diff --git a/ViewModel/BrowserViewModel.swift b/ViewModel/BrowserViewModel.swift
index 9bdd9ef8..09349056 100644
--- a/ViewModel/BrowserViewModel.swift
+++ b/ViewModel/BrowserViewModel.swift
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ final class BrowserViewModel: NSObject, ObservableObject,
     // swiftlint:disable:next function_body_length
     @MainActor private init(tabID: NSManagedObjectID) {
         self.tabID = tabID
-        webView = WKWebView(frame: .zero, configuration: WebViewConfiguration())
+        webView = WKWebView(frame: .zero, configuration: WebViewConfigCache.config)
         if !Bundle.main.isProduction, #available(iOS 16.4, macOS 13.3, *) {
                 webView.isInspectable = true
         }
diff --git a/Views/BuildingBlocks/WebView.swift b/Views/BuildingBlocks/WebView.swift
index 0a299312..6d95d229 100644
--- a/Views/BuildingBlocks/WebView.swift
+++ b/Views/BuildingBlocks/WebView.swift
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ extension WKWebView {
 }
 #endif
 
+enum WebViewConfigCache {
+    static let config = WebViewConfiguration()
+}
+
 final class WebViewConfiguration: WKWebViewConfiguration {
     override init() {
         super.init()