diff --git a/Confuser.Core/ConfuserContext.cs b/Confuser.Core/ConfuserContext.cs
index a7e3a9034..94092bec1 100644
--- a/Confuser.Core/ConfuserContext.cs
+++ b/Confuser.Core/ConfuserContext.cs
@@ -161,28 +161,36 @@ public void CheckCancellation() {
 		///     Requests the current module to be written as mix-mode module, and return the native writer options.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <returns>The native writer options.</returns>
-		public NativeModuleWriterOptions RequestNative() {
+		public NativeModuleWriterOptions RequestNative(bool optimizeImageSize) {
 			if (CurrentModule == null)
 				return null;
 			if (CurrentModuleWriterOptions == null)
-				CurrentModuleWriterOptions = new NativeModuleWriterOptions(CurrentModule, true);
-
-			if (CurrentModuleWriterOptions is NativeModuleWriterOptions)
-				return (NativeModuleWriterOptions)CurrentModuleWriterOptions;
-			var newOptions = new NativeModuleWriterOptions(CurrentModule, true);
+				CurrentModuleWriterOptions = new NativeModuleWriterOptions(CurrentModule, optimizeImageSize);
+			
 			// Clone the current options to the new options
-			newOptions.AddCheckSum = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.AddCheckSum;
-			newOptions.Cor20HeaderOptions = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.Cor20HeaderOptions;
-			newOptions.Logger = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.Logger;
-			newOptions.MetadataLogger = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.MetadataLogger;
-			newOptions.MetadataOptions = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.MetadataOptions;
-			newOptions.ModuleKind = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.ModuleKind;
-			newOptions.PEHeadersOptions = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.PEHeadersOptions;
-			newOptions.ShareMethodBodies = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.ShareMethodBodies;
-			newOptions.DelaySign = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.DelaySign;
-			newOptions.StrongNameKey = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.StrongNameKey;
-			newOptions.StrongNamePublicKey = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.StrongNamePublicKey;
-			newOptions.Win32Resources = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.Win32Resources;
+			var newOptions = new NativeModuleWriterOptions(CurrentModule, optimizeImageSize) {
+				AddCheckSum = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.AddCheckSum,
+				AddMvidSection = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.AddMvidSection,
+				Cor20HeaderOptions = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.Cor20HeaderOptions,
+				GetPdbContentId = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.GetPdbContentId,
+				Logger = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.Logger,
+				MetadataLogger = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.MetadataLogger,
+				MetadataOptions = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.MetadataOptions,
+				ModuleKind = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.ModuleKind,
+				NoWin32Resources = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.NoWin32Resources,
+				PdbChecksumAlgorithm = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.PdbChecksumAlgorithm,
+				PdbFileName = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.PdbFileName,
+				PdbFileNameInDebugDirectory = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.PdbFileNameInDebugDirectory,
+				PdbOptions = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.PdbOptions,
+				PdbStream = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.PdbStream,
+				PEHeadersOptions = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.PEHeadersOptions,
+				ShareMethodBodies = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.ShareMethodBodies,
+				DelaySign = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.DelaySign,
+				StrongNameKey = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.StrongNameKey,
+				StrongNamePublicKey = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.StrongNamePublicKey,
+				Win32Resources = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.Win32Resources,
+				WritePdb = CurrentModuleWriterOptions.WritePdb,
+			};
 			CurrentModuleWriterOptions = newOptions;
 			return newOptions;
 		}
diff --git a/Confuser.Core/ConfuserEngine.cs b/Confuser.Core/ConfuserEngine.cs
index 07542b6ac..0f33c2886 100644
--- a/Confuser.Core/ConfuserEngine.cs
+++ b/Confuser.Core/ConfuserEngine.cs
@@ -332,11 +332,10 @@ static void BeginModule(ConfuserContext context) {
 			context.Logger.InfoFormat("Processing module '{0}'...", context.CurrentModule.Name);
 
 			context.CurrentModuleWriterOptions = new ModuleWriterOptions(context.CurrentModule);
-			context.CurrentModuleWriterOptions.WriterEvent += (sender, e) => context.CheckCancellation();
 			CopyPEHeaders(context.CurrentModuleWriterOptions.PEHeadersOptions, context.CurrentModule);
 
 			if (!context.CurrentModule.IsILOnly || context.CurrentModule.VTableFixups != null)
-				context.RequestNative();
+				context.RequestNative(true);
 
 			var snKey = context.Annotations.Get<StrongNameKey>(context.CurrentModule, Marker.SNKey);
 			var snPubKey = context.Annotations.Get<StrongNamePublicKey>(context.CurrentModule, Marker.SNPubKey);
@@ -367,7 +366,8 @@ static void BeginModule(ConfuserContext context) {
 				}
 		}
 
-		static void ProcessModule(ConfuserContext context) { }
+		static void ProcessModule(ConfuserContext context) => 
+			context.CurrentModuleWriterOptions.WriterEvent += (sender, e) => context.CheckCancellation();
 
 		static void OptimizeMethods(ConfuserContext context) {
 			foreach (TypeDef type in context.CurrentModule.GetTypes())
diff --git a/Confuser.Protections/AntiTamper/AntiTamperProtection.cs b/Confuser.Protections/AntiTamper/AntiTamperProtection.cs
index efcf01b0d..a528f845c 100644
--- a/Confuser.Protections/AntiTamper/AntiTamperProtection.cs
+++ b/Confuser.Protections/AntiTamper/AntiTamperProtection.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using Confuser.Core;
 using Confuser.Protections.AntiTamper;
 using dnlib.DotNet;
+using dnlib.DotNet.Writer;
 
 namespace Confuser.Protections {
 	public interface IAntiTamperService {
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ protected override void Initialize(ConfuserContext context) {
 		}
 
 		protected override void PopulatePipeline(ProtectionPipeline pipeline) {
+			pipeline.InsertPostStage(PipelineStage.BeginModule, new ModuleWriterSetupPhase(this));
 			pipeline.InsertPreStage(PipelineStage.OptimizeMethods, new InjectPhase(this));
 			pipeline.InsertPreStage(PipelineStage.EndModule, new MDPhase(this));
 		}
@@ -49,6 +51,25 @@ public void ExcludeMethod(ConfuserContext context, MethodDef method) {
 			ProtectionParameters.GetParameters(context, method).Remove(this);
 		}
 
+		class ModuleWriterSetupPhase : ProtectionPhase {
+			public ModuleWriterSetupPhase(AntiTamperProtection parent) : base(parent) { }
+
+			/// <inheritdoc />
+			public override ProtectionTargets Targets => ProtectionTargets.Methods;
+
+			/// <inheritdoc />
+			public override string Name => "Anti-tamper module writer preparation";
+
+			/// <inheritdoc />
+			protected override void Execute(ConfuserContext context, ProtectionParameters parameters) {
+				if (!parameters.Targets.Any()) return;
+
+				if (context.CurrentModuleWriterOptions is NativeModuleWriterOptions nativeOptions) {
+					context.RequestNative(false);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		class InjectPhase : ProtectionPhase {
 			public InjectPhase(AntiTamperProtection parent)
 				: base(parent) { }
diff --git a/Confuser.Protections/AntiTamper/NormalMode.cs b/Confuser.Protections/AntiTamper/NormalMode.cs
index d984687bb..ec6313072 100644
--- a/Confuser.Protections/AntiTamper/NormalMode.cs
+++ b/Confuser.Protections/AntiTamper/NormalMode.cs
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ public void HandleMD(AntiTamperProtection parent, ConfuserContext context, Prote
 		void WriterEvent(object sender, ModuleWriterEventArgs e) {
 			switch (e.Event)
 			{
-				case ModuleWriterEvent.Begin when e.Writer is NativeModuleWriter nativeWriter:
-					// disable the optimization of the image size for the native writer, so the method bodies can be protected.
-					nativeWriter.Options = new NativeModuleWriterOptions(nativeWriter.ModuleDefMD, false);
-					break;
 				case ModuleWriterEvent.MDEndCreateTables:
 					CreateSections(e.Writer);
 					break;
diff --git a/Tests/244_ClrProtection.Test/ProtectClrAssemblyTest.cs b/Tests/244_ClrProtection.Test/ProtectClrAssemblyTest.cs
index d0973fd38..a75d91b82 100644
--- a/Tests/244_ClrProtection.Test/ProtectClrAssemblyTest.cs
+++ b/Tests/244_ClrProtection.Test/ProtectClrAssemblyTest.cs
@@ -39,5 +39,16 @@ public Task TypeScrambleProtection() => Run(
 			Array.Empty<String>(),
 			new SettingItem<Protection>("typescramble"),
 			$"_{nameof(TypeScrambleProtection)}");
+
+		[Fact]
+		[Trait("Category", "Protection")]
+		[Trait("Protection", "anti tamper")]
+		[Trait("Protection", "resources")]
+		[Trait("Issue", "https://github.com/mkaring/ConfuserEx/issues/244")]
+		public Task AntiTamperResourceProtection() => Run(
+			"244_ClrProtection.exe",
+			Array.Empty<String>(),
+			new[] {new SettingItem<Protection>("anti tamper"), new SettingItem<Protection>("resources") },
+			$"_{nameof(AntiTamperResourceProtection)}");
 	}
 }