diff --git a/src/sdfg_diff_viewer.ts b/src/sdfg_diff_viewer.ts
index 914be54..c97dbfe 100644
--- a/src/sdfg_diff_viewer.ts
+++ b/src/sdfg_diff_viewer.ts
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ export class WebSDFGDiffViewer extends SDFGDiffViewer {
         );
     }
 
-    public static init(graphA: JsonSDFG, graphB: JsonSDFG): WebSDFGDiffViewer {
+    public static init(graphA: JsonSDFG, graphB: JsonSDFG, precomputedDiff?: DiffMap): WebSDFGDiffViewer {
         const leftContainer = document.getElementById('diff-contents-A');
         const rightContainer = document.getElementById('diff-contents-B');
         if (!leftContainer || !rightContainer)
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ export class WebSDFGDiffViewer extends SDFGDiffViewer {
         lSDFG.sdfgDagreGraph = leftRenderer.get_graph() ?? undefined;
         const rSDFG = new SDFG(graphB);
         rSDFG.sdfgDagreGraph = rightRenderer.get_graph() ?? undefined;
-        SDFGDiffViewer.diff(lSDFG, rSDFG).then(diff => {
+
+        const onDiffCreated = (diff: DiffMap) => {
             viewer.diffMap = diff;
             const leftOverlay = new DiffOverlay(leftRenderer, diff);
             const rightOverlay = new DiffOverlay(rightRenderer, diff);
@@ -436,7 +437,15 @@ export class WebSDFGDiffViewer extends SDFGDiffViewer {
             rightRenderer.overlayManager.register_overlay_instance(
                 rightOverlay
             );
-        });
+        };
+
+        if (precomputedDiff) {
+            onDiffCreated(precomputedDiff);
+        } else {
+            SDFGDiffViewer.diff(lSDFG, rSDFG).then(diff => {
+                onDiffCreated(diff);
+            });
+        }
 
         return viewer;
     }
diff --git a/src/sdfv.ts b/src/sdfv.ts
index 42a2bd9..fa181c5 100644
--- a/src/sdfv.ts
+++ b/src/sdfv.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import {
     stringify_sdfg,
 } from './utils/sdfg/json_serializer';
 import { SDFVSettings } from './utils/sdfv_settings';
-import { WebSDFGDiffViewer } from './sdfg_diff_viewer';
+import { DiffMap, WebSDFGDiffViewer } from './sdfg_diff_viewer';
 import { ISDFVUserInterface, SDFVWebUI } from './sdfv_ui';
 
 declare const vscode: any;
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ export class WebSDFV extends SDFV {
         fileReader.readAsArrayBuffer(this.currentSDFGFile);
     }
 
-    public enterDiffView(sdfgA: JsonSDFG, sdfgB: JsonSDFG): void {
+    public enterDiffView(sdfgA: JsonSDFG, sdfgB: JsonSDFG, precomputedDiff?: DiffMap): void {
         $('#contents').hide();
 
         this.renderer?.destroy();
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ export class WebSDFV extends SDFV {
         this.UI.infoClear();
         this.deregisterEventListeners();
 
-        WebSDFGDiffViewer.init(sdfgA, sdfgB);
+        WebSDFGDiffViewer.init(sdfgA, sdfgB, precomputedDiff);
 
         $('#diff-container').show();
     }