diff --git a/libraries/ui/src/ui/types/ContextAwareProfile.cpp b/libraries/ui/src/ui/types/ContextAwareProfile.cpp
index 8e363e6546..ee47435d4d 100644
--- a/libraries/ui/src/ui/types/ContextAwareProfile.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ui/src/ui/types/ContextAwareProfile.cpp
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@
 //
 
 #include "ContextAwareProfile.h"
-#include <QtCore/QThread>
-#include <shared/QtHelpers.h>
-
 #if !defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
 
+#include <QtCore/QThread>
 #include <QtQml/QQmlContext>
 
+#include <shared/QtHelpers.h>
+#include <SharedUtil.h>
+
+
 static const QString RESTRICTED_FLAG_PROPERTY = "RestrictFileAccess";
 
 ContextAwareProfile::ContextAwareProfile(QQmlContext* context) :
@@ -27,12 +29,23 @@ void ContextAwareProfile::restrictContext(QQmlContext* context, bool restrict) {
     context->setContextProperty(RESTRICTED_FLAG_PROPERTY, restrict);
 }
 
-bool ContextAwareProfile::isRestricted() {
+bool ContextAwareProfile::isRestrictedInternal() {
     if (QThread::currentThread() != thread()) {
         bool restrictedResult = false;
-        BLOCKING_INVOKE_METHOD(this, "isRestricted", Q_RETURN_ARG(bool, restrictedResult));
+        BLOCKING_INVOKE_METHOD(this, "isRestrictedInternal", Q_RETURN_ARG(bool, restrictedResult));
+        return restrictedResult;
     }
     return _context->contextProperty(RESTRICTED_FLAG_PROPERTY).toBool();
 }
 
+bool ContextAwareProfile::isRestricted() {
+    auto now = usecTimestampNow();
+    auto cacheAge = now - _lastCacheCheck;
+    if (cacheAge > MAX_CACHE_AGE) {
+        _cachedValue = isRestrictedInternal();
+        _lastCacheCheck = now;
+    }
+    return _cachedValue;
+}
+
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/ui/src/ui/types/ContextAwareProfile.h b/libraries/ui/src/ui/types/ContextAwareProfile.h
index ad42c2677d..b55f95c180 100644
--- a/libraries/ui/src/ui/types/ContextAwareProfile.h
+++ b/libraries/ui/src/ui/types/ContextAwareProfile.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #if !defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
 #include <QtWebEngine/QQuickWebEngineProfile>
 #include <QtWebEngineCore/QWebEngineUrlRequestInterceptor>
+#include <NumericalConstants.h>
 
 class QQmlContext;
 
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ class ContextAwareProfile : public QQuickWebEngineProfile {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     static void restrictContext(QQmlContext* context, bool restrict = true);
-    Q_INVOKABLE bool isRestricted();
+    bool isRestricted();
+    Q_INVOKABLE bool isRestrictedInternal();
 protected:
 
     class RequestInterceptor : public QWebEngineUrlRequestInterceptor {
@@ -35,7 +37,10 @@ protected:
     };
 
     ContextAwareProfile(QQmlContext* parent);
-    QQmlContext* _context;
+    QQmlContext* _context{ nullptr };
+    bool _cachedValue{ false };
+    quint64 _lastCacheCheck{ 0 };
+    static const quint64 MAX_CACHE_AGE = MSECS_PER_SECOND;
 };
 #endif