diff --git a/Shared/Article Rendering/ArticleRenderer.swift b/Shared/Article Rendering/ArticleRenderer.swift
index 327bbec76..be8f5daef 100644
--- a/Shared/Article Rendering/ArticleRenderer.swift	
+++ b/Shared/Article Rendering/ArticleRenderer.swift	
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@ import Account
 struct ArticleRenderer {
 
 	typealias Rendering = (style: String, html: String)
-	typealias Page = (html: String, baseURL: URL)
+	typealias Page = (url: URL, baseURL: URL)
 
 	static var imageIconScheme = "nnwImageIcon"
 	
 	static var page: Page = {
-		let pageURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "page", withExtension: "html")!
-		let html = try! String(contentsOf: pageURL)
-		let baseURL = pageURL.deletingLastPathComponent()
-		return Page(html: html, baseURL: baseURL)
+		let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "page", withExtension: "html")!
+		let baseURL = url.deletingLastPathComponent()
+		return Page(url: url, baseURL: baseURL)
 	}()
 	
 	private let article: Article?
diff --git a/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift b/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift
index 208d75f66..40038d000 100644
--- a/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class WebViewController: UIViewController {
 	private var topShowBarsViewConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint!
 	private var bottomShowBarsViewConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint!
 	
-	private var renderingTracker = 0
 	private var webView: WKWebView!
 	private lazy var contextMenuInteraction = UIContextMenuInteraction(delegate: self)
 	private var isFullScreenAvailable: Bool {
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ class WebViewController: UIViewController {
 	private var isShowingExtractedArticle = false {
 		didSet {
 			if isShowingExtractedArticle != oldValue {
-				renderPage()
+				reloadHTML()
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ class WebViewController: UIViewController {
 			}
 			if article != oldValue {
 				restoreWindowScrollY = 0
-				renderPage()
+				reloadHTML()
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ extension WebViewController: ArticleExtractorDelegate {
 	func articleExtractionDidFail(with: Error) {
 		stopArticleExtractor()
 		articleExtractorButtonState = .error
-		renderPage()
+		reloadHTML()
 	}
 
 	func articleExtractionDidComplete(extractedArticle: ExtractedArticle) {
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ extension WebViewController: WKNavigationDelegate {
 	}
 
 	func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, didFinish navigation: WKNavigation!) {
-		self.renderPage()
+		renderPage()
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -451,24 +450,12 @@ private struct ImageClickMessage: Codable {
 private extension WebViewController {
 
 	func reloadHTML() {
-		let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "page", withExtension: "html")!
-		webView.loadFileURL(url, allowingReadAccessTo: url.deletingLastPathComponent())
-		renderingTracker = 0
+		webView?.loadFileURL(ArticleRenderer.page.url, allowingReadAccessTo: ArticleRenderer.page.baseURL)
 	}
 
 	func renderPage() {
 		guard let webView = webView else { return }
 		 
-		// It looks like we need to clean up the webview every once in a while by reloading it from scratch
-		// Otherwise it will stop responding or cause rendering artifacts.  This typically only comes into
-		// play on the iPad where we aren't constantly pushing and popping this controller.
-		if (renderingTracker > 10) {
-			reloadHTML()
-			return
-		}
-		
-		renderingTracker += 1
-		
 		let style = ArticleStylesManager.shared.currentStyle
 		let rendering: ArticleRenderer.Rendering
 
diff --git a/iOS/Article/WebViewProvider.swift b/iOS/Article/WebViewProvider.swift
index 2c90e4505..49068b5e3 100644
--- a/iOS/Article/WebViewProvider.swift
+++ b/iOS/Article/WebViewProvider.swift
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class WebViewProvider: NSObject, WKNavigationDelegate {
 		webView.navigationDelegate = self
 		queue.insert(webView, at: 0)
 
-		webView.loadHTMLString(ArticleRenderer.page.html, baseURL: ArticleRenderer.page.baseURL)
+		webView.loadFileURL(ArticleRenderer.page.url, allowingReadAccessTo: ArticleRenderer.page.baseURL)
 
 	}