diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/BaseWebView.qml b/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/BaseWebView.qml
index c2bb19e328..763e6530fb 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/BaseWebView.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/controls-uit/BaseWebView.qml
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ import HFWebEngineProfile 1.0
 WebEngineView {
     id: root
 
-    profile: HFWebEngineProfile {
-        id: webviewProfile
-        storageName: "qmlWebEngine"
-    }
+    profile: desktop.browserProfile
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
         console.log("Connecting JS messaging to Hifi Logging")
diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/desktop/Desktop.qml b/interface/resources/qml/desktop/Desktop.qml
index ea2f048c1f..b207087be0 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/desktop/Desktop.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/desktop/Desktop.qml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ FocusScope {
         }
 
     }
-
+    
     onHeightChanged: d.handleSizeChanged();
 
     onWidthChanged: d.handleSizeChanged();
diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Desktop.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Desktop.qml
index dd474a3889..e0f8cee1f9 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Desktop.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Desktop.qml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ OriginalDesktop.Desktop {
     property alias toolWindow: toolWindow
     ToolWindow { id: toolWindow }
 
+    property var browserProfile: WebEngineProfile {
+        id: webviewProfile
+        storageName: "qmlWebEngine"
+    }
+
     Action {
         text: "Open Browser"
         shortcut: "Ctrl+B"
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 41287746a0..c9eb1423a6 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@
 #include "devices/Leapmotion.h"
 #include "DiscoverabilityManager.h"
 #include "GLCanvas.h"
-#include "HFWebEngineProfile.h"
 #include "InterfaceActionFactory.h"
 #include "InterfaceLogging.h"
 #include "LODManager.h"
 #include "ModelPackager.h"
+#include "networking/HFWebEngineProfile.h"
 #include "scripting/AccountScriptingInterface.h"
 #include "scripting/AssetMappingsScriptingInterface.h"
 #include "scripting/AudioDeviceScriptingInterface.h"
diff --git a/interface/src/HFWebEngineProfile.cpp b/interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineProfile.cpp
similarity index 96%
rename from interface/src/HFWebEngineProfile.cpp
rename to interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineProfile.cpp
index 2e76ebfcf2..6b377fa900 100644
--- a/interface/src/HFWebEngineProfile.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineProfile.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //
 //  HFWebEngineProfile.cpp
-//  interface/src
+//  interface/src/networking
 //
 //  Created by Stephen Birarda on 2016-10-17.
 //  Copyright 2016 High Fidelity, Inc.
diff --git a/interface/src/HFWebEngineProfile.h b/interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineProfile.h
similarity index 95%
rename from interface/src/HFWebEngineProfile.h
rename to interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineProfile.h
index 68d1fcc934..5c7655479e 100644
--- a/interface/src/HFWebEngineProfile.h
+++ b/interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineProfile.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //
 //  HFWebEngineProfile.h
-//  interface/src
+//  interface/src/networking
 //
 //  Created by Stephen Birarda on 2016-10-17.
 //  Copyright 2016 High Fidelity, Inc.
diff --git a/interface/src/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.cpp b/interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.cpp
similarity index 97%
rename from interface/src/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.cpp
rename to interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.cpp
index 67ab1b3d02..9c3f0b232e 100644
--- a/interface/src/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //
 //  HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.cpp
-//  libraries/networking/src
+//  interface/src/networking
 //
 //  Created by Stephen Birarda on 2016-10-14.
 //  Copyright 2016 High Fidelity, Inc.
diff --git a/interface/src/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.h b/interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.h
similarity index 96%
rename from interface/src/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.h
rename to interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.h
index 0b812243f4..a4c308426c 100644
--- a/interface/src/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.h
+++ b/interface/src/networking/HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //
 //  HFWebEngineRequestInterceptor.h
-//  interface/src
+//  interface/src/networking
 //
 //  Created by Stephen Birarda on 2016-10-14.
 //  Copyright 2016 High Fidelity, Inc.