diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index d7562aa..289b569 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 from flask import Flask
+from flask.ext.cache import Cache
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
+cache = Cache(app, config={'CACHE_TYPE': 'simple'})
diff --git a/app/controllers/api.py b/app/controllers/api.py
index 1879b6b..0e6e216 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api.py
+++ b/app/controllers/api.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import logging
 import config
 from flask import request, jsonify, abort
 from app import app
+from app import cache
 from app.models.site import Site
 from app.models.comment import Comment
 from app.helpers.hashing import md5
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ def query_comments():
     return r
 
 
+@cache.cached(timeout=300)
 @app.route("/comments/count", methods=['GET'])
 def get_comments_count():
     try:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4b7c647..02673a5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 clize==2.4
 Flask==0.10.1
+Flask-Cache==0.13.1
 Flask-Cors==2.0.1
 itsdangerous==0.24
 Jinja2==2.7.3
@@ -11,4 +12,3 @@ PyRSS2Gen==1.1
 requests==2.7.0
 six==1.9.0
 Werkzeug==0.10.4
-wheel==0.24.0