diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/queries/files.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/queries/files.clj
index 5495de9f8..246a847ed 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/queries/files.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/queries/files.clj
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 (ns app.rpc.queries.files
   (:require
+   [app.common.data :as d]
+   [app.common.pages :as cp]
    [app.common.pages.migrations :as pmg]
    [app.common.spec :as us]
    [app.common.uuid :as uuid]
@@ -215,6 +217,42 @@
       (some-> (retrieve-file cfg id)
               (assoc :permissions perms)))))
 
+(declare trim-file-data)
+
+(s/def ::page-id ::us/uuid)
+(s/def ::object-id ::us/uuid)
+
+(s/def ::trimmed-file
+  (s/keys :req-un [::profile-id ::id ::object-id ::page-id]))
+
+(sv/defmethod ::trimmed-file
+  "Retrieve a file by its ID and trims all unnecesary content from
+  it. It is mainly used for rendering a concrete object, so we don't
+  need force download all shapes when only a small subset is
+  necesseary."
+  [{:keys [pool] :as cfg} {:keys [profile-id id] :as params}]
+  (db/with-atomic [conn pool]
+    (let [cfg   (assoc cfg :conn conn)
+          perms (get-permissions conn profile-id id)]
+      (check-read-permissions! perms)
+      (some-> (retrieve-file cfg id)
+              (trim-file-data params)
+              (assoc :permissions perms)))))
+
+(defn- trim-file-data
+  [file {:keys [page-id object-id]}]
+  (let [page    (get-in file [:data :pages-index page-id])
+        objects (->> (:objects page)
+                     (cp/get-object-with-children object-id)
+                     (map #(dissoc % :thumbnail)))
+
+        objects (d/index-by :id objects)
+        page    (assoc page :objects objects)]
+
+    (-> file
+        (update :data assoc :pages-index {page-id page})
+        (assoc :pages [page-id]))))
+
 (defn remove-thumbnails-frames
   "Removes from data the children for frames that have a thumbnail set up"
   [data]
diff --git a/exporter/src/app/browser.cljs b/exporter/src/app/browser.cljs
index 051a34422..276694939 100644
--- a/exporter/src/app/browser.cljs
+++ b/exporter/src/app/browser.cljs
@@ -67,25 +67,21 @@
                 type "png"
                 omit-background? false}}]
    (.screenshot ^js frame #js {:fullPage full-page?
+                               :clip nil
                                :type (name type)
                                :omitBackground omit-background?})))
 
 (defn pdf
   ([page] (pdf page nil))
-  ([page {:keys [viewport omit-background? prefer-css-page-size? save-path]
-          :or {viewport {}
-               omit-background? true
-               prefer-css-page-size? true
-               save-path nil}}]
-   (let [viewport (d/merge default-viewport viewport)]
+  ([page {:keys [viewport save-path]}]
+   (p/let [viewport (d/merge default-viewport viewport)]
+     (.emulateMediaType ^js page "screen")
      (.pdf ^js page #js {:path save-path
                          :width (:width viewport)
                          :height (:height viewport)
                          :scale (:scale viewport)
-                         :omitBackground omit-background?
-                         :printBackground (not omit-background?)
-                         :preferCSSPageSize prefer-css-page-size?}))))
-
+                         :printBackground true
+                         :preferCSSPageSize false}))))
 (defn eval!
   [frame f]
   (.evaluate ^js frame f))
diff --git a/exporter/src/app/renderer/pdf.cljs b/exporter/src/app/renderer/pdf.cljs
index 4a579bf00..b421befa0 100644
--- a/exporter/src/app/renderer/pdf.cljs
+++ b/exporter/src/app/renderer/pdf.cljs
@@ -31,20 +31,26 @@
             (let [path   (str "/render-object/" file-id "/" page-id "/" object-id)
                   uri    (-> (u/uri (cf/get :public-uri))
                              (assoc :path "/")
+                             (assoc :query "essential=t")
                              (assoc :fragment path))
+
                   cookie (create-cookie uri token)]
               (pdf-from page (str uri) cookie)))
 
           (pdf-from [page uri cookie]
             (l/info :uri uri)
-            (let [options {:cookie cookie}]
-              (p/do!
-                (bw/configure-page! page options)
-                (bw/navigate! page uri)
-                (bw/wait-for page "#screenshot")
-                (if save-path
-                  (bw/pdf page {:save-path save-path})
-                  (bw/pdf page)))))]
+            (p/let [options {:cookie cookie}]
+              (bw/configure-page! page options)
+              (bw/navigate! page uri)
+              (bw/wait-for page "#screenshot")
+              ;; taking png screenshot before pdf, helps to make the
+              ;; pdf rendering works as expected.
+              (p/let [dom (bw/select page "#screenshot")]
+                (bw/screenshot dom {:full-page? true}))
+
+              (if save-path
+                (bw/pdf page {:save-path save-path})
+                (bw/pdf page))))]
 
     (bw/exec! handle)))
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main.cljs
index 79af0a906..50e0f18db 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main.cljs
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
    [app.main.ui.routes :as rt]
    [app.main.worker :as worker]
    [app.util.dom :as dom]
+   [app.util.globals :as glob]
    [app.util.i18n :as i18n]
    [app.util.theme :as theme]
    [beicon.core :as rx]
+   [cuerdas.core :as str]
    [debug]
    [potok.core :as ptk]
    [rumext.alpha :as mf]))
@@ -58,12 +60,18 @@
             (rx/take 1)
             (rx/map #(rt/init-routes)))))))
 
+(def essential-only?
+  (let [href (.-href ^js glob/location)]
+    (str/includes? href "essential=t")))
+
 (defn ^:export init
   []
-  (worker/init!)
-  (sentry/init!)
-  (i18n/init! cf/translations)
-  (theme/init! cf/themes)
+  (when-not essential-only?
+    (worker/init!)
+    (sentry/init!)
+    (i18n/init! cf/translations)
+    (theme/init! cf/themes))
+
   (init-ui)
   (st/emit! (initialize)))
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/render.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/render.cljs
index 2ce3ddf24..d5909a9ed 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/render.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/render.cljs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
      (fn []
        (->> (rx/zip
              (repo/query! :font-variants {:file-id file-id})
-             (repo/query! :file {:id file-id}))
+             (repo/query! :trimmed-file {:id file-id :page-id page-id :object-id object-id}))
             (rx/subs
              (fn [[fonts {:keys [data]}]]
                (when (seq fonts)