diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/WebView.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/WebView.swift
index dd8b9776..997f0f96 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/WebView.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/WebView.swift
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import WebKit
             if let previousUrl = previousURL, url == previousUrl {
                 //dont load the new
             } else {
+                webView?.stopLoading()
                 webView?.load(URLRequest(url: url))
                 webViewHeight?.constant = 44
                 overLayer.isHidden = false
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ import WebKit
             if let previousHTML = previousHtmlString, previousHTML == htmlString {
                     //dont load the new html since they are the same html string as preivous
             } else {
+                webView?.stopLoading()
                 webViewHeight?.constant = 44
                 webView?.loadHTMLString(htmlString, baseURL: nil)
                 overLayer.isHidden = false