diff --git a/config.default.toml b/config.default.toml
index 85ef49f..f85c8b0 100644
--- a/config.default.toml
+++ b/config.default.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ video_storage_directory_path = "/path/to/videos/"  # Path to video vault.
 is_proxied = false                                 # Set to true if running behind reverse proxy.
 public_facing_url = "http://localhost:5000/"       # Used for URL rewriting. Note the trailing backslash /.
 debug = false                                      # Whether to print verbose, debug info on API endpoints.
+cache = true                                       # Whether to cache requests for 3 hours (temporary solution to long load times).
 
 [api]
 api_key = "" # Leave empty API key for public access to non-sensitive backend
diff --git a/ythdd_globals.py b/ythdd_globals.py
index f96c533..c3fa4b3 100644
--- a/ythdd_globals.py
+++ b/ythdd_globals.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ configfile = "config.toml"
 version = "0.0.1"
 apiVersion = "1"
 randomly_generated_passcode = 0
+video_cache = {}
 
 def getConfig(configfile):
 	
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def getConfig(configfile):
 	global randomly_generated_passcode
 
 	if not os.path.exists(configfile):
-		dummy_config = {'general': {'db_file_path': 'ythdd_db.sqlite', 'video_storage_directory_path': 'videos/', 'is_proxied': False, 'public_facing_url': 'http://localhost:5000/', 'debug': False}, 'api': {'api_key': 'CHANGEME'}, 'extractor': {'user-agent': '', 'cookies_path': ''}, 'admin': {'admins': ['admin']}, 'yt_dlp': {}, 'postprocessing': {'presets': [{'name': 'recommended: [N][<=720p] best V+A', 'format': 'bv[height<=720]+ba', 'reencode': ''}, {'name': '[N][1080p] best V+A', 'format': 'bv[height=1080]+ba', 'reencode': ''}, {'name': '[R][1080p] webm', 'format': 'bv[height=1080]+ba', 'reencode': 'webm'}, {'name': '[N][720p] best V+A', 'format': 'bv[height=720]+ba', 'reencode': ''}, {'name': '[R][720p] webm', 'format': 'bv[height=720]+ba', 'reencode': 'webm'}, {'name': '[N][480p] best V+A', 'format': 'bv[height=480]+ba', 'reencode': ''}, {'name': '[480p] VP9 webm/reencode', 'format': 'bv*[height=480][ext=webm]+ba/bv[height=480]+ba', 'reencode': 'webm'}, {'name': '[N][1080p] best video only', 'format': 'bv[height=1080]', 'reencode': ''}, {'name': '[N][opus] best audio only', 'format': 'ba', 'reencode': 'opus'}]}}
+		dummy_config = {'general': {'db_file_path': 'ythdd_db.sqlite', 'video_storage_directory_path': 'videos/', 'is_proxied': False, 'public_facing_url': 'http://localhost:5000/', 'debug': False, 'cache': True}, 'api': {'api_key': 'CHANGEME'}, 'extractor': {'user-agent': '', 'cookies_path': ''}, 'admin': {'admins': ['admin']}, 'yt_dlp': {}, 'postprocessing': {'presets': [{'name': 'recommended: [N][<=720p] best V+A', 'format': 'bv[height<=720]+ba', 'reencode': ''}, {'name': '[N][1080p] best V+A', 'format': 'bv[height=1080]+ba', 'reencode': ''}, {'name': '[R][1080p] webm', 'format': 'bv[height=1080]+ba', 'reencode': 'webm'}, {'name': '[N][720p] best V+A', 'format': 'bv[height=720]+ba', 'reencode': ''}, {'name': '[R][720p] webm', 'format': 'bv[height=720]+ba', 'reencode': 'webm'}, {'name': '[N][480p] best V+A', 'format': 'bv[height=480]+ba', 'reencode': ''}, {'name': '[480p] VP9 webm/reencode', 'format': 'bv*[height=480][ext=webm]+ba/bv[height=480]+ba', 'reencode': 'webm'}, {'name': '[N][1080p] best video only', 'format': 'bv[height=1080]', 'reencode': ''}, {'name': '[N][opus] best audio only', 'format': 'ba', 'reencode': 'opus'}]}}
 		# if a passcode has not been provided by the user (config file doesn't exist, and user didn't specify it using an argument)
 		print(f"{colors.WARNING}WARNING{colors.ENDC}: Using default, baked in config data. {colors.ENDL}"
 			  f"         Consider copying and editing the provided example file ({colors.OKCYAN}config.default.toml{colors.ENDC}).")
diff --git a/ythdd_inv_tl.py b/ythdd_inv_tl.py
index cd5810a..9d3d64e 100644
--- a/ythdd_inv_tl.py
+++ b/ythdd_inv_tl.py
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ def videos(data):
 
 	time_start = time()
 
+	if ythdd_globals.config['general']['cache'] and data[3] in ythdd_globals.video_cache:
+		if ythdd_globals.video_cache[data[3]]['cacheTime'] + 3 * 60 > time():
+			response = ythdd_globals.video_cache[data[3]]
+			response['fromCache'] = True
+			return send(200, response)
+		else:
+			del ythdd_globals.video_cache[data[3]]
+
 	ydata = ythdd_extractor.extract(data[3], manifest_fix=True)
 	wdata = ythdd_extractor.WEBextractSinglePage(data[3])
 
@@ -587,6 +595,10 @@ def videos(data):
 		response["ydata"] = ydata
 		response["wdata"] = wdata
 
+	if ythdd_globals.config['general']['cache']:
+		ythdd_globals.video_cache[data[3]] = response
+		ythdd_globals.video_cache[data[3]]['cacheTime'] = time()
+
 	# for debugging:
 	#return send(200, ythdd_extractor.WEBextractSinglePage(data[3]))
 	#return send(200, ythdd_extractor.IOSextract(data[3]))