diff --git a/program/urls.py b/program/urls.py
index 8ec547d9285b52a2d9bc69b1afcb387ae5b671a6..3aa1245c2dd9572a45aa463e6047d59aaed051c0 100644
--- a/program/urls.py
+++ b/program/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
 from django.views.generic.list_detail import object_detail, object_list
 
 from models import Host, Show, TimeSlot
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^today/?$', day_schedule),
     url(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>\d{1,2})/(?P<day>\d{1,2})/?$', day_schedule),
     url(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<week>\d{1,2})/?$', week_schedule),
-    url(r'^current_box/?$', current_show),
+    url(r'^current_box/?$', cache_page(current_show, 60)),
     url(r'^hosts/?$', object_list, hosts_dict),
     url(r'^hosts/(?P<object_id>\d+)/?$', object_detail, hosts_dict, name='host-detail'),
     url(r'^tips/?$', recommendations),
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 4cefed611623b85ddad0458e88f915ea96a022a6..4a501aabfb78403501d001297a71e398ffe523a4 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ TINYMCE_DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'theme_advanced_toolbar_location': 'top',
 }
 
+CACHE_BACKEND = 'locmem://'
+
 try:
     from local_settings import *
 except ImportError: