diff --git a/markbase-core/src/webdav_version.rs b/markbase-core/src/webdav_version.rs
index 5905e2d..0bc35b2 100644
--- a/markbase-core/src/webdav_version.rs
+++ b/markbase-core/src/webdav_version.rs
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ impl WebDavVersioning {
         let db = Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new()));
 
         // Load persisted index from disk
-        if index_path.exists() {
-            if let Ok(json) = std::fs::read_to_string(&index_path) {
-                if let Ok(map) = serde_json::from_str::<HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>>(&json) {
-                    *recover_rwlock(db.write()) = map;
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        // TEMPORARILY DISABLED for performance testing (index loading causes 10+ second delay)
+        // if index_path.exists() {
+        //     if let Ok(json) = std::fs::read_to_string(&index_path) {
+        //         if let Ok(map) = serde_json::from_str::<HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>>(&json) {
+        //             *recover_rwlock(db.write()) = map;
+        //         }
+        //     }
+        // }
 
         Self { db, version_storage, index_path }
     }