diff --git a/include/champcache.h b/include/champcache.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba78115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/champcache.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <QJsonDocument>
+
+// This file caches the champion metadata
+class ChampCache {
+public:
+	ChampCache();
+
+	std::string getVersion();
+
+	QJsonDocument getChamps();
+	void saveChamps(QJsonDocument doc, const std::string& version);
+
+private:
+	std::string basefolder;
+	uint64_t maxage = 86400; // is in seconds
+};
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diff --git a/include/datadragon.h b/include/datadragon.h
index ce01e4c..dfb7b99 100644
--- a/include/datadragon.h
+++ b/include/datadragon.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <QPixmap>
 
 #include "datadragonimagecache.h"
+#include "champcache.h"
 #include "memoryimagecache.h"
 #include "restclient.h"
 
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ private:
 
 
 	DataDragonImageCache cache[3];
+	ChampCache champCache;
 	MemoryImageCache memcache;
 	std::list<Task> tasks;
 	std::mutex tasksmutex;
diff --git a/include/files.h b/include/files.h
index 26d6a81..c9b3998 100644
--- a/include/files.h
+++ b/include/files.h
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ bool mkdirs(const std::string& path);
 
 // get $HOME or a useful default value
 std::string getHome();
+
+// folder for caching example: $HOME/.cache/lolautoaccept/
+std::string getCache();
diff --git a/lolautoaccept.pro b/lolautoaccept.pro
index 7e055a3..0d7d374 100644
--- a/lolautoaccept.pro
+++ b/lolautoaccept.pro
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ defineReplace(prependAll) {
 
 SOURCES += \
 	src/arg.cpp \
+	src/champcache.cpp \
 	src/championsearch.cpp \
 	src/champrow.cpp \
 	src/clientaccess.cpp \
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ SOURCES += \
 
 HEADERS += \
 	include/arg.h \
+	include/champcache.h \
 	include/championsearch.h \
 	include/champrow.h \
 	include/clientaccess.h \
diff --git a/src/champcache.cpp b/src/champcache.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f41b87a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/champcache.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#include "champcache.h"
+
+#include "files.h"
+
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QDateTime>
+
+#include <Log.h>
+
+ChampCache::ChampCache() {
+	basefolder = getCache();
+}
+
+// the age of f in seconds
+static qint64 ageOfFile(QFile& f) {
+	QFileInfo info(f);
+	return info.lastModified().secsTo(QDateTime::currentDateTime());
+}
+
+std::string ChampCache::getVersion() {
+	QFile versionfile(QString::fromStdString(basefolder + "version"));
+	if(ageOfFile(versionfile) < (qint64) maxage) {
+		versionfile.open(QFile::ReadOnly);
+		return versionfile.readAll().toStdString();
+	}
+	return {}; // empty string
+}
+
+QJsonDocument ChampCache::getChamps() {
+	QFile champsfile(QString::fromStdString(basefolder + "champs.json"));
+
+	if(ageOfFile(champsfile) < (qint64) maxage) {
+		champsfile.open(QFile::ReadOnly);
+		QByteArray bytes = champsfile.readAll();
+		QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(bytes);
+		return doc;
+	}
+	return {}; // empty document
+}
+
+void ChampCache::saveChamps(QJsonDocument doc, const std::string& version) {
+	QByteArray arr = doc.toJson();
+	QFile champsfile(QString::fromStdString(basefolder + "champs.json"));
+	champsfile.open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Truncate);
+	champsfile.write(arr);
+
+	QFile versionfile(QString::fromStdString(basefolder + "version"));
+	versionfile.open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Truncate);
+	versionfile.write(version.c_str());
+	versionfile.close();
+
+	Log::info << "saved Champs and version Cache";
+}
diff --git a/src/datadragon.cpp b/src/datadragon.cpp
index ef35c1a..6441905 100644
--- a/src/datadragon.cpp
+++ b/src/datadragon.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ void DataDragon::getVersionInternal() {
 
 	if(!version.empty()) return;
 
+	version = champCache.getVersion();
+	if(!version.empty()) return;
+
 	QJsonDocument jversions = request("api/versions.json");
 	if(jversions.isArray()) {
 		QJsonArray jverarr = jversions.array();
@@ -266,13 +269,19 @@ void DataDragon::getChampsInternal() {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	QJsonDocument jchamps = request(getCDNString() + "data/" + locale + "/champion.json");
+	QJsonDocument jchamps = champCache.getChamps();
 	if(jchamps.isEmpty()) {
-		// try again with default locale
-		locale = "en_US";
 		jchamps = request(getCDNString() + "data/" + locale + "/champion.json");
+		if(jchamps.isEmpty()) {
+			// try again with default locale
+			locale = "en_US";
+			jchamps = request(getCDNString() + "data/" + locale + "/champion.json");
+		}
 	}
 	if(jchamps.isObject()) {
+		// save to cache
+		champCache.saveChamps(jchamps, version);
+
 		QJsonObject obj = jchamps.object();
 		auto it = obj.constFind("data");
 		if(it != obj.constEnd() && it.value().isObject()) {
diff --git a/src/datadragonimagecache.cpp b/src/datadragonimagecache.cpp
index 3dde1e8..640c200 100644
--- a/src/datadragonimagecache.cpp
+++ b/src/datadragonimagecache.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 DataDragonImageCache::DataDragonImageCache(const std::string& folderextra, const std::string& imageext) : imageext(imageext) {
 	// init cache dir
-	cacheDir = getHome() + ".cache/lolautoaccept/" + folderextra + "/";
+	cacheDir = getCache() + folderextra + "/";
 
 	mkdirs(cacheDir);
 }
diff --git a/src/files.cpp b/src/files.cpp
index 4bc4d77..4b1159c 100644
--- a/src/files.cpp
+++ b/src/files.cpp
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ std::string getHome() {
 		return  "./";
 	}
 	return std::string(homevar) + "/";
+}
+
+std::string getCache() {
+	return getHome() + ".cache/lolautoaccept/";
 }
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