If this means you are using the ESP hooked up to give WiFi to an Arduino the short answer is there is no easy fix.
If you use the ESP for it’s intended purpose, a MCU with WiFi, then I posted the code, again, in the last few days to bypass the Blynk.begin() code blocking routine.
If your seasoned coder looked closely at the Blynk libraries for Blynk.config() and Blynk.connect() they might be able to port them from an ESP to an Arduino.
Alternatively if you really need an Arduino in your project you could go ESP with Arduino shield route, rather than Arduino with ESP shield.