diff --git a/src/http_front/crawler_http.erl b/src/http_front/crawler_http.erl
index 6b1f780..894afef 100644
--- a/src/http_front/crawler_http.erl
+++ b/src/http_front/crawler_http.erl
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ srv_name() ->
 init([DBHost, DBPort, Port]) ->
 	process_flag(trap_exit, true),
 	db_frontend:start(DBHost, DBPort, 2),
+	http_cache:start_link(),
 	{ok, Pid} = inets:start(httpd, [
   	{modules, [mod_alias, mod_auth, mod_esi, mod_actions,
   		mod_cgi, mod_dir, mod_get, mod_head, mod_log, mod_disk_log]},
diff --git a/src/http_front/http_cache.erl b/src/http_front/http_cache.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eb6f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http_front/http_cache.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+%%
+%% http_cache.erl
+%% Kevin Lynx
+%% 07.03.2013
+%%
+-module(http_cache).
+-behaviour(gen_server).
+-export([init/1,
+         handle_call/3,
+         handle_cast/2,
+         handle_info/2,
+         terminate/2,
+         code_change/3]).
+-export([start_link/0, 
+		 stop/0,
+		 search/1,
+		 today_top/0]).
+-record(state, {cache}).
+-define(OUT_OF_DATE, 5*60*1000).
+-define(CACHE_SIZE, 1000).
+
+start_link() ->
+	gen_server:start_link({local, srv_name()}, ?MODULE, [], []).
+
+stop() ->
+	gen_server:cast(srv_name(), stop).
+
+search(Key) ->
+	gen_server:call(srv_name(), {query, {search, Key}}).
+
+today_top() ->
+	gen_server:call(srv_name(), {query, top}).
+
+async_top() ->
+	gen_server:cast(srv_name(), {update, top}).
+
+init([]) ->
+	async_top(),
+	{ok, #state{cache = gb_trees:empty()}}.
+
+srv_name() ->
+	http_cache.
+
+terminate(_, State) ->
+    {ok, State}.
+
+code_change(_, _, State) ->
+    {ok, State}.
+
+handle_cast(decrease_cache, State) ->
+	#state{cache = Cache} = State,
+	NewCache = remove_oldest(Cache),
+	async_top(), % make sure `top' exists
+	{noreply, State#state{cache = NewCache}};
+
+handle_cast({update, Type}, State) ->
+	{NewState, _} = update(Type, State),
+	{noreply, NewState};
+
+handle_cast(stop, State) ->
+	{stop, normal, State}.
+
+handle_call({query, Type}, _From, State) ->
+	{NewState, Ret} = query(Type, State),
+	{reply, Ret, NewState};
+
+handle_call(_, _From, State) ->
+	{noreply, State}.
+
+handle_info(_, State) ->
+	{noreply, State}.
+
+query(Type, State) ->
+	#state{cache = Cache} = State,
+	case gb_trees:is_defined(Type, Cache) of
+		false ->
+			update(Type, State);
+		true ->
+			do_query(Type, State)
+	end.
+
+update(Type, #state{cache = Cache} = State) ->
+	Ret = do_update(Type),
+	Val = {now(), Ret},
+	io:format("update cache ~p~n", [Type]),
+	NewCache = gb_trees:enter(Type, Val, Cache),
+	case gb_trees:size(NewCache) >= ?CACHE_SIZE of
+		true -> 
+			gen_server:cast(self(), decrease_cache);
+		false ->
+			ok
+	end,
+	{State#state{cache = NewCache}, Ret}.
+
+do_update({search, Key}) ->
+	db_frontend:search(Key);
+
+do_update(top) ->
+	db_frontend:today_top().
+
+do_query(Type, #state{cache = Cache} = State) ->
+	{Start, Ret} = gb_trees:get(Type, Cache),
+	case is_outofdate(Start) of
+		true ->
+			gen_server:cast(self(), {update, Type});
+		false ->
+			ok
+	end,
+	{State, Ret}.
+
+is_outofdate(Time) ->
+	(timer:now_diff(now(), Time) div 1000) > ?OUT_OF_DATE.
+
+remove_oldest(Cache) ->
+	io:format("decrease cache ~p to ~p~n", [?CACHE_SIZE, ?CACHE_SIZE div 2]),
+	KeyVals = gb_trees:to_list(Cache),
+	Sorted = lists:sort(fun(A, B) -> compare_keyval(A, B) end, KeyVals),
+	{_, Rest} = lists:split(?CACHE_SIZE div 2, Sorted),
+	lists:foldl(fun({Key, Val}, Tree) ->
+		gb_trees:insert(Key, Val, Tree)
+	end, gb_trees:empty(), Rest).
+
+compare_keyval({_, {T1, _}}, {_, {T2, _}}) ->
+	T1 =< T2.
diff --git a/src/http_front/http_handler.erl b/src/http_front/http_handler.erl
index efc7a91..9f24b88 100644
--- a/src/http_front/http_handler.erl
+++ b/src/http_front/http_handler.erl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ top(SessionID, _Env, _Input) ->
 	mod_esi:deliver(SessionID, [?CONTENT_TYPE, Response]).
 
 today_top(SessionID, _Env, _Input) ->
-	Rets = db_frontend:today_top(),
+	Rets = http_cache:today_top(),
 	BodyList = format_search_result(Rets),
 	Body = ?TEXT("<ol>~s</ol>", [lists:flatten(BodyList)]),
 	Response = simple_html("today_top", Body),
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test_search(Keyword) ->
 	file:write_file(Filename, simple_html(Keyword, Body)).
 
 do_search(Keyword) ->
-	{Rets, Stats} = db_frontend:search(Keyword),
+	{Rets, Stats} = http_cache:search(Keyword),
 	{_Found, Cost, Scanned} = Stats,
 	Tip = ?TEXT("<h4>search ~s, ~b results, ~f seconds</h4>", 
 		[Keyword, Scanned, Cost / 1000 / 1000]),