diff --git a/server/Auth.js b/server/Auth.js
index 5b2d8bcd..b0046799 100644
--- a/server/Auth.js
+++ b/server/Auth.js
@@ -990,28 +990,18 @@ class Auth {
         })
       }
     }
-
-    Database.userModel
-      .update(
-        {
-          pash: pw
-        },
-        {
-          where: { id: matchingUser.id }
-        }
-      )
-      .then(() => {
-        Logger.info(`[Auth] User "${matchingUser.username}" changed password`)
-        res.json({
-          success: true
-        })
+    try {
+      await matchingUser.update({ pash: pw })
+      Logger.info(`[Auth] User "${matchingUser.username}" changed password`)
+      res.json({
+        success: true
       })
-      .catch((error) => {
-        Logger.error(`[Auth] User "${matchingUser.username}" failed to change password`, error)
-        res.json({
-          error: 'Unknown error'
-        })
+    } catch (error) {
+      Logger.error(`[Auth] User "${matchingUser.username}" failed to change password`, error)
+      res.json({
+        error: 'Unknown error'
       })
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/server/models/User.js b/server/models/User.js
index 906a7d68..259f841c 100644
--- a/server/models/User.js
+++ b/server/models/User.js
@@ -3,6 +3,53 @@ const sequelize = require('sequelize')
 const Logger = require('../Logger')
 const SocketAuthority = require('../SocketAuthority')
 const { isNullOrNaN } = require('../utils')
+const { LRUCache } = require('lru-cache')
+
+class UserCache {
+  constructor() {
+    this.cache = new LRUCache({ max: 100 })
+  }
+
+  getById(id) {
+    const user = this.cache.get(id)
+    return user
+  }
+
+  getByEmail(email) {
+    const user = this.cache.find((u) => u.email === email)
+    return user
+  }
+
+  getByUsername(username) {
+    const user = this.cache.find((u) => u.username === username)
+    return user
+  }
+
+  getByOldId(oldUserId) {
+    const user = this.cache.find((u) => u.extraData?.oldUserId === oldUserId)
+    return user
+  }
+
+  getByOpenIDSub(sub) {
+    const user = this.cache.find((u) => u.extraData?.authOpenIDSub === sub)
+    return user
+  }
+
+  set(user) {
+    user.fromCache = true
+    this.cache.set(user.id, user)
+  }
+
+  delete(userId) {
+    this.cache.delete(userId)
+  }
+
+  maybeInvalidate(user) {
+    if (!user.fromCache) this.delete(user.id)
+  }
+}
+
+const userCache = new UserCache()
 
 const { DataTypes, Model } = sequelize
 
@@ -206,7 +253,11 @@ class User extends Model {
    */
   static async getUserByUsername(username) {
     if (!username) return null
-    return this.findOne({
+
+    const cachedUser = userCache.getByUsername(username)
+    if (cachedUser) return cachedUser
+
+    const user = await this.findOne({
       where: {
         username: {
           [sequelize.Op.like]: username
@@ -214,6 +265,10 @@ class User extends Model {
       },
       include: this.sequelize.models.mediaProgress
     })
+
+    if (user) userCache.set(user)
+
+    return user
   }
 
   /**
@@ -223,7 +278,11 @@ class User extends Model {
    */
   static async getUserByEmail(email) {
     if (!email) return null
-    return this.findOne({
+
+    const cachedUser = userCache.getByEmail(email)
+    if (cachedUser) return cachedUser
+
+    const user = await this.findOne({
       where: {
         email: {
           [sequelize.Op.like]: email
@@ -231,6 +290,10 @@ class User extends Model {
       },
       include: this.sequelize.models.mediaProgress
     })
+
+    if (user) userCache.set(user)
+
+    return user
   }
 
   /**
@@ -240,9 +303,17 @@ class User extends Model {
    */
   static async getUserById(userId) {
     if (!userId) return null
-    return this.findByPk(userId, {
+
+    const cachedUser = userCache.getById(userId)
+    if (cachedUser) return cachedUser
+
+    const user = await this.findByPk(userId, {
       include: this.sequelize.models.mediaProgress
     })
+
+    if (user) userCache.set(user)
+
+    return user
   }
 
   /**
@@ -254,12 +325,19 @@ class User extends Model {
    */
   static async getUserByIdOrOldId(userId) {
     if (!userId) return null
-    return this.findOne({
+    const cachedUser = userCache.getById(userId) || userCache.getByOldId(userId)
+    if (cachedUser) return cachedUser
+
+    const user = await this.findOne({
       where: {
         [sequelize.Op.or]: [{ id: userId }, { 'extraData.oldUserId': userId }]
       },
       include: this.sequelize.models.mediaProgress
     })
+
+    if (user) userCache.set(user)
+
+    return user
   }
 
   /**
@@ -269,10 +347,18 @@ class User extends Model {
    */
   static async getUserByOpenIDSub(sub) {
     if (!sub) return null
-    return this.findOne({
+
+    const cachedUser = userCache.getByOpenIDSub(sub)
+    if (cachedUser) return cachedUser
+
+    const user = await this.findOne({
       where: sequelize.where(sequelize.literal(`extraData->>"authOpenIDSub"`), sub),
       include: this.sequelize.models.mediaProgress
     })
+
+    if (user) userCache.set(user)
+
+    return user
   }
 
   /**
@@ -623,6 +709,7 @@ class User extends Model {
       mediaProgress = await this.sequelize.models.mediaProgress.create(newMediaProgressPayload)
       this.mediaProgresses.push(mediaProgress)
     }
+    userCache.maybeInvalidate(this)
     return {
       mediaProgress
     }
@@ -804,6 +891,21 @@ class User extends Model {
 
     return hasUpdates
   }
+
+  async update(values, options) {
+    userCache.maybeInvalidate(this)
+    return await super.update(values, options)
+  }
+
+  async save(options) {
+    userCache.maybeInvalidate(this)
+    return await super.save(options)
+  }
+
+  async destroy(options) {
+    userCache.delete(this.id)
+    await super.destroy(options)
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = User