--- a/src/eric7/HelpViewer/HelpViewerWidget.py	Wed Dec 18 16:50:33 2024 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/HelpViewer/HelpViewerWidget.py	Wed Dec 18 16:51:10 2024 +0100
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@
         """
         from eric7.QtHelpInterface.QtHelpSchemeHandler import QtHelpSchemeHandler
 
-        self.__webProfile = QWebEngineProfile.defaultProfile()
+        self.__webProfile = QWebEngineProfile("eric7")
         self.__webProfile.setHttpCacheType(
             QWebEngineProfile.HttpCacheType.MemoryHttpCache
         )