diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 66b8607..12b0936 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -128,11 +128,22 @@ const HolyLoader = ({
       } catch (error) {}
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Flag to prevent redundant patching of History API methods.
+     * This is essential to avoid pushState & replaceState increasingly nesting
+     * withing patched versions of itself
+     */
+    let isHistoryPatched = false;
+
     /**
      * Enhances browser history methods (pushState and replaceState) to ensure that the
      * progress indicator is appropriately halted when navigating through single-page applications
      */
     const stopProgressOnHistoryUpdate = (): void => {
+      if (isHistoryPatched) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       const originalPushState = history.pushState.bind(history);
       history.pushState = (...args) => {
         stopProgress();
@@ -145,6 +156,8 @@ const HolyLoader = ({
         stopProgress();
         originalReplaceState(...args);
       };
+
+      isHistoryPatched = true;
     };
 
     /**
@@ -173,7 +186,6 @@ const HolyLoader = ({
         }
 
         startProgress();
-        stopProgressOnHistoryUpdate();
       } catch (error) {
         stopProgress();
       }
@@ -192,6 +204,7 @@ const HolyLoader = ({
       });
 
       document.addEventListener('click', handleClick);
+      stopProgressOnHistoryUpdate();
     } catch (error) {}
 
     return () => {