diff --git a/iOS/AppDefaults.swift b/iOS/AppDefaults.swift
index 3ef8572f5..dce1fdc19 100644
--- a/iOS/AppDefaults.swift
+++ b/iOS/AppDefaults.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import UIKit
 
 struct AppDefaults {
 
-	static var shared =  UserDefaults.standard
+	static var shared =  UserDefaults.init(suiteName: "group.\(Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier!)")!
 	
 	struct Key {
 		static let lastImageCacheFlushDate = "lastImageCacheFlushDate"
diff --git a/iOS/AppDelegate.swift b/iOS/AppDelegate.swift
index 9a4757548..24561755b 100644
--- a/iOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/iOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate, UISplitViewControllerDele
 		// Force lazy initialization of the web view provider so that it can warm up the queue of prepared web views
 		let _ = ArticleViewControllerWebViewProvider.shared
 		AccountManager.shared = AccountManager()
-		AppDefaults.shared = UserDefaults.init(suiteName: "group.\(Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier!)")!
 		
 		registerBackgroundTasks()