diff --git a/src/models/Safari.ts b/src/models/Safari.ts
index 228fcd2..da0e8aa 100644
--- a/src/models/Safari.ts
+++ b/src/models/Safari.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ import { Journal } from "./Journal"
 import { Log } from "./Log"
 
 export class Safari {
+    static #instance: Safari
     #journalDir?: string
     #journalPattern?: string
     journal?: Journal
 
-    constructor(isPackaged: boolean) {
+    private constructor(isPackaged: boolean) {
         if (!isPackaged) { // Account for WSL during development
             this.#journalDir = "/mnt/c/Users/marle/Saved\ Games/Frontier\ Developments/Elite\ Dangerous/"
         } else if (os.platform() === 'win32') { // Windows
@@ -30,6 +31,14 @@ export class Safari {
         }
     }
 
+    static start(isPackaged: boolean): Safari {
+        if (!Safari.#instance) {
+            Safari.#instance = new Safari(isPackaged)
+        }
+
+        return Safari.#instance
+    }
+
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------------- #getLatestJournal ---- */
 
     // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15696218/get-the-most-recent-file-in-a-directory-node-js
diff --git a/src/renderer.js b/src/renderer.js
index 118e577..5503910 100644
--- a/src/renderer.js
+++ b/src/renderer.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ window.process.argv.forEach((item) => {
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- app setup ---- */
 
-const safari = new Safari(isPackaged)
+const safari = Safari.start(isPackaged)
 const journal = safari.journal
 
 if (!journal) {