this.slickFooter = new SlickFooterComponent(this.slickGrid, this.gridOptions.customFooterOptions, this.translaterService);