diff --git a/src/bare_map.html b/src/bare_map.html
index c31e43b4e..0aa072f6b 100644
--- a/src/bare_map.html
+++ b/src/bare_map.html
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <title>OpenStreetMap Americana</title>
+    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://osm-americana.github.io" />
+    <link href="fonts.css" rel="stylesheet" />
     <meta
       name="viewport"
       content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no"
@@ -25,6 +27,13 @@
   </head>
 
   <body>
+    <p style="
+            font-family: 'Noto Sans Condensed';
+            font-weight: 500;
+            visibility: hidden;
+          ">
+      Invisible text so the font will load early
+    </p>
     <div id="map"></div>
   </body>
 </html>
