diff --git a/src/components/FileManager.tsx b/src/components/FileManager.tsx
index 7cc8e2d..28a69a6 100644
--- a/src/components/FileManager.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FileManager.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react'
+import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
 import tutorialStore from 'tutorialkit:store';
 import { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { webcontainer } from 'tutorialkit:core';
 import type { WebContainer } from '@webcontainer/api';
+import { RAILS_WASM_PACKAGE_VERSION } from '../templates/default/lib/constants';
 
 export function FileManager() {
   const files = useStore(tutorialStore.files);
   const processedFiles = useRef(new Set<string>());
+  const wasmCached = useRef(false);
+  const cachingInterval = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  const VERSIONED_RAILS_WASM_FILE_NAME = `rails-${RAILS_WASM_PACKAGE_VERSION}.wasm`;
 
   async function chmodx(wc: WebContainer, path: string) {
     const process = await wc.spawn('chmod', ['+x', path]);
@@ -20,12 +24,69 @@ export function FileManager() {
     }
   }
 
+  async function fetchCachedWasmFile(): Promise<Uint8Array | null> {
+    try {
+      const opfsRoot = await navigator.storage.getDirectory();
+      const fileHandle = await opfsRoot.getFileHandle(VERSIONED_RAILS_WASM_FILE_NAME);
+      const file = await fileHandle.getFile();
+      console.log(`Found cached WASM version ${RAILS_WASM_PACKAGE_VERSION}`);
+      return new Uint8Array(await file.arrayBuffer());
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function persistWasmFile(wasmData: Uint8Array): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const opfsRoot = await navigator.storage.getDirectory();
+      const fileHandle = await opfsRoot.getFileHandle(VERSIONED_RAILS_WASM_FILE_NAME, { create: true });
+      const writable = await fileHandle.createWritable();
+      await writable.write(wasmData);
+      await writable.close();
+      console.log(`Rails WASM v${RAILS_WASM_PACKAGE_VERSION} cached`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Failed to persist Rails WASM:', error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function cacheWasmFile(wc: WebContainer): Promise<void> {
+    if (cachingInterval.current) return;
+
+    console.log(`Caching WASM file v${RAILS_WASM_PACKAGE_VERSION}...`);
+
+    cachingInterval.current = window.setInterval(async () => {
+      try {
+        const wasmData = await wc.fs.readFile('/node_modules/@rails-tutorial/wasm/dist/rails.wasm');
+        if (wasmData && wasmData.length > 0) {
+          clearInterval(cachingInterval.current!);
+          cachingInterval.current = null;
+
+          await persistWasmFile(wasmData);
+          wasmCached.current = true;
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        // File not ready yet, continue checking
+      }
+    }, 1000);
+  }
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!files) return;
 
     (async () => {
       const wc = await webcontainer;
 
+      if (!wasmCached.current) {
+        const cachedWasm = await fetchCachedWasmFile();
+        if (cachedWasm) {
+          await wc.fs.writeFile(VERSIONED_RAILS_WASM_FILE_NAME, cachedWasm);
+          console.log(`Rails WASM v${RAILS_WASM_PACKAGE_VERSION} loaded from cache`);
+          wasmCached.current = true;
+        } else {
+          await cacheWasmFile(wc);
+        }
+      }
+
       Object.entries(files).forEach(([_, fd]) => {
         const dir = fd.path.split('/').filter(Boolean).slice(-2, -1)[0];
         if (dir === "bin" && !processedFiles.current.has(fd.path)) {
@@ -34,6 +95,13 @@ export function FileManager() {
         }
       });
     })();
+
+    return () => {
+      if (cachingInterval.current) {
+        clearInterval(cachingInterval.current);
+        cachingInterval.current = null;
+      }
+    };
   }, [files]);
 
   return null;
diff --git a/src/templates/default/lib/constants.js b/src/templates/default/lib/constants.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..077aede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/default/lib/constants.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const RAILS_WASM_PACKAGE_VERSION = '8.0.2-rc.1';
diff --git a/src/templates/default/package.json b/src/templates/default/package.json
index f91bcfe..060fd4b 100644
--- a/src/templates/default/package.json
+++ b/src/templates/default/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
+    "preinstall": "node scripts/preinstall.js",
     "dev": "vite",
     "test": "node --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning ./scripts/test.js",
     "test:watch": "node --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --watch --watch-path=./workspace ./scripts/test.js",
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@electric-sql/pglite": "^0.3.1",
     "@ruby/wasm-wasi": "^2.7.1",
-    "@rails-tutorial/wasm": "8.0.2-rc.1",
     "express": "^5.1.0",
     "multer": "^2.0.1",
     "set-cookie-parser": "^2.7.1"
diff --git a/src/templates/default/scripts/preinstall.js b/src/templates/default/scripts/preinstall.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fa8b1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/default/scripts/preinstall.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import fs from 'fs/promises';
+import path from 'path';
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+import { RAILS_WASM_PACKAGE_VERSION } from '../lib/constants.js';
+const VERSIONED_RAILS_WASM_PATH = `./rails-${RAILS_WASM_PACKAGE_VERSION}.wasm`;
+const TARGET_DIR = 'node_modules/@rails-tutorial/wasm/dist';
+const TARGET_FILE = path.join(TARGET_DIR, 'rails.wasm');
+
+async function checkIfFileExists(filePath) {
+  try {
+    await fs.access(filePath);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+async function moveFile(src, dest) {
+  try {
+    await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(dest), { recursive: true });
+    await fs.rename(src, dest);
+    console.log(`✓ Moved ${src} to ${dest}`);
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`✗ Failed to move ${src} to ${dest}:`, error.message);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+async function installPackage(packageName, version) {
+  try {
+    console.log(`Installing ${packageName}@${version}...`);
+    execSync(`npm install ${packageName}@${version}`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+    console.log(`✓ Installed ${packageName}@${version}`);
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`✗ Failed to install ${packageName}@${version}:`, error.message);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const versionedWasmExists = await checkIfFileExists(VERSIONED_RAILS_WASM_PATH);
+
+  if (versionedWasmExists) {
+    const success = await moveFile(VERSIONED_RAILS_WASM_PATH, TARGET_FILE);
+    if (!success) {
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  } else {
+    const success = await installPackage('@rails-tutorial/wasm', RAILS_WASM_PACKAGE_VERSION);
+    if (!success) {
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+main().catch(error => {
+  console.error('Preinstall script failed:', error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});