diff --git a/Polyfills/Performance/Source/Performance.cpp b/Polyfills/Performance/Source/Performance.cpp
index 6fa142d6..b2e4a729 100644
--- a/Polyfills/Performance/Source/Performance.cpp
+++ b/Polyfills/Performance/Source/Performance.cpp
@@ -6,16 +6,6 @@
 namespace
 {
     constexpr const char* JS_INSTANCE_NAME{"performance"};
-
-    // Store the start time when the polyfill is initialized
-    std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point g_startTime;
-
-    Napi::Value Now(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info)
-    {
-        auto now = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
-        auto duration = std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(now - g_startTime);
-        return Napi::Number::New(info.Env(), duration.count());
-    }
 }
 
 namespace Babylon::Polyfills::Performance
@@ -24,9 +14,6 @@ namespace Babylon::Polyfills::Performance
     {
         Napi::HandleScope scope{env};
 
-        // Initialize the start time
-        g_startTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
-
         auto performance = env.Global().Get(JS_INSTANCE_NAME).As<Napi::Object>();
         if (!performance.IsUndefined())
         {
@@ -36,6 +23,13 @@ namespace Babylon::Polyfills::Performance
         performance = Napi::Object::New(env);
         env.Global().Set(JS_INSTANCE_NAME, performance);
 
-        performance.Set("now", Napi::Function::New(env, Now, "now"));
+        // The time origin belongs to this environment, as it does to each browsing context and
+        // worker: a process-wide origin would be reset by every runtime (worker) that initializes
+        // the polyfill, moving performance.now() backwards elsewhere and racing with it.
+        const auto timeOrigin = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+        performance.Set("now", Napi::Function::New(env, [timeOrigin](const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
+            const auto elapsed = std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - timeOrigin);
+            return Napi::Number::New(info.Env(), elapsed.count());
+        }, "now"));
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/UnitTests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/UnitTests/CMakeLists.txt
index 69cc6cac..d5705a9f 100644
--- a/Tests/UnitTests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/UnitTests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ set(SOURCES
     "Source/Tests.DelayedTaskScheduler.cpp"
     "Source/Tests.JavaScript.cpp"
     "Source/Tests.NodeApi.cpp"
+    "Source/Tests.Performance.cpp"
     "Source/Tests.Scheduling.cpp"
     "Source/Tests.StandardStreamLogger.cpp"
     "Source/Tests.TimeoutDispatcher.cpp")
diff --git a/Tests/UnitTests/Source/Android/app/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/UnitTests/Source/Android/app/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index aa933dba..7bdc9f11 100644
--- a/Tests/UnitTests/Source/Android/app/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/UnitTests/Source/Android/app/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ add_library(UnitTestsJNI SHARED
     ${UNIT_TESTS_DIR}/Source/Tests.NodeApi.cpp
     ${UNIT_TESTS_DIR}/Source/Tests.Scheduling.cpp
     ${UNIT_TESTS_DIR}/Source/Tests.StandardStreamLogger.cpp
+    ${UNIT_TESTS_DIR}/Source/Tests.Performance.cpp
     ${UNIT_TESTS_DIR}/Source/Tests.TimeoutDispatcher.cpp)
 
 if(NAPI_JAVASCRIPT_ENGINE STREQUAL "V8")
diff --git a/Tests/UnitTests/Source/Tests.Performance.cpp b/Tests/UnitTests/Source/Tests.Performance.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb226894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/UnitTests/Source/Tests.Performance.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#include <Babylon/AppRuntime.h>
+#include <Babylon/ScriptLoader.h>
+#include <Babylon/Polyfills/Performance.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <future>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+TEST(Performance, TimeOriginIsPerEnvironment)
+{
+    // Regression: performance.now() measured from one process-wide start time that every
+    // Initialize() rewrote, so bringing up a second runtime moved the first one's clock back to
+    // zero. Each environment keeps its own origin now, so the first clock stays monotonic.
+    const auto initialize = [](Babylon::AppRuntime& runtime) {
+        std::promise<void> done;
+        runtime.Dispatch([&done](Napi::Env env) {
+            Babylon::Polyfills::Performance::Initialize(env);
+            done.set_value();
+        });
+        done.get_future().get();
+    };
+    const auto now = [](Babylon::AppRuntime& runtime) {
+        std::promise<double> value;
+        runtime.Dispatch([&value](Napi::Env env) {
+            auto performance = env.Global().Get("performance").As<Napi::Object>();
+            value.set_value(performance.Get("now").As<Napi::Function>().Call(performance, {}).As<Napi::Number>().DoubleValue());
+        });
+        return value.get_future().get();
+    };
+
+    Babylon::AppRuntime first{};
+    initialize(first);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds{50});
+    const double before = now(first);
+
+    Babylon::AppRuntime second{};
+    initialize(second);
+    const double after = now(first);
+
+    EXPECT_GE(after, before);
+}