diff --git a/mobile/app/(tabs)/import.tsx b/mobile/app/(tabs)/import.tsx
index abf250b..459679a 100644
--- a/mobile/app/(tabs)/import.tsx
+++ b/mobile/app/(tabs)/import.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import * as DocumentPicker from 'expo-document-picker';
 import * as FileSystem from 'expo-file-system/legacy';
 import { useSQLiteContext } from 'expo-sqlite';
 import { useState } from 'react';
-import { Alert, Pressable, ScrollView, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import { Pressable, ScrollView, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
 import { insertActivity } from '@/db/queries';
+import { PyodideWebView } from '@/extraction/PyodideWebView';
 import { extractFile } from '@/extraction/extractActivity';
 
 const FIT_EXTENSIONS  = ['.fit', '.fit.gz'];
@@ -129,6 +130,13 @@ export default function ImportScreen() {
   }
 
   return (
+    <View style={styles.screen}>
+      {/* Hidden WebView for Pyodide — mounted here so it lives inside the tab
+          (Expo Router keeps tabs mounted after first visit, preserving Pyodide state).
+          The 1×1 container clips it out of the scroll layout entirely. */}
+      <View style={styles.hiddenEngine}>
+        <PyodideWebView />
+      </View>
     <ScrollView style={styles.container} contentContainerStyle={styles.content}>
       <Text style={styles.header}>Import</Text>
 
@@ -192,6 +200,7 @@ export default function ImportScreen() {
         </Text>
       </View>
     </ScrollView>
+    </View>
   );
 }
 
@@ -246,7 +255,9 @@ function arrayBufferToBase64(buf: ArrayBuffer): string {
 // ── Styles ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
-  container: { flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#09090b' },
+  screen:       { flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#09090b' },
+  hiddenEngine: { position: 'absolute', width: 1, height: 1, overflow: 'hidden' },
+  container: { flex: 1 },
   content:   { padding: 16, paddingTop: 60, paddingBottom: 40 },
   header:    { color: '#fff', fontSize: 22, fontWeight: '700', marginBottom: 12 },
   body:      { color: '#a1a1aa', fontSize: 14, lineHeight: 20, marginBottom: 24 },
diff --git a/mobile/app/_layout.tsx b/mobile/app/_layout.tsx
index 120bdd0..a2c9de5 100644
--- a/mobile/app/_layout.tsx
+++ b/mobile/app/_layout.tsx
@@ -1,24 +1,13 @@
 import { Stack } from 'expo-router';
 import { SQLiteProvider } from 'expo-sqlite';
 import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';
-import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
 import { migrateDb } from '@/db';
-import { PyodideWebView } from '@/extraction/PyodideWebView';
 
 export default function RootLayout() {
   return (
-    <View style={styles.root}>
-      {/* Hidden WebView: starts loading Pyodide immediately so the runtime
-          is warm by the time the user opens the Import tab. */}
-      <PyodideWebView />
-      <SQLiteProvider databaseName="bincio.db" onInit={migrateDb}>
-        <StatusBar style="light" />
-        <Stack screenOptions={{ headerShown: false }} />
-      </SQLiteProvider>
-    </View>
+    <SQLiteProvider databaseName="bincio.db" onInit={migrateDb}>
+      <StatusBar style="light" />
+      <Stack screenOptions={{ headerShown: false }} />
+    </SQLiteProvider>
   );
 }
-
-const styles = StyleSheet.create({
-  root: { flex: 1 },
-});
diff --git a/mobile/extraction/PyodideWebView.tsx b/mobile/extraction/PyodideWebView.tsx
index 222ef8b..f4994f5 100644
--- a/mobile/extraction/PyodideWebView.tsx
+++ b/mobile/extraction/PyodideWebView.tsx
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ const PY_INSTALL_PACKAGES = [
   'await micropip.install(["fitdecode", "gpxpy"])',
 ].join('\n');
 
+// emfs:// is Pyodide's Emscripten-FS URL scheme — the only reliable way to
+// install a wheel from bytes without an http/https URL (blob: URLs are not
+// recognised by micropip and cause an InvalidRequirement parse error).
 const PY_INSTALL_WHEEL = [
   'import micropip',
-  'await micropip.install(_blobUrl, deps=False)',
+  'await micropip.install("emfs:///tmp/bincio.whl", deps=False)',
 ].join('\n');
 
 const PY_EXTRACT = [
@@ -109,16 +112,14 @@ window._bincioExtract = async function(params) {
     if (initError) throw new Error(initError);
 
     // Install bincio wheel on first extraction.
-    // Wheel bytes arrive pre-fetched from the React Native side as base64,
-    // so the WebView never needs to make an HTTP request (avoids ATS blocks).
+    // Wheel bytes arrive pre-fetched from React Native (avoids ATS/HTTP issues).
+    // Write to Pyodide's Emscripten FS so micropip can install via emfs:// URL
+    // (blob: URLs are not recognised by micropip — they cause an InvalidRequirement error).
     if (!wheelReady) {
       post({ type: 'progress', msg: 'Loading Bincio…' });
       var wheelBytes = Uint8Array.from(atob(wheelBase64), function(c) { return c.charCodeAt(0); });
-      var wheelBlob  = new Blob([wheelBytes]);
-      var blobUrl    = URL.createObjectURL(wheelBlob);
-      pyodide.globals.set('_blobUrl', blobUrl);
+      pyodide.FS.writeFile('/tmp/bincio.whl', wheelBytes);
       await pyodide.runPythonAsync(_PY_INSTALL_WHEEL);
-      URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
       wheelReady = true;
     }