diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/BridgeWebViewClient.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/BridgeWebViewClient.java
index a2b81a85e8..9335185862 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/BridgeWebViewClient.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/BridgeWebViewClient.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.getcapacitor;
 
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest;
 import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse;
@@ -43,4 +44,10 @@ public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onPageStarted(WebView view, String url, Bitmap favicon) {
+        super.onPageStarted(view, url, favicon);
+        bridge.reset();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
index b0da6c14ad..bf1491d01b 100755
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ private WebResourceResponse handleLocalRequest(WebResourceRequest request, PathH
 
             responseStream = jsInjector.getInjectedStream(responseStream);
 
-            bridge.reset();
             int statusCode = getStatusCode(responseStream, handler.getStatusCode());
             return new WebResourceResponse(
                 "text/html",
@@ -295,7 +294,6 @@ private WebResourceResponse handleLocalRequest(WebResourceRequest request, PathH
             // TODO: Conjure up a bit more subtlety than this
             if (ext.equals(".html")) {
                 responseStream = jsInjector.getInjectedStream(responseStream);
-                bridge.reset();
             }
 
             String mimeType = getMimeType(path, responseStream);
@@ -351,7 +349,6 @@ private WebResourceResponse handleProxyRequest(WebResourceRequest request, PathH
                     }
                     InputStream responseStream = conn.getInputStream();
                     responseStream = jsInjector.getInjectedStream(responseStream);
-                    bridge.reset();
                     return new WebResourceResponse(
                         "text/html",
                         handler.getEncoding(),