diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 5ffd4f6..e0cb08b 100755
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
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     <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.webmanifest" />
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     <link rel="preload" href="fonts/HankenGrotesk-latin.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin />
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+    <script src="lazy.js"></script>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="fonts/fonts.css" />
     <link rel="preconnect" href="https://i.ytimg.com" crossorigin />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
diff --git a/frontend/shell-consistency.test.js b/frontend/shell-consistency.test.js
index d44f109..bbdfbff 100644
--- a/frontend/shell-consistency.test.js
+++ b/frontend/shell-consistency.test.js
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ test('only core scripts and styles remain eager; native fallback and active layo
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   assert.ok(html.indexOf('src="lazy.js"')<html.indexOf('</head>'));
   assert.ok(html.indexOf('src="lazy.js"')<html.indexOf('rel="stylesheet"'),'head bootstrap must not wait for common CSS before requesting the selected layout');
+  assert.ok(html.indexOf('rel="preload"')<html.indexOf('src="lazy.js"'),'font preloads must start before the render-blocking bootstrap');
   assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(html.match(/id="ytp-assets">([^<]+)<\/script>/)[1]).groups,groups);
   for(const name of ['playlist','settings','service-mode','lyrics-editor'])assert.ok(groups['feature:'+name].eager);
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