diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
index ed61a4341..0460a1578 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import Views
 
     // Check if user has scrolled to the last five items in the list
     if let itemIndex = itemIndex, itemIndex > thresholdIndex, items.count < thresholdIndex + 10 {
-      Task { await loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: false) }
+      loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: false)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/CoreData/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodeld/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodel/contents b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/CoreData/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodeld/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodel/contents
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12986cc36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/CoreData/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodeld/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodel/contents
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<model type="com.apple.IDECoreDataModeler.DataModel" documentVersion="1.0" lastSavedToolsVersion="20086" systemVersion="21A559" minimumToolsVersion="Automatic" sourceLanguage="Swift" userDefinedModelVersionIdentifier="">
+    <elements/>
+</model>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/DataService.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/DataService.swift
index 12e72e406..74ee001a8 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/DataService.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/DataService.swift
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 import Combine
+import CoreData
 import Foundation
 import Models
 
-public class CacheManager: NSObject, NSCacheDelegate {
-  public func cache(_: NSCache<AnyObject, AnyObject>, willEvictObject obj: Any) {
-    // This is just used for debugging
-    if let content = obj as? CachedPageContent {
-      print("evicting page from cache", content.slug)
-    }
-  }
-}
+final class PersistentContainer: NSPersistentContainer {}
 
 public final class DataService: ObservableObject {
   public static var registerIntercomUser: ((String) -> Void)?
@@ -25,14 +19,23 @@ public final class DataService: ObservableObject {
   let highlightsCache = NSCache<AnyObject, CachedPDFHighlights>()
   let highlightsCacheQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "app.omnivore.highlights.cache.queue", attributes: .concurrent)
 
-  let cacheManager: CacheManager
+  let persistentContainer: PersistentContainer
   var subscriptions = Set<AnyCancellable>()
 
   public init(appEnvironment: AppEnvironment, networker: Networker) {
     self.appEnvironment = appEnvironment
     self.networker = networker
-    self.cacheManager = CacheManager()
-    pageCache.delegate = cacheManager
+    self.persistentContainer = {
+      let modelURL = Bundle.module.url(forResource: "CoreDataModel", withExtension: "momd")!
+      let model = NSManagedObjectModel(contentsOf: modelURL)!
+      return PersistentContainer(name: "DataModel", managedObjectModel: model)
+    }()
+
+    persistentContainer.loadPersistentStores { _, error in
+      if let error = error {
+        fatalError("Core Data store failed to load with error: \(error)")
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   public func clearHighlights() {
@@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ public final class DataService: ObservableObject {
 
 public extension DataService {
   func prefetchPages(items: [FeedItem]) {
-    print("prefetching pages")
     guard let viewer = currentViewer else { return }
 
     for item in items {
@@ -67,13 +69,7 @@ public extension DataService {
   }
 
   func pageFromCache(slug: String) -> ArticleContent? {
-    if let content = pageCache.object(forKey: NSString(string: slug)) {
-      print("cache hit", slug)
-      return content.value
-    } else {
-      print("cache miss", slug)
-    }
-    return nil
+    pageCache.object(forKey: NSString(string: slug))?.value
   }
 
   func invalidateCachedPage(slug: String?) {