diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 383448c..916e3c1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ uvicorn~=0.27
 fastapi~=0.109
 httpx~=0.26
 beautifulsoup4~=4.12
+appdirs~=1.4
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 74ca6f1..017127a 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import io
 import os
+import uuid
 
 import fastapi
 import httpx
 import logging
+import sqlite3
+import appdirs
 from typing import Annotated
 from fastapi import Query, Header, HTTPException, Request
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
@@ -13,7 +16,12 @@ from rich.logging import RichHandler
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(message)s", datefmt="[%X]", handlers=[RichHandler(markup=True)])
+logging.basicConfig(
+    level=logging.getLevelName(os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL", "INFO").upper()),
+    format="%(message)s",
+    datefmt="[%X]",
+    handlers=[RichHandler(markup=True)]
+)
 app = fastapi.FastAPI(
     root_path=os.environ.get("PREVIEW_ROOT_PATH", ""),
 )
@@ -105,6 +113,31 @@ URL_OG_TAGS = [
     "audio:secure_url"
 ]
 
+if Path.cwd() == Path("/app"):
+    logging.info("Look to be running in a docker container. Cache will be stored in /app/cache.")
+    CACHE_DIR = Path("/app/cache")
+else:
+    CACHE_DIR = Path(appdirs.user_cache_dir("matrix-url-preview"))
+CACHE_FILE = CACHE_DIR / "db.sqlite3"
+logging.debug("Cache file: %r", CACHE_FILE)
+
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def startup():
+    if not CACHE_DIR.exists():
+        CACHE_DIR.mkdir(parents=True)
+    with sqlite3.connect(CACHE_FILE) as conn:
+        conn.execute(
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cache (
+                uuid TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+                url TEXT NOT NULL,
+                ts INTEGER NOT NULL,
+                metadata TEXT NOT NULL
+            )
+            """
+        )
+
 
 def upload_media(domain: str, access_token: str, file: io.BytesIO, filename: str, content_type: str):
     file.seek(0)
@@ -142,8 +175,13 @@ def upload_media(domain: str, access_token: str, file: io.BytesIO, filename: str
 def preview_url(
     req: Request,
     url: Annotated[str, Query(..., description="URL to preview")],
+    ts: int = Query(None, description="The preferred point in time to return a preview for."),
     access_token_qs: str | None = Query(None, alias="access_token", description="Access token to use for the request."),
-    access_token_header: str | None = Header(None, alias="Authorization", description="Access token to use for the request."),
+    access_token_header: str | None = Header(
+        None,
+        alias="Authorization",
+        description="Access token to use for the request."
+    ),
 ):
     if access_token_qs is not None:
         access_token = access_token_qs
@@ -152,6 +190,27 @@ def preview_url(
     else:
         return MISSING_TOKEN
 
+    with sqlite3.connect(CACHE_FILE) as conn:
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute(
+            "SELECT (metadata,ts) FROM cache WHERE url = ?",
+            (url, ts)
+        )
+        results = cursor.fetchall()
+        if results:
+            for result in results:
+                # find the one with the closest timestamp
+                metadata, _ts = result
+                if ts is None or abs(ts - _ts) < 3600:
+                    logging.debug("Optimal cache hit for %r", url)
+                    return metadata
+            # No close matches, get the latest one
+            metadata, _ts = results[-1]
+            # If the latest one is more than 3 hours old, re-fetch. Otherwise, return.
+            if ts is None or abs(ts - _ts) < 10800:
+                logging.debug("Cache hit for %r", url)
+                return metadata
+
     domain = os.environ.get("PREVIEW_HOMESERVER", "https://" + req.url.hostname)
 
     try:
@@ -245,6 +304,12 @@ def preview_url(
         if not key.startswith(("original:", "og:", "matrix:")):
             value = og_tags.pop(key, None)
             og_tags["og:" + key] = value
+
+    with sqlite3.connect(CACHE_FILE) as conn:
+        conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO cache (uuid, url, ts, metadata) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)",
+            (str(uuid.uuid4()), url, int(response.headers["date"]), str(og_tags))
+        )
     return og_tags