--- a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
+++ b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
@@ -1175,17 +1175,17 @@ pref("browser.menu.showCharacterEncoding
 // Allow using tab-modal prompts when possible.
 pref("prompts.tab_modal.enabled", true);
 // Whether the Panorama should animate going in/out of tabs
 pref("browser.panorama.animate_zoom", true);
 
 // Defines the url to be used for new tabs.
 pref("browser.newtab.url", "about:newtab");
 // Activates preloading of the new tab url.
-pref("browser.newtab.preload", false);
+pref("browser.newtab.preload", true);
 
 // Toggles the content of 'about:newtab'. Shows the grid when enabled.
 pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", true);
 
 // number of rows of newtab grid
 pref("browser.newtabpage.rows", 3);
 
 // number of columns of newtab grid