diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9bfb0d2..790e03f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ etagere = "0.2.10"
 cosmic-text = "0.11"
 lru = { version = "0.12.1", default-features = false }
 rustc-hash = "1.1"
+once_cell = "1.19"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 winit = { version = "0.29.10", features = ["rwh_05"] }
diff --git a/examples/hello-world.rs b/examples/hello-world.rs
index 5e81b81..08e4b36 100644
--- a/examples/hello-world.rs
+++ b/examples/hello-world.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use glyphon::{
-    Attrs, Buffer, Color, Family, FontSystem, Metrics, Pipeline, Resolution, Shaping, SwashCache,
-    TextArea, TextAtlas, TextBounds, TextRenderer,
+    Attrs, Buffer, Color, Family, FontSystem, Metrics, Resolution, Shaping, SwashCache, TextArea,
+    TextAtlas, TextBounds, TextRenderer,
 };
 use wgpu::{
     CommandEncoderDescriptor, CompositeAlphaMode, DeviceDescriptor, Features, Instance,
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ async fn run() {
     // Set up text renderer
     let mut font_system = FontSystem::new();
     let mut cache = SwashCache::new();
-    let pipeline = Pipeline::new(&device);
-    let mut atlas = TextAtlas::new(&device, &queue, &pipeline, swapchain_format);
+    let mut atlas = TextAtlas::new(&device, &queue, swapchain_format);
     let mut text_renderer =
         TextRenderer::new(&mut atlas, &device, MultisampleState::default(), None);
     let mut buffer = Buffer::new(&mut font_system, Metrics::new(30.0, 42.0));
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f6ea439..ed9d5a6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ mod text_atlas;
 mod text_render;
 
 pub use error::{PrepareError, RenderError};
-pub use pipeline::Pipeline;
 pub use text_atlas::{ColorMode, TextAtlas};
 pub use text_render::TextRenderer;
 
+use pipeline::Pipeline;
 use text_render::ContentType;
 
 // Re-export all top-level types from `cosmic-text` for convenience.
diff --git a/src/text_atlas.rs b/src/text_atlas.rs
index 83f7edd..c5c6d8b 100644
--- a/src/text_atlas.rs
+++ b/src/text_atlas.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use etagere::{size2, Allocation, BucketedAtlasAllocator};
 use lru::LruCache;
+use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use rustc_hash::FxHasher;
 use std::{collections::HashSet, hash::BuildHasherDefault, sync::Arc};
 use wgpu::{
@@ -262,18 +263,20 @@ pub struct TextAtlas {
 
 impl TextAtlas {
     /// Creates a new [`TextAtlas`].
-    pub fn new(device: &Device, queue: &Queue, pipeline: &Pipeline, format: TextureFormat) -> Self {
-        Self::with_color_mode(device, queue, pipeline, format, ColorMode::Accurate)
+    pub fn new(device: &Device, queue: &Queue, format: TextureFormat) -> Self {
+        Self::with_color_mode(device, queue, format, ColorMode::Accurate)
     }
 
     /// Creates a new [`TextAtlas`] with the given [`ColorMode`].
     pub fn with_color_mode(
         device: &Device,
         queue: &Queue,
-        pipeline: &Pipeline,
         format: TextureFormat,
         color_mode: ColorMode,
     ) -> Self {
+        static PIPELINE: OnceCell<Pipeline> = OnceCell::new();
+        let pipeline = PIPELINE.get_or_init(|| Pipeline::new(device));
+
         let color_atlas = InnerAtlas::new(
             device,
             queue,