diff --git a/job-tracker-ui/src/pages/ProfilePage.tsx b/job-tracker-ui/src/pages/ProfilePage.tsx
index 37ff125..3b35b00 100644
--- a/job-tracker-ui/src/pages/ProfilePage.tsx
+++ b/job-tracker-ui/src/pages/ProfilePage.tsx
@@ -267,15 +267,27 @@ export default function ProfilePage() {
   const [currentPassword, setCurrentPassword] = useState("");
   const [newPassword, setNewPassword] = useState("");
 
+  // Keep a ref to the latest carousel so the unmount cleanup can revoke the
+  // outstanding preview object URLs without re-running on every change.
+  const pdfCarouselRef = useRef<PdfCarouselItem[]>([]);
   useEffect(() => {
+    pdfCarouselRef.current = pdfCarousel;
+  }, [pdfCarousel]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Revoke any remaining preview object URLs only on unmount. Per-change
+    // revocation is already handled explicitly in savePdfToCarousel (replace) and
+    // resetPdfCarousel (clear); doing it here on every pdfCarousel change revoked
+    // URLs that were still referenced by other items in the deck, breaking their
+    // previews.
     return () => {
-      pdfCarousel.forEach((item) => {
+      pdfCarouselRef.current.forEach((item) => {
         if (item.pdfUrl) {
           window.URL.revokeObjectURL(item.pdfUrl);
         }
       });
     };
-  }, [pdfCarousel]);
+  }, []);
 
   const loadProfile = useCallback(async () => {
     setLoading(true);