diff --git a/lib/cache.ts b/lib/cache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a18ce38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { connect } from "https://deno.land/x/redis/mod.ts";
+
+const REDIS_HOST = Deno.env.get("REDIS_HOST");
+const REDIS_PASS = Deno.env.get("REDIS_PASS");
+const REDIS_PORT = Deno.env.get("REDIS_PORT");
+
+async function createCache() {
+  if (REDIS_HOST && REDIS_PASS) {
+    const client = await connect({
+      password: REDIS_PASS,
+      hostname: REDIS_HOST,
+      port: REDIS_PORT || 6379,
+    });
+    console.log("COnnected to redis");
+    return client;
+  }
+
+  return new Map<string, any>();
+}
+
+const cache = await createCache();
+
+export function get(id: string) {
+  return cache.get(id);
+}
+
+export function has(id: string) {
+  return cache.has(id);
+}
+
+export function set(id: string, content: any) {
+  return cache.set(id, content);
+}
diff --git a/routes/api/recipes/images/[image].ts b/routes/api/recipes/images/[image].ts
index 7e9c21b..c6fad05 100644
--- a/routes/api/recipes/images/[image].ts
+++ b/routes/api/recipes/images/[image].ts
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ import {
   MagickGeometry,
 } from "https://deno.land/x/imagemagick_deno@0.0.14/mod.ts";
 import { parseMediaType } from "https://deno.land/std@0.175.0/media_types/parse_media_type.ts";
+import * as cache from "../../../../lib/cache.ts";
 
 await initializeImageMagick();
 
-const cache = new Map<string, Promise<Response>>();
-
 async function getRemoteImage(image: string) {
   const sourceRes = await fetch(image);
   if (!sourceRes.ok) {
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ function parseParams(reqUrl: URL) {
 }
 
 async function getImageResponse(
-  imageUrl: string,
   remoteImage: { buffer: Uint8Array; mediaType: string },
   params: { width: number; height: number },
 ): Promise<Response> {
@@ -110,8 +108,8 @@ export const handler = async (
   }
 
   const imageId = `${imageUrl}.${params.width}.${params.height}`;
-  if (cache.has(imageId)) {
-    return (await cache.get(imageId)!).clone();
+  if (await cache.has(imageId)) {
+    return (await (await cache.get(imageId)!)).clone();
   }
 
   const remoteImage = await getRemoteImage(imageUrl);
@@ -119,9 +117,9 @@ export const handler = async (
     return new Response(remoteImage, { status: 400 });
   }
 
-  const response = getImageResponse(imageUrl, remoteImage, params);
+  const response = getImageResponse(remoteImage, params);
 
-  cache.set(imageId, response);
+  await cache.set(imageId, response);
 
   return response;
 };