diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
index 3f2fa27aa..1504d89db 100644
--- a/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@ bool misc::isUrl(const QString &s)
 QString misc::parseHtmlLinks(const QString &raw_text)
 {
   QString result = raw_text;
-  QRegExp reURL("(\\s|^)"                                     //start with whitespace or beginning of line
+  static QRegExp reURL(
+                "(\\s|^)"                                     //start with whitespace or beginning of line
                 "("
                 "("                                      //case 1 -- URL with scheme
                 "(http(s?))\\://"                    //start with scheme
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ QString misc::parseHtmlLinks(const QString &raw_text)
   result.replace(reURL, "\\1<a href=\"\\2\">\\2</a>");
 
   // Capture links without scheme
-  QRegExp reNoScheme("<a\\s+href=\"(?!http(s?))([a-zA-Z0-9\\?%=&/_\\.-:#]+)\\s*\">");
+  static QRegExp reNoScheme("<a\\s+href=\"(?!http(s?))([a-zA-Z0-9\\?%=&/_\\.-:#]+)\\s*\">");
   result.replace(reNoScheme, "<a href=\"http://\\1\">");
 
   return result;
diff --git a/src/torrentcontentmodel.cpp b/src/torrentcontentmodel.cpp
index baf233a4e..97e8242b3 100644
--- a/src/torrentcontentmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/torrentcontentmodel.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@
 #include "torrentcontentmodelfile.h"
 #include <QDir>
 
+namespace {
+QIcon get_directory_icon() {
+  static QIcon cached = IconProvider::instance()->getIcon("inode-directory");
+  return cached;
+}
+
+QIcon get_file_icon() {
+  static QIcon cached = IconProvider::instance()->getIcon("text-plain");
+  return cached;
+}
+}
+
 TorrentContentModel::TorrentContentModel(QObject *parent):
   QAbstractItemModel(parent),
     m_rootItem(new TorrentContentModelFolder(QList<QVariant>() << tr("Name") << tr("Size")
@@ -169,9 +181,9 @@ QVariant TorrentContentModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
   TorrentContentModelItem* item = static_cast<TorrentContentModelItem*>(index.internalPointer());
   if (index.column() == 0 && role == Qt::DecorationRole) {
     if (item->itemType() == TorrentContentModelItem::FolderType)
-      return IconProvider::instance()->getIcon("inode-directory");
+      return get_directory_icon();
     else
-      return IconProvider::instance()->getIcon("text-plain");
+      return get_file_icon();
   }
   if (index.column() == 0 && role == Qt::CheckStateRole) {
     if (item->data(TorrentContentModelItem::COL_PRIO).toInt() == prio::IGNORED)