diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 3cae2272..4388e2cf 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     {% endblock opengraph %}
 
     {% block stylesheets %}
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/font/fira_code.css">
+    <link rel="preload" type="text/css" href="/font/fira_code.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/base_site_layout.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/markdown_formatting.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/code_highlighting.css">