diff --git a/cluster/proxy/cache.go b/cluster/proxy/cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e7edbb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/proxy/cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package proxy
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type TimeSource interface {
+	Now() time.Time
+}
+
+type StdTimeSource struct{}
+
+func (s *StdTimeSource) Now() time.Time {
+	return time.Now()
+}
+
+type CacheEntry[T any] struct {
+	value      T
+	validUntil time.Time
+}
+
+type Cache[T any] struct {
+	ts        TimeSource
+	lock      sync.Mutex
+	entries   map[string]CacheEntry[T]
+	lastPurge time.Time
+}
+
+func NewCache[T any](ts TimeSource) *Cache[T] {
+	c := &Cache[T]{
+		ts:      ts,
+		entries: map[string]CacheEntry[T]{},
+	}
+
+	if c.ts == nil {
+		c.ts = &StdTimeSource{}
+	}
+
+	c.lastPurge = c.ts.Now()
+
+	return c
+}
+
+func (c *Cache[T]) Get(key string) (T, error) {
+	c.lock.Lock()
+	defer c.lock.Unlock()
+
+	e, ok := c.entries[key]
+	if !ok {
+		var noop T
+		return noop, errors.New("not found")
+	}
+
+	if c.ts.Now().After(e.validUntil) {
+		delete(c.entries, key)
+		var noop T
+		return noop, errors.New("not found")
+	}
+
+	return e.value, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Cache[T]) Put(key string, value T, ttl time.Duration) {
+	c.lock.Lock()
+	defer c.lock.Unlock()
+
+	now := c.ts.Now()
+
+	if now.Sub(c.lastPurge) > time.Minute {
+		c.purge(now)
+		c.lastPurge = now
+	}
+
+	e := c.entries[key]
+
+	e.value = value
+	e.validUntil = now.Add(ttl)
+
+	c.entries[key] = e
+}
+
+func (c *Cache[T]) Delete(key string) {
+	c.lock.Lock()
+	defer c.lock.Unlock()
+
+	delete(c.entries, key)
+}
+
+func (c *Cache[T]) purge(now time.Time) {
+	for key, e := range c.entries {
+		if now.After(e.validUntil) {
+			delete(c.entries, key)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cluster/proxy/cache_test.go b/cluster/proxy/cache_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5827cd48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/proxy/cache_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package proxy
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+type testTimeSource struct {
+	now time.Time
+}
+
+func (t *testTimeSource) Now() time.Time {
+	return t.now
+}
+
+func TestCache(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := &testTimeSource{
+		now: time.Unix(0, 0),
+	}
+
+	c := NewCache[string](ts)
+
+	_, err := c.Get("foo")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+
+	c.Put("foo", "bar", 10*time.Second)
+
+	v, err := c.Get("foo")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "bar", v)
+
+	ts.now = time.Unix(10, 0)
+
+	v, err = c.Get("foo")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "bar", v)
+
+	ts.now = time.Unix(11, 0)
+
+	_, err = c.Get("foo")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestCachePurge(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := &testTimeSource{
+		now: time.Unix(0, 0),
+	}
+
+	c := NewCache[string](ts)
+
+	c.Put("foo", "bar", 10*time.Second)
+
+	v, err := c.Get("foo")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "bar", v)
+
+	ts.now = time.Unix(59, 0)
+
+	c.Put("foz", "boz", 10*time.Second)
+
+	_, ok := c.entries["foo"]
+	require.True(t, ok)
+
+	ts.now = time.Unix(61, 0)
+
+	c.Put("foz", "boz", 10*time.Second)
+
+	_, ok = c.entries["foo"]
+	require.False(t, ok)
+}
diff --git a/cluster/proxy/proxy.go b/cluster/proxy/proxy.go
index 3d1ea2df..d593676c 100644
--- a/cluster/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/cluster/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ type proxy struct {
 	nodes     map[string]Node // List of known nodes
 	nodesLock sync.RWMutex
 
-	lock sync.RWMutex
-
+	lock    sync.RWMutex
 	running bool
 
+	cache *Cache[string]
+
 	logger log.Logger
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ func NewProxy(config ProxyConfig) (Proxy, error) {
 	p := &proxy{
 		id:     config.ID,
 		nodes:  map[string]Node{},
+		cache:  NewCache[string](nil),
 		logger: config.Logger,
 	}
 
@@ -323,11 +325,21 @@ func (p *proxy) getNodeIDForFile(prefix, path string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (p *proxy) getNodeForFile(prefix, path string) (Node, error) {
-	id, err := p.getNodeIDForFile(prefix, path)
+	id, err := p.cache.Get(prefix + ":" + path)
+	if err == nil {
+		node, err := p.GetNode(id)
+		if err == nil {
+			return node, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	id, err = p.getNodeIDForFile(prefix, path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	p.cache.Put(prefix+":"+path, id, 5*time.Second)
+
 	return p.GetNode(id)
 }