diff --git a/src/component/data/index.js b/src/component/data/index.js
index 760e485e..9ffa42f0 100644
--- a/src/component/data/index.js
+++ b/src/component/data/index.js
@@ -240,6 +240,26 @@ data.remove = (key) => {
   window.localStorage.removeItem(key);
 };
 
+data.clear_serviceWorker = () => {
+  if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
+    navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistrations().then((registrations) => {
+      registrations.forEach((registration) => {
+        registration.unregister();
+      });
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+data.clear_cache = () => {
+  if ('caches' in window) {
+    caches.keys().then((cacheNames) => {
+      cacheNames.forEach((cacheName) => {
+        caches.delete(cacheName);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+};
+
 data.backup = (dataToBackup) => {
   if (dataToBackup) {
     data.set(APP_NAME + 'Backup', JSON.stringify(dataToBackup));
@@ -315,11 +335,16 @@ data.load = () => {
 
 data.wipe = {
   all: () => {
+    data.clear_serviceWorker();
+    data.clear_cache();
+  
     data.remove(APP_NAME);
 
     data.reload.render();
   },
   partial: () => {
+    data.clear_serviceWorker();
+    data.clear_cache();
     bookmark.reset();
 
     data.set(APP_NAME, JSON.stringify({
diff --git a/src/component/version/index.js b/src/component/version/index.js
index b77a3d1e..24a2cd09 100644
--- a/src/component/version/index.js
+++ b/src/component/version/index.js
@@ -1,38 +1,36 @@
-export const version = {};
+export const version = {
+  number: '7.5.0',
+  name: 'Delightful Komodo Dragon',
+  compare: (a, b) => {
 
-version.number = '7.5.0';
+    let pa = a.split('.');
 
-version.name = 'Delightful Komodo Dragon';
+    let pb = b.split('.');
 
-version.compare = (a, b) => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 
-  let pa = a.split('.');
+      let na = Number(pa[i]);
 
-  let pb = b.split('.');
+      let nb = Number(pb[i]);
 
-  for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      if (na > nb) {
+        return 1;
+      }
 
-    let na = Number(pa[i]);
+      if (nb > na) {
+        return -1;
+      }
 
-    let nb = Number(pb[i]);
+      if (!isNaN(na) && isNaN(nb)) {
+        return 1;
+      }
 
-    if (na > nb) {
-      return 1;
-    }
-
-    if (nb > na) {
-      return -1;
-    }
+      if (isNaN(na) && !isNaN(nb)) {
+        return -1;
+      }
 
-    if (!isNaN(na) && isNaN(nb)) {
-      return 1;
-    }
-
-    if (isNaN(na) && !isNaN(nb)) {
-      return -1;
     }
 
+    return 0;
   }
-
-  return 0;
 };
diff --git a/src/initialBackground.js b/src/initialBackground.js
index 6d52f422..482e69ee 100644
--- a/src/initialBackground.js
+++ b/src/initialBackground.js
@@ -13,3 +13,13 @@ if (localStorage.getItem('nightTabStyle')) {
   }
   document.querySelector('head').appendChild(style);
 }
+
+// check if service worker is available
+if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
+  // register service worker
+  navigator.serviceWorker.register('./service_worker.js').then(() => {
+    console.log('serviceWorker registered');
+  }).catch(error => {
+    console.log('serviceWorker registration failed', error);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/serviceWorker/cachingStrategy.js b/src/serviceWorker/cachingStrategy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d159f628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serviceWorker/cachingStrategy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Caching strategies for service workers
+// For more details refer
+// https://web.dev/learn/pwa/caching/
+
+export const cacheFirst = async function (cacheName, event) {
+  let cacheResponse = await caches.match(event.request);
+  let request = event.request;
+  if (cacheResponse !== undefined) {
+    // cache hit
+    return cacheResponse;
+  }
+  // miss
+  else {
+    const fetchResponse = await fetch(request);
+    const fetchResponseClone = fetchResponse.clone();
+    const cache = await caches.open(cacheName);
+    await cache.put(request, fetchResponseClone);
+    return fetchResponse;
+  }
+};
+
+
+export const networkFirst = async function (cacheName, event) {
+  let request = event.request;
+  try {
+    const fetchResponse = await fetch(request);
+    const fetchResponseClone = fetchResponse.clone();
+    const cache = await caches.open(cacheName);
+    await cache.put(request, fetchResponseClone);
+    return fetchResponse;
+  }
+  catch (err) {
+    return caches.match(event.request);
+  }
+};
+
+export const networkOnly = async function (cacheName, event) {
+  return fetch(event.request);
+};
+
+export const raceCacheNetwork = async function (cacheName, event) {
+  let request = event.request;
+
+  let cachePromise = caches.match(request).then(
+    response => {
+      if (response) {
+        return response;
+      }
+      else
+        throw Error('cache miss');
+    }
+  );
+
+  let networkPromise = fetch(request).then(
+    response => {
+      let responseClone = response.clone();
+      caches.open(cacheName).then(cache =>
+        cache.put(request, responseClone)
+      );
+      return response;
+    }
+  );
+
+  return Promise.any([cachePromise, networkPromise]);
+};
diff --git a/src/serviceWorker/policies.js b/src/serviceWorker/policies.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10ea404c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serviceWorker/policies.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { cacheFirst, networkFirst, networkOnly } from './cachingStrategy';
+
+/* the various network policies for service workers
+these are used to determine how to handle a request
+based on the request's url
+determine which policy to select is done based on the
+first matching pattern */
+export const policies = [
+  {
+    // chrome extension
+    url: /^chrome-extension:.*$/i,
+    handle: networkOnly
+  },
+  {
+    // github pages
+    url: /^https:\/\/\w*\.github\.io\/nightTab\/.*$/i,
+    handle: cacheFirst
+  },
+  {
+    // images
+    url: /^(ftp|https?):.*\.(jpe?g|png|gif|svg)($|\?.*)/i,
+    handle: cacheFirst
+  },
+  {
+    // audios & videos
+    url: /^(ftp|https?):.*\.(mp\d|webm|ogg|wav|flac)($|\?.*)/i,
+    handle: cacheFirst
+  },
+  {
+    // fonts
+    url: /^(ftp|https?):.*\.(ttf|otf|woff\d?)($|\?.*)/i,
+    handle: cacheFirst
+  },
+  {
+    // web content
+    url: /^(ftp|https?):.*\.([jt]sp?|css|html?)($|\?.*)/i,
+    handle: networkFirst
+  },
+  {
+    // web data
+    url: /^(ftp|https?):.*\.(csv|json|txt|xml)($|\?.*)/i,
+    handle: networkFirst
+  },
+  // fallback
+  {
+    url: /.+/i,
+    handle: cacheFirst
+  },
+];
diff --git a/src/serviceWorker/service_worker.js b/src/serviceWorker/service_worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2653ef02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serviceWorker/service_worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { policies } from './policies';
+import {APP_NAME} from '../constant';
+
+import { version } from '../component/version';
+
+const CACHE_NAME = `${APP_NAME}-${version.number}`;
+
+self.addEventListener('install', event => { // register
+  console.log('serviceWorker installing...');
+  event.waitUntil(async () => {
+
+    await caches.open(CACHE_NAME).then( cache => {
+      // check if running in chrome extension
+      if(chrome?.extension) {
+        console.log('running in chrome extension, nothing to cache');
+      }
+      else
+        cache.addAll([
+          '/', // alias for '/index.html'
+          '/index.html',
+        ]);
+    });
+    console.log('serviceWorker installed...');
+  });
+});
+
+self.addEventListener('fetch', event => { // intercept
+
+  if(event.request.method !== 'GET')
+    event.respondWith(fetch(event.request));
+
+  // only cache GET requests
+  let policy = policies.find(
+    pattern => pattern.url.test(event.request.url)
+  );
+  event.respondWith(policy.handle(CACHE_NAME, event));
+});
+
+// Delete outdated caches
+self.addEventListener('activate', function (e) {
+  e.waitUntil(
+    caches.keys().then(function (keyList) {
+      // filter out all caches that are not part of this app
+      let cacheWhitelist = keyList.filter(function (key) {
+        return key.indexOf(APP_NAME);
+      });
+      // add current latest cache to whitelist
+      cacheWhitelist.push(CACHE_NAME);
+
+      return Promise.all(keyList.map(function (key, i) {
+        if (cacheWhitelist.indexOf(key) === -1) {
+          console.log('deleting cache : ' + keyList[i]);
+          return caches.delete(keyList[i]);
+        }
+      }));
+    })
+  );
+  console.log('serviceWorker version ' + version.number + ' activated');
+});
diff --git a/webpack.common.js b/webpack.common.js
index b98656d1..eb51346d 100644
--- a/webpack.common.js
+++ b/webpack.common.js
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ const CopyPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
 
 module.exports = {
   entry: {
-    index: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src', 'index.js')
+    index: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src', 'index.js'),
+    service_worker: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src', 'serviceWorker', 'service_worker.js'),
   },
   output: {
-    filename: '[name].[contenthash].js',
+    filename: '[name].js',
     path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist/web'),
     clean: true
   },
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   plugins: [
     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-      template: './src/index.html'
+      template: './src/index.html',
+      chunks : ['index']
     }),
     new CopyPlugin({
       patterns: [{