diff --git a/routes/version.js b/routes/version.js
index f50b21a..21ee502 100644
--- a/routes/version.js
+++ b/routes/version.js
@@ -1,53 +1,62 @@
 const axios = require("axios");
 const express = require("express");
+const moment = require("moment-timezone");
+
 const router = express.Router();
-const moment = require('moment-timezone');
 
-// Fetch the latest commit from a GitHub repository
+let latestCommitCache = null;
+let lastFetchedTime = 0;
+const CACHE_DURATION = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes in milliseconds
+
 async function fetchLatestCommitFromGitHub() {
-    const githubOwner = process.env.GITHUB_OWNER;  // Your GitHub username or org
-    const githubRepo = process.env.GITHUB_REPO;    // Your repository name
-  
-    try {
-      const url = `https://api.github.com/repos/${githubOwner}/${githubRepo}/commits`;
-  
-      // Removed the unnecessary "body" property from the request
-      const response = await axios.get(url, {
-        headers: {
-          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-        }
-      });
-  
-      if (response.data && response.data.length > 0) {
-        const latestCommit = response.data[0];
-        return {
-          sha: latestCommit.sha,
-          message: latestCommit.commit.message,
-          author: latestCommit.commit.author.name,
-          date: latestCommit.commit.author.date,
-        };
-      } else {
-        throw new Error('No commits found.');
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new Error(`Error fetching commit: ${error.message}`);
-    }
-  }  
-  
-  // Route to get the version (latest commit from GitHub)
-  router.get("/", async (req, res) => {
-    try {
-      const latestCommit = await fetchLatestCommitFromGitHub();
-      res.json({
-        version: (latestCommit.sha).substring(0,5),
-        message: latestCommit.message,
-        author: latestCommit.author,
-        date: moment(latestCommit.date).tz('America/New_York').format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'),
-      });
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error("Error fetching latest commit:", error);
-      res.status(500).json({ message: "Error retrieving version information" });
-    }
-  });
+  const githubOwner = process.env.GITHUB_OWNER;
+  const githubRepo = process.env.GITHUB_REPO;
 
-  module.exports = router;
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+  try {
+    const url = `https://api.github.com/repos/${githubOwner}/${githubRepo}/commits`;
+    const response = await axios.get(url, {
+      headers: {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+      },
+    });
+
+    if (response.data && response.data.length > 0) {
+      const latestCommit = response.data[0];
+      latestCommitCache = {
+        sha: latestCommit.sha,
+        message: latestCommit.commit.message,
+        author: latestCommit.commit.author.name,
+        date: latestCommit.commit.author.date,
+      };
+      lastFetchedTime = Date.now();
+    } else {
+      throw new Error("No commits found.");
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error fetching commit:", error.message);
+  }
+}
+
+// Initial fetch to populate cache
+fetchLatestCommitFromGitHub();
+
+// Refresh cache every 5 minutes
+setInterval(fetchLatestCommitFromGitHub, CACHE_DURATION);
+
+// Route to get the latest commit (cached)
+router.get("/", async (req, res) => {
+  if (!latestCommitCache) {
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: "Commit data is not available yet." });
+  }
+
+  res.json({
+    version: latestCommitCache.sha.substring(0, 5),
+    message: latestCommitCache.message,
+    author: latestCommitCache.author,
+    date: moment(latestCommitCache.date)
+      .tz("America/New_York")
+      .format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss"),
+  });
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
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