diff --git a/woodwind/api.py b/woodwind/api.py
index a5c4e62..1ddfefd 100644
--- a/woodwind/api.py
+++ b/woodwind/api.py
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ def publish():
     })
 
 
-
-
 @api.route('/_forward', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def forward_request():
     if flask.request.method == 'GET':
diff --git a/woodwind/util.py b/woodwind/util.py
index 96e9674..dc404a8 100644
--- a/woodwind/util.py
+++ b/woodwind/util.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-import bleach
+import pickle
 import re
+
+from flask import current_app
+from redis import StrictRedis
+import bleach
 import requests
 
+redis = StrictRedis()
+
 bleach.ALLOWED_TAGS += [
     'a', 'img', 'p', 'br', 'marquee', 'blink',
     'audio', 'video', 'table', 'tbody', 'td', 'tr', 'div', 'span',
@@ -19,10 +25,30 @@ USER_AGENT = 'Woodwind (https://github.com/kylewm/woodwind)'
 
 
 def requests_get(url, **kwargs):
-    kwargs.setdefault('headers', {})['User-Agent'] = USER_AGENT
-    return requests.get(url, **kwargs)
+    lastresp = redis.get('resp:' + url)
+    if lastresp:
+        lastresp = pickle.loads(lastresp)
+
+    headers = kwargs.setdefault('headers', {})
+    headers['User-Agent'] = USER_AGENT
+
+    if lastresp:
+        if 'Etag' in lastresp.headers:
+            headers['If-None-Match'] = lastresp.headers['Etag']
+        if 'Last-Modified' in lastresp.headers:
+            headers['If-Modified-Since'] = lastresp.headers['Last-Modified']
+
+    current_app.logger.debug('fetching %s with args %s', url, kwargs)
+    resp = requests.get(url, **kwargs)
+
+    current_app.logger.debug('fetching %s got response %s', url, resp)
+    if resp.status_code == 304:
+        return lastresp
+    if resp.status_code // 100 == 2:
+        redis.setex('resp:' + url, 24 * 3600, pickle.dumps(resp))
+    return resp
+
 
-    
 def clean(text):
     """Strip script tags and other possibly dangerous content
     """