diff --git a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
index 7645e4de5..5722a42a2 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ serde = "1.0.136"
 serde_json = "1.0.79"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 log = "0.4.14"
-wry = { version = "0.23.4" }
+wry = { version = "0.27.2" }
 futures-channel = "0.3.21"
 tokio = { version = "1.16.1", features = [
     "sync",
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs b/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs
index 7b37b46d4..d7f1b5dfa 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use wry::application::window::Icon;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ type DropHandler = Box<dyn Fn(&Window, FileDropEvent) -> bool>;
 
 pub(crate) type WryProtocol = (
     String,
-    Box<dyn Fn(&HttpRequest<Vec<u8>>) -> WryResult<HttpResponse<Vec<u8>>> + 'static>,
+    Box<dyn Fn(&HttpRequest<Vec<u8>>) -> WryResult<HttpResponse<Cow<'static, [u8]>>> + 'static>,
 );
 
 impl Config {
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ impl Config {
     /// Set a custom protocol
     pub fn with_custom_protocol<F>(mut self, name: String, handler: F) -> Self
     where
-        F: Fn(&HttpRequest<Vec<u8>>) -> WryResult<HttpResponse<Vec<u8>>> + 'static,
+        F: Fn(&HttpRequest<Vec<u8>>) -> WryResult<HttpResponse<Cow<'static, [u8]>>> + 'static,
     {
         self.protocols.push((name, Box::new(handler)));
         self
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
index 75c67dd22..434cf3305 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ use tao::{
 };
 pub use wry;
 pub use wry::application as tao;
-use wry::application::window::WindowId;
 use wry::webview::WebView;
+use wry::{application::window::WindowId, webview::WebContext};
 
 /// Launch the WebView and run the event loop.
 ///
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ fn create_new_window(
     event_handlers: &WindowEventHandlers,
     shortcut_manager: ShortcutRegistry,
 ) -> WebviewHandler {
-    let webview = webview::build(&mut cfg, event_loop, proxy.clone());
+    let (webview, web_context) = webview::build(&mut cfg, event_loop, proxy.clone());
 
     dom.base_scope().provide_context(DesktopContext::new(
         webview.clone(),
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ fn create_new_window(
         webview,
         dom,
         waker: waker::tao_waker(proxy, id),
+        web_context,
     }
 }
 
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ struct WebviewHandler {
     dom: VirtualDom,
     webview: Rc<wry::webview::WebView>,
     waker: Waker,
+    web_context: WebContext,
 }
 
 /// Poll the virtualdom until it's pending
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/protocol.rs b/packages/desktop/src/protocol.rs
index f8c002a6a..efdc849a5 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/protocol.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 use dioxus_interpreter_js::INTERPRETER_JS;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::{
+    borrow::Cow,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+};
 use wry::{
     http::{status::StatusCode, Request, Response},
     Result,
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ pub(super) fn desktop_handler(
     custom_head: Option<String>,
     custom_index: Option<String>,
     root_name: &str,
-) -> Result<Response<Vec<u8>>> {
+) -> Result<Response<Cow<'static, [u8]>>> {
     // If the request is for the root, we'll serve the index.html file.
     if request.uri().path() == "/" {
         // If a custom index is provided, just defer to that, expecting the user to know what they're doing.
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ pub(super) fn desktop_handler(
 
         return Response::builder()
             .header("Content-Type", "text/html")
-            .body(body)
+            .body(Cow::from(body))
             .map_err(From::from);
     }
 
@@ -72,13 +75,13 @@ pub(super) fn desktop_handler(
     if asset.exists() {
         return Response::builder()
             .header("Content-Type", get_mime_from_path(&asset)?)
-            .body(std::fs::read(asset)?)
+            .body(Cow::from(std::fs::read(asset)?))
             .map_err(From::from);
     }
 
     Response::builder()
         .status(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND)
-        .body(String::from("Not Found").into_bytes())
+        .body(Cow::from(String::from("Not Found").into_bytes()))
         .map_err(From::from)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/webview.rs b/packages/desktop/src/webview.rs
index 099a2bd94..c6909972f 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/webview.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/webview.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ use tao::event_loop::{EventLoopProxy, EventLoopWindowTarget};
 pub use wry;
 pub use wry::application as tao;
 use wry::application::window::Window;
-use wry::webview::{WebView, WebViewBuilder};
+use wry::webview::{WebContext, WebView, WebViewBuilder};
 
 pub fn build(
     cfg: &mut Config,
     event_loop: &EventLoopWindowTarget<UserWindowEvent>,
     proxy: EventLoopProxy<UserWindowEvent>,
-) -> Rc<WebView> {
+) -> (Rc<WebView>, WebContext) {
     let builder = cfg.window.clone();
     let window = builder.build(event_loop).unwrap();
     let file_handler = cfg.file_drop_handler.take();
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ pub fn build(
         ));
     }
 
+    let mut web_context = WebContext::new(cfg.data_dir.clone());
+
     let mut webview = WebViewBuilder::new(window)
         .unwrap()
         .with_transparent(cfg.window.window.transparent)
@@ -52,11 +54,8 @@ pub fn build(
                 .as_ref()
                 .map(|handler| handler(window, evet))
                 .unwrap_or_default()
-        });
-
-    // These are commented out because wry is currently broken in wry
-    // let mut web_context = WebContext::new(cfg.data_dir.clone());
-    // .with_web_context(&mut web_context);
+        })
+        .with_web_context(&mut web_context);
 
     for (name, handler) in cfg.protocols.drain(..) {
         webview = webview.with_custom_protocol(name, handler)
@@ -82,5 +81,5 @@ pub fn build(
         webview = webview.with_devtools(true);
     }
 
-    Rc::new(webview.build().unwrap())
+    (Rc::new(webview.build().unwrap()), web_context)
 }