diff --git a/src/article_maker.cc b/src/article_maker.cc
index 9558ac41..e6301ecd 100644
--- a/src/article_maker.cc
+++ b/src/article_maker.cc
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ body { background: #242525; }
 
   // load the `article-style.js` in user's config folder
   if ( auto userJsFile = Config::getUserJsFileName(); userJsFile.has_value() ) {
-    result += fmt::format( FMT_COMPILE( R"(<script src="file://{}"></script>)" ), userJsFile.value() );
+    result += fmt::format( FMT_COMPILE( R"(<script src="file://{}" defer></script>)" ), userJsFile.value() );
   }
 
   result += "</head><body>";
