diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/Tab/Model/Tab.swift b/DuckDuckGo/Tab/Model/Tab.swift
index 5c1c11d1db..684540e635 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/Tab/Model/Tab.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/Tab/Model/Tab.swift
@@ -984,9 +984,13 @@ protocol NewWindowPolicyDecisionMaker {
 
     @MainActor
     private func shouldReload(_ url: URL, shouldLoadInBackground: Bool) -> Bool {
+        var isNativeUI: Bool {
+            let content = TabContent.contentFromURL(url, source: .ui)
+            return !content.isUrl && content.urlForWebView != nil
+        }
         // don‘t reload in background unless shouldLoadInBackground
         guard url.isValid,
-              webView.superview != nil || shouldLoadInBackground,
+              webView.superview != nil || shouldLoadInBackground || isNativeUI,
               // don‘t reload when already loaded
               webView.url != url || error != nil else { return false }
 
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/Tab/View/BrowserTabViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/Tab/View/BrowserTabViewController.swift
index 69a680f172..6e88867376 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/Tab/View/BrowserTabViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/Tab/View/BrowserTabViewController.swift
@@ -507,13 +507,16 @@ final class BrowserTabViewController: NSViewController {
             addAndLayoutChild(bookmarksViewControllerCreatingIfNeeded())
 
         case let .settings(pane):
-            removeAllTabContent()
             let preferencesViewController = preferencesViewControllerCreatingIfNeeded()
+            if preferencesViewController.parent !== self {
+                removeAllTabContent()
+            }
             if let pane = pane, preferencesViewController.model.selectedPane != pane {
                 preferencesViewController.model.selectPane(pane)
             }
-            addAndLayoutChild(preferencesViewController)
-
+            if preferencesViewController.parent !== self {
+                addAndLayoutChild(preferencesViewController)
+            }
         case .onboarding:
             removeAllTabContent()
             if !OnboardingViewModel.isOnboardingFinished {