diff --git a/__tests__/UrlInput_Performance.test.js b/__tests__/UrlInput_Performance.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17be2ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/UrlInput_Performance.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {create, act} from 'react-test-renderer';
+import {Text, View} from 'react-native';
+import UrlInput from '../src/components/UrlInput';
+
+const mockTextInputRender = jest.fn();
+
+// Mock React Native completely to avoid _interopRequireDefault error
+jest.mock('react-native', () => {
+  const RNReact = require('react');
+  const TextInput = RNReact.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
+    mockTextInputRender(props); // Spy on render
+    return RNReact.createElement('TextInput', {...props, ref});
+  });
+
+  const RNView = props => RNReact.createElement('View', props);
+  const RNText = props => RNReact.createElement('Text', props);
+
+  return {
+    TextInput,
+    View: RNView,
+    Text: RNText,
+  };
+});
+
+describe('UrlInput Performance', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockTextInputRender.mockClear();
+  });
+
+  it('renders unnecessarily when parent updates unrelated state', () => {
+    let setUnrelated;
+    const Parent = () => {
+      const [unrelated, setUnrelatedState] = React.useState(0);
+      setUnrelated = setUnrelatedState;
+
+      // Stable props
+      const noop = React.useCallback(() => {}, []);
+
+      return (
+        <View>
+          <UrlInput
+            url="http://example.com"
+            setUrl={noop}
+            persist={noop}
+            onSubmitEditing={noop}
+          />
+          <Text>{unrelated}</Text>
+        </View>
+      );
+    };
+
+    act(() => {
+      create(<Parent />);
+    });
+
+    const initialRenderCount = mockTextInputRender.mock.calls.length;
+    console.log(`Initial Renders: ${initialRenderCount}`);
+
+    // Expect 1 render initially
+    expect(initialRenderCount).toBe(1);
+
+    act(() => {
+      setUnrelated(1);
+    });
+
+    const finalRenderCount = mockTextInputRender.mock.calls.length;
+    console.log(`Final Renders: ${finalRenderCount}`);
+
+    // With optimization, finalRenderCount should be 1.
+    // Without optimization, it should be 2.
+    // We want this test to FAIL if optimization is missing (to verify baseline).
+    // So we assert the OPTIMIZED behavior.
+
+    // NOTE: This assertion will fail now (Expected 1, Received 2).
+    expect(finalRenderCount).toBe(initialRenderCount);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index a5641d9..965ee51 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, {useState, useEffect, useRef} from 'react';
+import React, {useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback} from 'react';
 import {
   Platform,
   Text,
@@ -114,13 +114,17 @@ const App = () => {
     loadState();
   }, []);
 
-  const persist = async (key, value) => {
+  const persist = useCallback(async (key, value) => {
     try {
       await AsyncStorage.setItem(key, value);
     } catch (error) {
       console.log(error);
     }
-  };
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleUrlSubmit = useCallback(() => {
+    searchTextInputRef.current && searchTextInputRef.current.focus();
+  }, []);
 
   const createPrefetchJobs = async () => {
     try {
@@ -202,9 +206,7 @@ const App = () => {
         url={url}
         setUrl={setUrl}
         persist={persist}
-        onSubmitEditing={() =>
-          searchTextInputRef.current && searchTextInputRef.current.focus()
-        }
+        onSubmitEditing={handleUrlSubmit}
       />
 
       <SearchInput
diff --git a/src/components/UrlInput.js b/src/components/UrlInput.js
index 2587550..35e0a2f 100644
--- a/src/components/UrlInput.js
+++ b/src/components/UrlInput.js
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ const UrlInput = ({url, setUrl, persist, onSubmitEditing}) => {
   );
 };
 
-export default UrlInput;
+export default React.memo(UrlInput);