diff --git a/Model/Entities/Entities.swift b/Model/Entities/Entities.swift
index 4f15970b..0e99bfb9 100644
--- a/Model/Entities/Entities.swift
+++ b/Model/Entities/Entities.swift
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ struct URLContentMetaData {
     var isMediaType: Bool {
         mime.hasPrefix("video/") || mime.hasPrefix("audio/")
     }
+
+    var isTextType: Bool {
+        mime.hasPrefix("text/")
+    }
 }
 
 struct URLContent {
diff --git a/ViewModel/BrowserViewModel.swift b/ViewModel/BrowserViewModel.swift
index 7dc50418..bc815350 100644
--- a/ViewModel/BrowserViewModel.swift
+++ b/ViewModel/BrowserViewModel.swift
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ final class BrowserViewModel: NSObject, ObservableObject,
         }
     }
     @Published var externalURL: URL?
+    private var metaData: URLContentMetaData?
 
     private(set) var tabID: NSManagedObjectID? {
         didSet {
@@ -158,15 +159,27 @@ final class BrowserViewModel: NSObject, ObservableObject,
         }
     }
 
+    /// Get the webpage in a binary format
+    /// - Returns: PDF of the current page (if text type) or binary data of the content
+    func pdfData() async -> Data? {
+        if metaData?.isTextType == true {
+            return try? await webView.pdf()
+        } else if let url = await webView.url {
+            return ZimFileService.shared.getURLContent(url: url)?.data
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
+
     private func didUpdate(title: String, url: URL) {
         let zimFile: ZimFile? = {
             guard let zimFileID = UUID(uuidString: url.host ?? "") else { return nil }
             return try? Database.viewContext.fetch(ZimFile.fetchRequest(fileID: zimFileID)).first
         }()
 
+        metaData = ZimFileService.shared.getContentMetaData(url: url)
         // update view model
         if title.isEmpty {
-            articleTitle = ZimFileService.shared.getContentMetaData(url: url)?.zimTitle ?? ""
+            articleTitle = metaData?.zimTitle ?? ""
         } else {
             articleTitle = title
         }
@@ -268,7 +281,7 @@ final class BrowserViewModel: NSObject, ObservableObject,
 
     // MARK: - WKNavigationDelegate
 
-    // swiftlint:disable:next function_body_length
+    // swiftlint:disable:next function_body_length cyclomatic_complexity
     func webView(
         _ webView: WKWebView,
         decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction,
diff --git a/Views/Buttons/ShareButton.swift b/Views/Buttons/ShareButton.swift
index 632e6be7..ea579238 100644
--- a/Views/Buttons/ShareButton.swift
+++ b/Views/Buttons/ShareButton.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct ShareButton: View {
         guard let browserURLName = browser.webView.url?.lastPathComponent else {
             return nil
         }
-        guard let pdfData = try? await browser.webView.pdf() else {
+        guard let pdfData = await browser.pdfData() else {
             return nil
         }
         return (pdfData, browserURLName)