diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
index 434cf3305..cdb592f72 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ struct WebviewHandler {
     dom: VirtualDom,
     webview: Rc<wry::webview::WebView>,
     waker: Waker,
+    // This is nessisary because of a bug in wry. Wry assumes the webcontext is alive for the lifetime of the webview. We need to keep the webcontext alive, otherwise the webview will crash
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     web_context: WebContext,
 }