diff --git a/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/CheckoutView.swift b/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/CheckoutView.swift
index e17a153f..12fb0dc9 100644
--- a/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/CheckoutView.swift
+++ b/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/CheckoutView.swift
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class CheckoutView: WKWebView {
 	private static var cache: CacheEntry?
 
 	static func `for`(checkout url: URL) -> CheckoutView {
-		guard ShopifyCheckout.configuration.preloading.enabled else {
+		guard ShopifyCheckout.configuration.preloading.enabled && ShopifyCheckout.configuration.preloading.preloadCalledAtLeastOnce else {
 			CheckoutView.cache = nil
 			return CheckoutView()
 		}
diff --git a/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/Configuration.swift b/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/Configuration.swift
index 4941d790..9192140d 100644
--- a/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/Configuration.swift
+++ b/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/Configuration.swift
@@ -67,5 +67,6 @@ extension Configuration {
 extension Configuration {
 	public struct Preloading {
 		public var enabled: Bool = false
+		internal var preloadCalledAtLeastOnce: Bool = false
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/ShopifyCheckout.swift b/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/ShopifyCheckout.swift
index 5c139ff9..3240434a 100644
--- a/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/ShopifyCheckout.swift
+++ b/Sources/ShopifyCheckout/ShopifyCheckout.swift
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public func configure(_ block: (inout Configuration) -> Void) {
 
 /// Preloads the checkout for faster presentation.
 public func preload(checkout url: URL) {
+	ShopifyCheckout.configuration.preloading.preloadCalledAtLeastOnce = true
 	guard configuration.preloading.enabled else { return }
 	CheckoutView.for(checkout: url).load(checkout: url)
 }