diff --git a/jdownie/repo/repo b/jdownie/repo/repo
index 37b2089..ec3953c 100755
--- a/jdownie/repo/repo
+++ b/jdownie/repo/repo
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ import yaml, sys, subprocess, os
 import concurrent.futures
 import re
 import shutil
+import json
+import time
+
+def is_file_recent(filepath, minutes=10):
+  if not os.path.isfile(filepath):
+    return False
+  mtime = os.path.getmtime(filepath)
+  return (time.time() - mtime) < (minutes * 60)
 
 def hostname():
   ret = socket.gethostname().split('.', 1)[0]
@@ -99,14 +107,24 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     for k in cfg.keys():
       print(k)
   elif sys.argv[1] == "status":
-    for k in r:
-      if os.path.exists(cfg[k]["path"]):
-        cmd = "git -C \"{0}\" status --porcelain".format(cfg[k]["path"])
-        output = execute_command(cmd).split("\n")
-        status = "-"
-        if len(output[0]) > 0:
-          status = len(output)
-        print("{0} {1}".format(str(status).rjust(3), k))
+    dat = dict()
+    cache_file = os.path.join(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME"), "repo.status")
+    if is_file_recent(cache_file):
+      print("From cache...")
+      with open(cache_file, "rt") as fin:
+        dat = json.load(fin)
+    else:
+      print("Updating cache...")
+      for k in r:
+        if os.path.exists(cfg[k]["path"]):
+          cmd = "git -C \"{0}\" status --porcelain".format(cfg[k]["path"])
+          output = execute_command(cmd).split("\n")
+          dat[k] = 0 if len(output[0]) == 0 else len(output)
+      with open(os.path.join(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME"), "repo.status"), "wt") as fout:
+        json.dump(dat, fout, indent = 2)
+    for k in dat:
+      status = "-" if dat[k] == 0 else dat[k]
+      print("{0} {1}".format(str(status).rjust(3), k))
   elif sys.argv[1] in list( [ "sync", "lc", "lcs", "pull", "push", "fetch" ] ):
     thread_count = 10
     with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=thread_count) as executor: