diff --git a/src/components/onboarding/screens/create.tsx b/src/components/onboarding/screens/create.tsx
index e43b4101542..78f4ffbf96f 100644
--- a/src/components/onboarding/screens/create.tsx
+++ b/src/components/onboarding/screens/create.tsx
@@ -34,12 +34,7 @@ const ExplainerCard = ({ title, imageUrl }: ExplainerCardProps) => (
   </Flex>
 );
 
-interface MockData {
-  title: string;
-  imageUrl: string;
-}
-
-const createTimeoutLoop = (setState: (item: MockData) => void, arr: MockData[], onEnd: () => void) =>
+const createTimeoutLoop = (setState: (item: ExplainerData) => void, arr: ExplainerData[], onEnd: () => void) =>
   arr.forEach((item, index) =>
     setTimeout(() => {
       setState(item);
@@ -49,6 +44,32 @@ const createTimeoutLoop = (setState: (item: MockData) => void, arr: MockData[],
     }, (index + 1) * 2400)
   );
 
+const explainerData: ExplainerCardProps[] = [
+  {
+    title: 'Private data storage',
+    imageUrl: '/assets/images/icon-delay-private.svg',
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'Always-on encryption',
+    imageUrl: '/assets/images/icon-delay-padlock.svg',
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'Access to 100s of apps',
+    imageUrl: '/assets/images/icon-delay-apps.svg',
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'This will not display',
+    imageUrl: '',
+  },
+];
+
+const preloadImages = (images: { imageUrl: string }[]) => {
+  images.forEach(({ imageUrl }) => {
+    const img = new Image();
+    img.src = imageUrl;
+  });
+};
+
 interface CreateProps {
   next: () => void;
 }
@@ -60,31 +81,16 @@ export const Create: React.FC<CreateProps> = props => {
   });
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
-  const mockData: MockData[] = [
-    {
-      title: 'Private data storage',
-      imageUrl: '/assets/images/icon-delay-private.svg',
-    },
-    {
-      title: 'Always-on encryption',
-      imageUrl: '/assets/images/icon-delay-padlock.svg',
-    },
-    {
-      title: 'Access to 100s of apps',
-      imageUrl: '/assets/images/icon-delay-apps.svg',
-    },
-    {
-      title: 'This will not display',
-      imageUrl: '',
-    },
-  ];
+  useEffect(() => {
+    preloadImages(explainerData);
+  }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // This timeout is important because if the app is navigated to as a sign in, the
     // create page will be rendered momentarily, and we need to cancel these
     // functions if we're on a different screen
     const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-      createTimeoutLoop(setState, mockData, () => props.next());
+      createTimeoutLoop(setState, explainerData, () => props.next());
       dispatch(doCreateSecretKey());
     }, 200);
     return () => clearTimeout(timeout);