diff --git a/src/components/SideBar.tsx b/src/components/SideBar.tsx
index f2b82d5..8d23b6a 100644
--- a/src/components/SideBar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SideBar.tsx
@@ -108,12 +108,11 @@ export function SideBar() {
     }
   }, [intelligentToggle, sidebarToggleMode])
 
+  usePJAX()
   useOnPJAXDone(updateSideBarVisibility)
 
   platform.usePlatformHooks?.()
 
-  usePJAX()
-
   // Hide sidebar when error due to auth but token is set  #128
   const hideSidebarOnInvalidToken: boolean =
     intelligentToggle === null && Boolean(state === 'error-due-to-auth' && accessToken)
diff --git a/src/components/SideBarBodyWrapper.tsx b/src/components/SideBarBodyWrapper.tsx
index e9a6a98..4698895 100644
--- a/src/components/SideBarBodyWrapper.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SideBarBodyWrapper.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ResizeHandler } from 'components/ResizeHandler'
 import { useConfigs } from 'containers/ConfigsContext'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { useDebounce, useWindowSize } from 'react-use'
-import { defaultConfigs } from 'utils/config/helper'
+import { getDefaultConfigs } from 'utils/config/helper'
 import { cx } from 'utils/cx'
 import { setCSSVariable } from 'utils/DOMHelper'
 import * as features from 'utils/features'
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ export function SideBarBodyWrapper({
   )
 
   const dummySize: [number, number] = React.useMemo(() => [size, size], [size])
+
+  const defaultSideBarWidth = React.useMemo(() => getDefaultConfigs().sideBarWidth, []);
+
   return (
     <div
       ref={bodyWrapperRef}
@@ -115,8 +118,8 @@ export function SideBarBodyWrapper({
         <ResizeHandler
           onResize={onResize}
           onResetSize={() => {
-            setSize(defaultConfigs.sideBarWidth)
-            apply(sizeVariableMountPoint, defaultConfigs.sideBarWidth)
+            setSize(defaultSideBarWidth)
+            apply(sizeVariableMountPoint, defaultSideBarWidth)
           }}
           onResizeStateChange={state => {
             blockLeaveRef.current = state === 'resizing'
diff --git a/src/components/settings/SettingsBar.tsx b/src/components/settings/SettingsBar.tsx
index 4e60491..ded58b3 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/SettingsBar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/SettingsBar.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { Link } from '@primer/components'
 import { Icon } from 'components/Icon'
+import { useConfigs } from 'containers/ConfigsContext'
 import { VERSION } from 'env'
 import { platform } from 'platforms'
 import { GitHub } from 'platforms/GitHub'
 import * as React from 'react'
+import { useUpdateEffect } from 'react-use'
 import { useStateIO } from 'utils/hooks/useStateIO'
 import { SimpleField, SimpleToggleField } from '../SimpleToggleField'
 import { AccessTokenSettings } from './AccessTokenSettings'
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ export const wikiLinks = {
   copyFileButton: `${WIKI_HOME_LINK}/Copy-file-and-snippet`,
   copySnippet: `${WIKI_HOME_LINK}/Copy-file-and-snippet`,
   createAccessToken: `${WIKI_HOME_LINK}/Access-token-for-Gitako`,
+  pjaxMode: `${WIKI_HOME_LINK}/Pjax-Mode`,
 }
 
 type Props = {
@@ -30,7 +33,9 @@ function SettingsBarContent() {
   const useReloadHint = useStateIO<React.ReactNode>('')
   const { value: reloadHint } = useReloadHint
 
-  const moreFields: SimpleField<'copyFileButton' | 'copySnippetButton'|'codeFolding'>[] =
+  const moreFields: SimpleField<
+    'copyFileButton' | 'copySnippetButton' | 'codeFolding' | 'pjaxMode'
+  >[] =
     platform === GitHub
       ? [
           {
@@ -39,6 +44,16 @@ function SettingsBarContent() {
             wikiLink: wikiLinks.codeFolding,
             tooltip: `Read more in Gitako's Wiki`,
           },
+          {
+            key: 'pjaxMode',
+            label: 'Native PJAX mode',
+            wikiLink: wikiLinks.pjaxMode,
+            tooltip: 'Please keep it enabled unless Gitako crashes after redirecting',
+            overwrite: {
+              value: pjaxMode => pjaxMode === 'native',
+              onChange: checked => (checked ? 'native' : 'pjax-api'),
+            },
+          },
           {
             key: 'copyFileButton',
             label: 'Copy file button',
@@ -54,6 +69,10 @@ function SettingsBarContent() {
         ]
       : []
 
+  useUpdateEffect(() => {
+    window.location.reload()
+  }, [useConfigs().value.pjaxMode])
+
   return (
     <>
       <h2 className={'gitako-settings-bar-title'}>Settings</h2>
diff --git a/src/platforms/GitHub/index.ts b/src/platforms/GitHub/index.ts
index e21855c..c9a8d15 100644
--- a/src/platforms/GitHub/index.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/GitHub/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useConfigs } from 'containers/ConfigsContext'
 import { GITHUB_OAUTH } from 'env'
 import { Base64 } from 'js-base64'
+import { configRef } from 'utils/config/helper'
 import { run } from 'utils/general'
 import { resolveGitModules } from 'utils/gitSubmodule'
 import { sortFoldersToFront } from 'utils/treeParser'
@@ -169,7 +170,10 @@ export const GitHub: Platform = {
     return await getRepositoryTreeData(metaData, path, recursive, accessToken)
   },
   shouldShow() {
-    return Boolean(DOMHelper.isInCodePage() || (URLHelper.isInPullPage() && !DOMHelper.isNativePRFileTreeShown()))
+    return Boolean(
+      DOMHelper.isInCodePage() ||
+        (URLHelper.isInPullPage() && !DOMHelper.isNativePRFileTreeShown()),
+    )
   },
   shouldExpandAll() {
     return Boolean(URLHelper.isInPullPage())
@@ -205,8 +209,8 @@ export const GitHub: Platform = {
     useGitHubCodeFold(codeFolding)
     useEnterpriseStatBarStyleFix()
   },
-  delegatePJAXProps(options) {
-    if (!options?.node || options.node.type === 'blob')
+  delegatePJAXProps: options => {
+    if (configRef.pjaxMode === 'native' && (!options?.node || options.node.type === 'blob'))
       return {
         'data-pjax': pjaxContainerSelector,
         onClick() {
@@ -214,8 +218,11 @@ export const GitHub: Platform = {
         },
       }
   },
-  loadWithPJAX(url, element) {
-    element.click()
+  loadWithPJAX: (url, element) => {
+    if (configRef.pjaxMode === 'native') {
+      element.click()
+      return true
+    }
   },
 }
 
diff --git a/src/platforms/platform.d.ts b/src/platforms/platform.d.ts
index e555d7a..8431249 100644
--- a/src/platforms/platform.d.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/platform.d.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ type Platform = {
   delegatePJAXProps?(options?: {
     node?: TreeNode
   }): void | (React.DOMAttributes<HTMLElement> & Record<string, any>) // support data-* attributes
-  loadWithPJAX?(url: string, element: HTMLElement): void
+  loadWithPJAX?(url: string, element: HTMLElement): boolean | void
   usePlatformHooks?(): void
 }
diff --git a/src/styles/index.scss b/src/styles/index.scss
index 60570e5..ddf9ad4 100644
--- a/src/styles/index.scss
+++ b/src/styles/index.scss
@@ -883,6 +883,40 @@ $minimal-z-index: max(
         overflow: auto;
         position: relative;
 
+        .select-wrapper {
+          position: relative;
+
+          select {
+            width: 100%;
+            -webkit-appearance: none;
+            -moz-appearance: none;
+            appearance: none;
+            // make it look like text inputs
+            height: 36px;
+            padding: 0 6px;
+            border-radius: 6px;
+            border: 1px solid var(--gitako-border-default);
+            background: var(--gitako-canvas-default);
+            color: var(--gitako-fg-default);
+            box-shadow: var(--gitako-primer-shadow-inset);
+          }
+
+          .chevron {
+            position: absolute;
+            right: 6px;
+            top: 8px;
+            width: 10px;
+            height: 20px;
+
+            &::before {
+              width: 10px;
+              height: 20px;
+              background-color: var(--gitako-fg-subtle);
+              @include pseudo-primer-icon('chevron-down');
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
         .shadow-shelter {
           position: absolute;
           width: 100%;
@@ -914,39 +948,6 @@ $minimal-z-index: max(
                 cursor: not-allowed;
               }
             }
-            .select-wrapper {
-              position: relative;
-
-              select {
-                width: 100%;
-                -webkit-appearance: none;
-                -moz-appearance: none;
-                appearance: none;
-                // make it look like text inputs
-                height: 36px;
-                padding: 0 6px;
-                border-radius: 6px;
-                border: 1px solid var(--gitako-border-default);
-                background: var(--gitako-canvas-default);
-                color: var(--gitako-fg-default);
-                box-shadow: var(--gitako-primer-shadow-inset);
-              }
-
-              .chevron {
-                position: absolute;
-                right: 6px;
-                top: 8px;
-                width: 10px;
-                height: 20px;
-
-                &::before {
-                  width: 10px;
-                  height: 20px;
-                  background-color: var(--gitako-fg-subtle);
-                  @include pseudo-primer-icon('chevron-down');
-                }
-              }
-            }
             &.field-checkbox {
               padding-left: 20px;
               vertical-align: middle;
diff --git a/src/utils/config/helper.ts b/src/utils/config/helper.ts
index ea3c369..e541087 100644
--- a/src/utils/config/helper.ts
+++ b/src/utils/config/helper.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { SearchMode } from 'components/searchModes'
+import { platformName } from 'platforms'
 import { storageHelper } from 'utils/storageHelper'
 import { migrateConfig } from './migrations'
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export type Config = {
   compactFileTree: boolean
   restoreExpandedFolders: boolean
   showDiffInText: boolean
+  pjaxMode: 'native' | 'pjax-api'
 }
 
 enum configKeys {
@@ -42,18 +44,20 @@ enum configKeys {
   compactFileTree = 'compactFileTree',
   restoreExpandedFolders = 'restoreExpandedFolders',
   showDiffInText = 'showDiffInText',
+  pjaxMode = 'pjaxMode',
 }
 
-// do NOT use platform name
+// NOT use platform name to distinguish GHE from github.com
 const platformStorageKey = `platform_` + window.location.host.toLowerCase()
+const isInGitHub = platformStorageKey === 'platform_github.com'
 
-export const defaultConfigs: Config = {
+export const getDefaultConfigs: () => Config = () => ({
   sideBarWidth: 260,
   shortcut: undefined,
   accessToken: '',
   compressSingletonFolder: true,
-  copyFileButton: platformStorageKey !== 'platform_github.com', // false when on github.com,
-  copySnippetButton: platformStorageKey !== 'platform_github.com', // false when on github.com
+  copyFileButton: !isInGitHub, // disable on github.com
+  copySnippetButton: !isInGitHub, // disable on github.com
   intelligentToggle: null,
   icons: 'rich',
   toggleButtonVerticalDistance: 124, // align with GitHub's navbar items
@@ -66,11 +70,13 @@ export const defaultConfigs: Config = {
   compactFileTree: false,
   restoreExpandedFolders: true,
   showDiffInText: false,
-}
+  pjaxMode: platformName === 'GitHub' ? 'native' : 'pjax-api', // use native on GitHub
+})
 
 const configKeyArray = Object.values(configKeys)
 
 function applyDefaultConfigs(configs: Partial<Config>) {
+  const defaultConfigs = getDefaultConfigs()
   return configKeyArray.reduce((applied, key) => {
     Object.assign(applied, { [key]: key in configs ? configs[key] : defaultConfigs[key] })
     return applied
@@ -79,9 +85,15 @@ function applyDefaultConfigs(configs: Partial<Config>) {
 
 export type VersionedConfig<SiteConfig> = Record<string, SiteConfig> & { configVersion: string }
 
+export const configRef: Partial<Config> = {}
+const updateConfigRef = async (config: Partial<Config>) => {
+  Object.assign(configRef, config)
+}
+
 const prepareConfig = new Promise<void>(async resolve => {
   await migrateConfig()
   resolve()
+  updateConfigRef(await get())
 })
 
 async function get(): Promise<Config> {
@@ -91,6 +103,7 @@ async function get(): Promise<Config> {
 }
 
 async function set(config: Config) {
+  updateConfigRef(config)
   return await storageHelper.set({ [platformStorageKey]: config })
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/hooks/usePJAX.ts b/src/utils/hooks/usePJAX.ts
index 396dcaf..ba06191 100644
--- a/src/utils/hooks/usePJAX.ts
+++ b/src/utils/hooks/usePJAX.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { Config, Pjax } from 'pjax-api'
+import { useConfigs } from 'containers/ConfigsContext'
+import { Config } from 'pjax-api'
 import { platform } from 'platforms'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { useEvent } from 'react-use'
@@ -28,14 +29,18 @@ const config: Config = {
 }
 
 export function usePJAX() {
+  const { pjaxMode } = useConfigs().value
   // make history travel work
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    new Pjax({
-      ...config,
-      filter() {
-        return false
-      },
-    })
+    if (pjaxMode === 'pjax-api') {
+      const { Pjax } = require('pjax-api')
+      new Pjax({
+        ...config,
+        filter() {
+          return false
+        },
+      })
+    }
   }, [])
 
   // bindings for legacy support
@@ -44,8 +49,7 @@ export function usePJAX() {
 }
 
 export const loadWithPJAX = (url: string, element: HTMLElement) => {
-  if (platform.loadWithPJAX) platform.loadWithPJAX(url, element)
-  else Pjax.assign(url, config)
+  platform.loadWithPJAX?.(url, element) || require('pjax-api').Pjax.assign(url, config)
 }
 
 export function useOnPJAXDone(callback: () => void) {