diff --git a/src/application/controller/api/image.php b/src/application/controller/api/image.php
index d0a4587..22b71dd 100755
--- a/src/application/controller/api/image.php
+++ b/src/application/controller/api/image.php
@@ -2,8 +2,20 @@
 
 if (isset($_GET['hash'])) {
 
-  $icon = new Icon();
+  $filename = md5($_GET['hash']);
+  $filepath = PROJECT_DIR . '/cache/image/' . $filename . '.jpeg';
+
+  if (!file_exists($filepath)) {
+
+    $icon  = new Icon();
+    $image = $icon->generateImageResource($filename, 42, 42, false);
+
+    file_put_contents($filepath, $image);
+  }
+
+  $image = file_get_contents($filepath);
 
   header("Content-Type: image/jpeg");
-  echo $icon->generateImageResource(md5($_GET['hash']), 42, 42, false);
+
+  echo $image;
 }
diff --git a/src/cache/image/index.html b/src/cache/image/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29