diff --git a/extensions/vtk/src/OHIFVTKViewport.js b/extensions/vtk/src/OHIFVTKViewport.js
index 69c89c164..b538cf275 100644
--- a/extensions/vtk/src/OHIFVTKViewport.js
+++ b/extensions/vtk/src/OHIFVTKViewport.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
-import { getImageData, loadImageData } from 'react-vtkjs-viewport';
+import { getReactVtkjsViewport } from './utils/getReactVtkjsViewport';
 import ConnectedVTKViewport from './ConnectedVTKViewport';
 import LoadingIndicator from './LoadingIndicator.js';
 import OHIF from '@ohif/core';
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class OHIFVTKViewport extends Component {
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
-    onScroll: () => {},
+    onScroll: () => { },
   };
 
   static id = 'OHIFVTKViewport';
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ class OHIFVTKViewport extends Component {
     displaySetInstanceUID,
     SOPClassUID,
     SOPInstanceUID,
-    frameIndex
+    frameIndex,
+    reactVtkjsViewport
   ) => {
     const stack = OHIFVTKViewport.getCornerstoneStack(
       studies,
@@ -144,7 +145,10 @@ class OHIFVTKViewport extends Component {
       frameIndex
     );
 
-    const imageDataObject = getImageData(stack.imageIds, displaySetInstanceUID);
+    const imageDataObject = reactVtkjsViewport.getImageData(
+      stack.imageIds,
+      displaySetInstanceUID
+    );
     let labelmapDataObject;
     let labelmapColorLUT;
 
@@ -257,7 +261,9 @@ class OHIFVTKViewport extends Component {
     return volumeActor;
   }
 
-  setStateFromProps() {
+  async setStateFromProps() {
+    const reactVtkjsViewport = await getReactVtkjsViewport();
+
     const { studies, displaySet } = this.props.viewportData;
     const {
       StudyInstanceUID,
@@ -295,8 +301,10 @@ class OHIFVTKViewport extends Component {
       studies,
       StudyInstanceUID,
       displaySetInstanceUID,
+      sopClassUIDs[0],
       SOPInstanceUID,
-      frameIndex
+      frameIndex,
+      reactVtkjsViewport
     );
 
     this.imageDataObject = imageDataObject;
@@ -317,7 +325,7 @@ class OHIFVTKViewport extends Component {
         dataDetails,
       },
       () => {
-        this.loadProgressively(imageDataObject);
+        this.loadProgressively(imageDataObject, reactVtkjsViewport);
 
         // TODO: There must be a better way to do this.
         // We do this so that if all the data is available the react-vtkjs-viewport
@@ -335,26 +343,26 @@ class OHIFVTKViewport extends Component {
     );
   }
 
-  componentDidMount() {
-    this.setStateFromProps();
+  async componentDidMount() {
+    await this.setStateFromProps();
   }
 
-  componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
+  async componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
     const { displaySet } = this.props.viewportData;
     const prevDisplaySet = prevProps.viewportData.displaySet;
 
     if (
       displaySet.displaySetInstanceUID !==
-        prevDisplaySet.displaySetInstanceUID ||
+      prevDisplaySet.displaySetInstanceUID ||
       displaySet.SOPInstanceUID !== prevDisplaySet.SOPInstanceUID ||
       displaySet.frameIndex !== prevDisplaySet.frameIndex
     ) {
-      this.setStateFromProps();
+      await this.setStateFromProps();
     }
   }
 
-  loadProgressively(imageDataObject) {
-    loadImageData(imageDataObject);
+  loadProgressively(imageDataObject, reactVtkjsViewport) {
+    reactVtkjsViewport.loadImageData(imageDataObject);
 
     const { isLoading, insertPixelDataPromises } = imageDataObject;
 
diff --git a/extensions/vtk/src/VTKViewport.js b/extensions/vtk/src/VTKViewport.js
index 26e1a6ed4..274cc5239 100644
--- a/extensions/vtk/src/VTKViewport.js
+++ b/extensions/vtk/src/VTKViewport.js
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
-import { View2D } from 'react-vtkjs-viewport';
+// import { View2D } from 'react-vtkjs-viewport';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import asyncComponent from './asyncComponent.js';
+import { getReactVtkjsViewport } from './utils/getReactVtkjsViewport';
 
 import './VTKViewport.css';
 
+const View2D = asyncComponent(async () => {
+  const reactVtkjsViewport = await getReactVtkjsViewport();
+  return { default: reactVtkjsViewport.View2D };
+});
+
 const VTKViewport = props => {
   const style = { width: '100%', height: '100%', position: 'relative' };
 
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ VTKViewport.propTypes = {
 };
 
 VTKViewport.defaultProps = {
-  onScroll: () => {},
+  onScroll: () => { },
 };
 
 export default VTKViewport;
diff --git a/extensions/vtk/src/commandsModule.js b/extensions/vtk/src/commandsModule.js
index 7702b5656..ba8739319 100644
--- a/extensions/vtk/src/commandsModule.js
+++ b/extensions/vtk/src/commandsModule.js
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 import throttle from 'lodash.throttle';
-import {
-  vtkInteractorStyleMPRCrosshairs,
-  vtkInteractorStyleMPRWindowLevel,
-  vtkInteractorStyleMPRRotate,
-  vtkSVGCrosshairsWidget,
-} from 'react-vtkjs-viewport';
+import { getReactVtkjsViewport } from './utils/getReactVtkjsViewport';
 
 import setMPRLayout from './utils/setMPRLayout.js';
 import setViewportToVTK from './utils/setViewportToVTK.js';
@@ -124,16 +119,18 @@ const commandsModule = ({ commandsManager }) => {
 
       _setView(api, [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]);
     },
-    enableRotateTool: () => {
+    enableRotateTool: async () => {
+      const reactVtkjsViewport = await getReactVtkjsViewport();
       apis.forEach(api => {
-        const istyle = vtkInteractorStyleMPRRotate.newInstance();
+        const istyle = reactVtkjsViewport.vtkInteractorStyleMPRRotate.newInstance();
 
         api.setInteractorStyle({ istyle });
       });
     },
-    enableCrosshairsTool: () => {
+    enableCrosshairsTool: async () => {
+      const reactVtkjsViewport = await getReactVtkjsViewport();
       apis.forEach((api, apiIndex) => {
-        const istyle = vtkInteractorStyleMPRCrosshairs.newInstance();
+        const istyle = reactVtkjsViewport.vtkInteractorStyleMPRCrosshairs.newInstance();
 
         api.setInteractorStyle({
           istyle,
@@ -141,7 +138,7 @@ const commandsModule = ({ commandsManager }) => {
         });
       });
     },
-    enableLevelTool: () => {
+    enableLevelTool: async () => {
       function updateVOI(apis, windowWidth, windowCenter) {
         apis.forEach(api => {
           api.updateVOI(windowWidth, windowCenter);
@@ -162,8 +159,9 @@ const commandsModule = ({ commandsManager }) => {
         },
       };
 
+      const reactVtkjsViewport = await getReactVtkjsViewport();
       apis.forEach(api => {
-        const istyle = vtkInteractorStyleMPRWindowLevel.newInstance();
+        const istyle = reactVtkjsViewport.vtkInteractorStyleMPRWindowLevel.newInstance();
 
         api.setInteractorStyle({ istyle, callbacks });
       });
@@ -260,14 +258,15 @@ const commandsModule = ({ commandsManager }) => {
       }
 
       // Add widgets and set default interactorStyle of each viewport.
+      const reactVtkjsViewport = await getReactVtkjsViewport();
       apis.forEach((api, apiIndex) => {
         api.addSVGWidget(
-          vtkSVGCrosshairsWidget.newInstance(),
+          reactVtkjsViewport.vtkSVGCrosshairsWidget.newInstance(),
           'crosshairsWidget'
         );
 
         const uid = api.uid;
-        const istyle = vtkInteractorStyleMPRCrosshairs.newInstance();
+        const istyle = reactVtkjsViewport.vtkInteractorStyleMPRCrosshairs.newInstance();
 
         api.setInteractorStyle({
           istyle,
diff --git a/extensions/vtk/src/utils/getReactVtkjsViewport.js b/extensions/vtk/src/utils/getReactVtkjsViewport.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..611e9fffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/vtk/src/utils/getReactVtkjsViewport.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export function getReactVtkjsViewport() {
+  return import(
+    /* webpackChunkName: "ReactVtkjsViewport" */ 'react-vtkjs-viewport'
+  );
+}
diff --git a/platform/core/src/classes/StudyLoadingListener.js b/platform/core/src/classes/StudyLoadingListener.js
index c655250bc..10cafab5a 100644
--- a/platform/core/src/classes/StudyLoadingListener.js
+++ b/platform/core/src/classes/StudyLoadingListener.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import cornerstone from 'cornerstone-core';
-import cornerstoneWADOImageLoader from 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader';
 import {
   clearStudyLoadingProgress,
   setStudyLoadingProgress,
 } from '../redux/actions';
 import StackManager from '../utils/StackManager';
+import { getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader } from '../utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader';
 
 class BaseLoadingListener {
   constructor(stack, options = {}) {
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ class DICOMFileLoadingListener extends BaseLoadingListener {
     this._checkCachedData();
   }
 
-  _checkCachedData() {
+  async _checkCachedData() {
+    const cornerstoneWADOImageLoader = await getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader();
     const dataSet = cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.wadouri.dataSetCacheManager.get(
       this._dataSetUrl
     );
diff --git a/platform/core/src/studies/services/wado/studyInstanceHelpers.js b/platform/core/src/studies/services/wado/studyInstanceHelpers.js
index cf56cc7d8..489f2d41f 100644
--- a/platform/core/src/studies/services/wado/studyInstanceHelpers.js
+++ b/platform/core/src/studies/services/wado/studyInstanceHelpers.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import DICOMWeb from '../../../DICOMWeb';
 import metadataProvider from '../../../classes/MetadataProvider';
 import getWADORSImageId from '../../../utils/getWADORSImageId';
-import cornerstoneWADOImageLoader from 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader';
 import getReferencedSeriesSequence from './getReferencedSeriesSequence';
+import { getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader } from '../../../utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader';
 
 /**
  * Create a plain JS object that describes a study (a study descriptor object)
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ async function makeSOPInstance(server, study, instance) {
 
     const wadoRSMetadata = Object.assign(instance);
 
+    const cornerstoneWADOImageLoader = await getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader();
     if (sopInstance.NumberOfFrames) {
       for (let i = 0; i < sopInstance.NumberOfFrames; i++) {
         const wadorsImageId = getWADORSImageId(sopInstance, i);
diff --git a/platform/core/src/utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.js b/platform/core/src/utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64865712e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/core/src/utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export function getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader() {
+  return import(
+    /* webpackChunkName: "CornerstoneWADOImageLoader" */ 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader'
+  );
+}
diff --git a/platform/core/src/utils/dicomLoaderService.js b/platform/core/src/utils/dicomLoaderService.js
index 42d3faad7..a5bf5ad3c 100644
--- a/platform/core/src/utils/dicomLoaderService.js
+++ b/platform/core/src/utils/dicomLoaderService.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import cornerstone from 'cornerstone-core';
-import cornerstoneWADOImageLoader from 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader';
 import { api } from 'dicomweb-client';
 import DICOMWeb from '../DICOMWeb';
+import { getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader } from './cornerstoneWADOImageLoader';
 
 const getImageId = imageObj => {
   if (!imageObj) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const getImageLoaderType = imageId => {
 };
 
 class DicomLoaderService {
-  getLocalData(dataset, studies) {
+  async getLocalData(dataset, studies) {
     if (dataset && dataset.localFile) {
       // Use referenced imageInstance
       const imageInstance = getImageInstance(dataset);
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class DicomLoaderService {
       }
 
       if (!someInvalidStrings(imageId)) {
+        const cornerstoneWADOImageLoader = await getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader();
         return cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.wadouri.loadFileRequest(imageId);
       }
     }
@@ -176,16 +177,16 @@ class DicomLoaderService {
     }
   }
 
-  *getLoaderIterator(dataset, studies) {
-    yield this.getLocalData(dataset, studies);
+  async *getLoaderIterator(dataset, studies) {
+    yield await this.getLocalData(dataset, studies);
     yield this.getDataByImageType(dataset);
     yield this.getDataByDatasetType(dataset);
   }
 
-  findDicomDataPromise(dataset, studies) {
+  async findDicomDataPromise(dataset, studies) {
     const loaderIterator = this.getLoaderIterator(dataset, studies);
     // it returns first valid retriever method.
-    for (const loader of loaderIterator) {
+    for await (const loader of loaderIterator) {
       if (loader) {
         return loader;
       }
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/App.js b/platform/viewer/src/App.js
index 6819838ff..b88cabe0b 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/App.js
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/App.js
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ import i18n from '@ohif/i18n';
 import './config';
 
 /** Utils */
-import {
-  getUserManagerForOpenIdConnectClient,
-  initWebWorkers,
-} from './utils/index.js';
+import { getUserManagerForOpenIdConnectClient } from './utils/index.js';
 
 /** Extensions */
 import { GenericViewerCommands, MeasurementsPanel } from './appExtensions';
@@ -140,7 +137,6 @@ class App extends Component {
      */
     _initHotkeys(appConfigHotkeys);
     _initServers(servers);
-    initWebWorkers();
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/config.js b/platform/viewer/src/config.js
index 3b8a1f2e9..1945654ab 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/config.js
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import OHIF from '@ohif/core';
 import cornerstone from 'cornerstone-core';
-import cornerstoneWADOImageLoader from 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader';
-import dicomParser from 'dicom-parser';
 import version from './version.js';
 
 let homepage;
@@ -15,31 +12,4 @@ window.info = {
   homepage,
 };
 
-// For debugging
-//if (process.env.node_env === 'development') {
 window.cornerstone = cornerstone;
-window.cornerstoneWADOImageLoader = cornerstoneWADOImageLoader;
-//}
-
-cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.external.cornerstone = cornerstone;
-cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.external.dicomParser = dicomParser;
-
-OHIF.user.getAccessToken = () => {
-  // TODO: Get the Redux store from somewhere else
-  const state = window.store.getState();
-  if (!state.oidc || !state.oidc.user) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  return state.oidc.user.access_token;
-};
-
-cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.configure({
-  beforeSend: function(xhr) {
-    const headers = OHIF.DICOMWeb.getAuthorizationHeader();
-
-    if (headers.Authorization) {
-      xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', headers.Authorization);
-    }
-  },
-});
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/lib/filesToStudies.js b/platform/viewer/src/lib/filesToStudies.js
index 4f192b04b..ed177c060 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/lib/filesToStudies.js
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/lib/filesToStudies.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import FileLoaderService from './localFileLoaders/fileLoaderService';
 const processFile = async file => {
   try {
     const fileLoaderService = new FileLoaderService(file);
-    const imageId = fileLoaderService.addFile(file);
+    const imageId = await fileLoaderService.addFile(file);
     const image = await fileLoaderService.loadFile(file, imageId);
     const dataset = await fileLoaderService.getDataset(image, imageId);
     const studies = await fileLoaderService.getStudies(dataset, imageId);
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/dicomFileLoader.js b/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/dicomFileLoader.js
index 71da0cbc8..bf24f152c 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/dicomFileLoader.js
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/dicomFileLoader.js
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import * as dcmjs from 'dcmjs';
-import cornerstoneWADOImageLoader from 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader';
 import FileLoader from './fileLoader';
 import OHIF from '@ohif/core';
+import { getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader } from '../../utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader';
 
 const metadataProvider = OHIF.cornerstone.metadataProvider;
 
 const DICOMFileLoader = new (class extends FileLoader {
   fileType = 'application/dicom';
-  loadFile(file, imageId) {
+  async loadFile(file, imageId) {
+    const cornerstoneWADOImageLoader = await getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader();
     return cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.wadouri.loadFileRequest(imageId);
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/fileLoaderService.js b/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/fileLoaderService.js
index 9a2bbe534..8d22be22c 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/fileLoaderService.js
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/fileLoaderService.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import cornerstoneWADOImageLoader from 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader';
 import FileLoader from './fileLoader';
 import PDFFileLoader from './pdfFileLoader';
 import DICOMFileLoader from './dicomFileLoader';
+import { getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader } from '../../utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader';
 
 class FileLoaderService extends FileLoader {
   fileType;
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ class FileLoaderService extends FileLoader {
     return result;
   }
 
-  addFile(file) {
+  async addFile(file) {
+    const cornerstoneWADOImageLoader = await getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader();
     return cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.wadouri.fileManager.add(file);
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/pdfFileLoader.js b/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/pdfFileLoader.js
index bf2ae6ec2..27ada8192 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/pdfFileLoader.js
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/lib/localFileLoaders/pdfFileLoader.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import cornerstoneWADOImageLoader from 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader';
 import FileLoader from './fileLoader';
+import { getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader } from '../../utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader';
 
 const PDFFileLoader = new (class extends FileLoader {
   fileType = 'application/pdf';
-  loadFile(file, imageId) {
+  async loadFile(file, imageId) {
+    const cornerstoneWADOImageLoader = await getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader();
     return cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.wadouri.loadFileRequest(imageId);
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/routes/routesUtil.js b/platform/viewer/src/routes/routesUtil.js
index f98c06594..6f5a11cdb 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/routes/routesUtil.js
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/routes/routesUtil.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncComponent from '../components/AsyncComponent.js';
+import { withCornerstone } from '../utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader';
 
 import OHIF from '@ohif/core';
 const { urlUtil: UrlUtil } = OHIF.utils;
@@ -9,8 +10,10 @@ const IHEInvokeImageDisplay = asyncComponent(() =>
     /* webpackChunkName: "IHEInvokeImageDisplay" */ './IHEInvokeImageDisplay.js'
   )
 );
-const ViewerRouting = asyncComponent(() =>
-  import(/* webpackChunkName: "ViewerRouting" */ './ViewerRouting.js')
+const ViewerRouting = withCornerstone(
+  asyncComponent(() =>
+    import(/* webpackChunkName: "ViewerRouting" */ './ViewerRouting.js')
+  )
 );
 
 const StudyListRouting = asyncComponent(() =>
@@ -18,12 +21,18 @@ const StudyListRouting = asyncComponent(() =>
     /* webpackChunkName: "StudyListRouting" */ '../studylist/StudyListRouting.js'
   )
 );
-const StandaloneRouting = asyncComponent(() =>
-  import(/* webpackChunkName: "ConnectedStandaloneRouting" */ '../connectedComponents/ConnectedStandaloneRouting.js')
+const StandaloneRouting = withCornerstone(
+  asyncComponent(() =>
+    import(
+      /* webpackChunkName: "ConnectedStandaloneRouting" */ '../connectedComponents/ConnectedStandaloneRouting.js'
+    )
+  )
 );
-const ViewerLocalFileData = asyncComponent(() =>
-  import(
-    /* webpackChunkName: "ViewerLocalFileData" */ '../connectedComponents/ViewerLocalFileData.js'
+const ViewerLocalFileData = withCornerstone(
+  asyncComponent(() =>
+    import(
+      /* webpackChunkName: "ViewerLocalFileData" */ '../connectedComponents/ViewerLocalFileData.js'
+    )
   )
 );
 
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.js b/platform/viewer/src/utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d76cfb22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/utils/cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import OHIF from '@ohif/core';
+import cornerstone from 'cornerstone-core';
+import dicomParser from 'dicom-parser';
+import React from 'react';
+
+export function getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader() {
+  return import(
+    /* webpackChunkName: "CornerstoneWADOImageLoader" */ 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader'
+  );
+}
+
+let initialized = false;
+export async function initCornerstoneWADOImageLoader() {
+  if (initialized) return;
+  const cornerstoneWADOImageLoader = await getCornerstoneWADOImageLoader();
+  // For debugging
+  //if (process.env.node_env === 'development') {
+  window.cornerstoneWADOImageLoader = cornerstoneWADOImageLoader;
+  //}
+
+  cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.external.cornerstone = cornerstone;
+  cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.external.dicomParser = dicomParser;
+
+  OHIF.user.getAccessToken = () => {
+    // TODO: Get the Redux store from somewhere else
+    const state = window.store.getState();
+    if (!state.oidc || !state.oidc.user) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    return state.oidc.user.accesstoken;
+  };
+
+  cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.configure({
+    beforeSend: function (xhr) {
+      const headers = OHIF.DICOMWeb.getAuthorizationHeader();
+
+      if (headers.Authorization) {
+        xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', headers.Authorization);
+      }
+    },
+  });
+
+  const config = {
+    maxWebWorkers: Math.max(navigator.hardwareConcurrency - 1, 1),
+    startWebWorkersOnDemand: true,
+    taskConfiguration: {
+      decodeTask: {
+        initializeCodecsOnStartup: false,
+        usePDFJS: false,
+        strict: false,
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.webWorkerManager.initialize(config);
+
+  initialized = true;
+}
+
+export function withCornerstone(Component) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
+  return props => {
+    const [
+      cornerstoneWADOImageLoaderInitialized,
+      setCornerstoneWADOImageLoaderInitialized,
+    ] = React.useState(false);
+
+    React.useEffect(() => {
+      initCornerstoneWADOImageLoader().then(() =>
+        setCornerstoneWADOImageLoaderInitialized(true)
+      );
+    }, []);
+
+    if (!cornerstoneWADOImageLoaderInitialized) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return <Component {...props} />;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/utils/index.js b/platform/viewer/src/utils/index.js
index efcc1628c..fe4dd7c32 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/utils/index.js
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/utils/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 import getUserManagerForOpenIdConnectClient from './getUserManagerForOpenIdConnectClient.js';
-import initWebWorkers from './initWebWorkers.js';
 
-export { getUserManagerForOpenIdConnectClient, initWebWorkers };
+export { getUserManagerForOpenIdConnectClient };
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/utils/index.test.js b/platform/viewer/src/utils/index.test.js
index 03f96fe64..748b04eb8 100644
--- a/platform/viewer/src/utils/index.test.js
+++ b/platform/viewer/src/utils/index.test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
     const utilExports = Object.keys(utils).sort();
 
     expect(utilExports).toEqual(
-      ['getUserManagerForOpenIdConnectClient', 'initWebWorkers'].sort()
+      ['getUserManagerForOpenIdConnectClient'].sort()
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/utils/initWebWorkers.js b/platform/viewer/src/utils/initWebWorkers.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bbfa28d9..000000000
--- a/platform/viewer/src/utils/initWebWorkers.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import cornerstoneWADOImageLoader from 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader';
-
-let initialized = false;
-
-export default function initWebWorkers() {
-  const config = {
-    maxWebWorkers: Math.max(navigator.hardwareConcurrency - 1, 1),
-    startWebWorkersOnDemand: true,
-    taskConfiguration: {
-      decodeTask: {
-        initializeCodecsOnStartup: false,
-        usePDFJS: false,
-        strict: false,
-      },
-    },
-  };
-
-  if (!initialized) {
-    cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.webWorkerManager.initialize(config);
-    initialized = true;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/platform/viewer/src/utils/initWebWorkers.test.js b/platform/viewer/src/utils/initWebWorkers.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cbd554a79..000000000
--- a/platform/viewer/src/utils/initWebWorkers.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import initWebWorkers from './initWebWorkers.js';
-import cornerstoneWADOImageLoader from 'cornerstone-wado-image-loader';
-
-describe('initWebWorkers', () => {
-  it("initializes cornerstoneWADOImageLoader's web workers", () => {
-    initWebWorkers();
-
-    expect(
-      cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.webWorkerManager.initialize
-    ).toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-});
-
-describe('initWebWorkers', () => {
-  it("initializes cornerstoneWADOImageLoader's web workers only once", () => {
-    initWebWorkers();
-    initWebWorkers();
-
-    expect(
-      cornerstoneWADOImageLoader.webWorkerManager.initialize
-    ).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-  });
-});