diff --git a/cmd/s3Browser.go b/cmd/s3Browser.go
index 6605ea2..40c20ad 100644
--- a/cmd/s3Browser.go
+++ b/cmd/s3Browser.go
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 package main
 
-import s3browser "git.kapelle.org/niklas/s3browser/internal"
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	s3browser "git.kapelle.org/niklas/s3browser/internal"
+)
 
 func main() {
 	s3browser.Start(s3browser.AppConfig{
-		S3Endoint:   "localhost:9000",
-		S3SSL:       false,
-		S3AccessKey: "testo",
-		S3SecretKey: "testotesto",
-		S3Buket:     "dev",
+		S3Endoint:    "localhost:9000",
+		S3SSL:        false,
+		S3AccessKey:  "testo",
+		S3SecretKey:  "testotesto",
+		S3Buket:      "dev",
+		CacheTTL:     20 * time.Second,
+		CacheCleanup: 1 * time.Minute,
 	})
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index acd5336..90c2121 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/graphql-go/handler v0.2.3
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.12
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 67f720e..289bfa4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 h1:9f412s+6RmYXLWZSEzVVgPGK7C2PphHj5RJrvfx9
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0 h1:uEJPy/1a5RIPAJ0Ov+OIO8OxWu77jEv+1B0VhjKrZUs=
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0/go.mod h1:GxEUsuufX4nBwe+T+Wl9TAgYrxe9dPLANfrWvHYVTgc=
+github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible h1:HRMgzkcYKYpi3C8ajMPV8OFXaaRUnok+kx1WdO15EQc=
+github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:3Qf8kWWT7OJRJbdiICTKqZju1ZixQ/KpMGzzAfe6+WQ=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.2.1 h1:mhH9Nq+C1fY2l1XIpgxIiUOfNpRBYH1kKcr+qfKgjRc=
diff --git a/internal/dataloader.go b/internal/dataloader.go
index ae6cc61..e1c600b 100644
--- a/internal/dataloader.go
+++ b/internal/dataloader.go
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ func handleLoaderError(k dataloader.Keys, err error) []*dataloader.Result {
 }
 
 // createDataloader create all dataloaders and return a map of them
-func createDataloader() map[string]*dataloader.Loader {
+func createDataloader(config AppConfig) map[string]*dataloader.Loader {
 	loaderMap := make(map[string]*dataloader.Loader, 0)
 
-	loaderMap["getFiles"] = dataloader.NewBatchedLoader(getFilesBatch)
-	loaderMap["getFile"] = dataloader.NewBatchedLoader(getFileBatch)
-	loaderMap["listObjects"] = dataloader.NewBatchedLoader(listObjectsBatch)
-	loaderMap["getDirs"] = dataloader.NewBatchedLoader(getDirsBatch)
+	loaderMap["getFiles"] = dataloader.NewBatchedLoader(getFilesBatch, dataloader.WithCache(newCache(config.CacheTTL, config.CacheCleanup)))
+	loaderMap["getFile"] = dataloader.NewBatchedLoader(getFileBatch, dataloader.WithCache(newCache(config.CacheTTL, config.CacheCleanup)))
+	loaderMap["listObjects"] = dataloader.NewBatchedLoader(listObjectsBatch, dataloader.WithCache(newCache(config.CacheTTL, config.CacheCleanup)))
+	loaderMap["getDirs"] = dataloader.NewBatchedLoader(getDirsBatch, dataloader.WithCache(newCache(config.CacheTTL, config.CacheCleanup)))
 
 	return loaderMap
 }
diff --git a/internal/s3Broswer.go b/internal/s3Broswer.go
index 05651ee..b0c7271 100644
--- a/internal/s3Broswer.go
+++ b/internal/s3Broswer.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/graph-gophers/dataloader"
 	"github.com/graphql-go/graphql"
@@ -17,11 +18,13 @@ import (
 
 // AppConfig general config
 type AppConfig struct {
-	S3Endoint   string
-	S3AccessKey string
-	S3SecretKey string
-	S3SSL       bool
-	S3Buket     string
+	S3Endoint    string
+	S3AccessKey  string
+	S3SecretKey  string
+	S3SSL        bool
+	S3Buket      string
+	CacheTTL     time.Duration
+	CacheCleanup time.Duration
 }
 
 // File represents a file with its metadata
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ func setupS3Client(config AppConfig) *minio.Client {
 func Start(config AppConfig) {
 	s3Client := setupS3Client(config)
 
-	loader := createDataloader()
+	loader := createDataloader(config)
 
 	graphqlTypes()
 	schema, err := graphqlSchema()
diff --git a/internal/ttl_cache.go b/internal/ttl_cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f68b6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ttl_cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package s3browser
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/graph-gophers/dataloader"
+	gocache "github.com/patrickmn/go-cache"
+)
+
+type cache struct {
+	c *gocache.Cache
+}
+
+func newCache(ttl, cleanupInterval time.Duration) *cache {
+	return &cache{
+		c: gocache.New(ttl, cleanupInterval),
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *cache) Get(_ context.Context, key dataloader.Key) (dataloader.Thunk, bool) {
+	v, ok := c.c.Get(key.String())
+	if ok {
+		return v.(dataloader.Thunk), ok
+	}
+	return nil, ok
+}
+
+func (c *cache) Set(_ context.Context, key dataloader.Key, value dataloader.Thunk) {
+	c.c.Set(key.String(), value, 0)
+}
+
+func (c *cache) Delete(_ context.Context, key dataloader.Key) bool {
+	if _, found := c.c.Get(key.String()); found {
+		c.c.Delete(key.String())
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (c *cache) Clear() {
+	c.c.Flush()
+}