diff --git a/.changeset/afraid-badgers-behave.md b/.changeset/afraid-badgers-behave.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8110ee086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/afraid-badgers-behave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"nostrudel": patch
+---
+
+Fixed search results not being cached
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e69f75b3b..d10b829e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     "three": "^0.160.0",
     "three-spritetext": "^1.8.2",
     "three-stdlib": "^2.29.11",
+    "tiny-lru": "^11.2.11",
     "webln": "^0.3.2",
     "workbox-core": "7.0.0",
     "workbox-precaching": "7.0.0",
diff --git a/src/views/search/components/search-results.tsx b/src/views/search/components/search-results.tsx
index 5bd2b9aa7..5b9eb9672 100644
--- a/src/views/search/components/search-results.tsx
+++ b/src/views/search/components/search-results.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { Filter, kinds, NostrEvent } from "nostr-tools";
 import { AbstractRelay, Subscription, SubscriptionParams } from "nostr-tools/abstract-relay";
 import { Alert, AlertDescription, AlertIcon, AlertTitle, Heading, Spinner, Text } from "@chakra-ui/react";
+import { LRU } from "tiny-lru";
 
 import relayPoolService from "../../../services/relay-pool";
 import ProfileSearchResults from "./profile-results";
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ function createSearchAction(url: string | AbstractRelay) {
   return { search, cancel };
 }
 
+const searchCache = new LRU<NostrEvent[]>(10);
+
 export default function SearchResults({ query, relay }: { query: string; relay: string | AbstractRelay }) {
   const [results, setResults] = useState<NostrEvent[]>([]);
 
@@ -44,17 +47,32 @@ export default function SearchResults({ query, relay }: { query: string; relay:
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (query.length < 3) return;
-    setResults([]);
-    setError(undefined);
-    setSearching(true);
-    search
-      .search([{ search: query, kinds: [kinds.Metadata, kinds.ShortTextNote, kinds.LongFormArticle], limit: 200 }], {
-        onevent: (event) => setResults((arr) => [...arr, event]),
-        oneose: () => setSearching(false),
-      })
-      .catch((err) => setError(err));
 
-    return () => search.cancel();
+    setError(undefined);
+    if (searchCache.has(query + relay)) {
+      // restore search from cache
+      const events = searchCache.get(query + relay)!;
+      setResults(events);
+      setSearching(false);
+    } else {
+      // run a new search
+      setResults([]);
+      setSearching(true);
+      search
+        .search([{ search: query, kinds: [kinds.Metadata, kinds.ShortTextNote, kinds.LongFormArticle], limit: 200 }], {
+          onevent: (event) => {
+            setResults((arr) => {
+              const newArr = [...arr, event];
+              searchCache.set(query + relay, newArr);
+              return newArr;
+            });
+          },
+          oneose: () => setSearching(false),
+        })
+        .catch((err) => setError(err));
+
+      return () => search.cancel();
+    }
   }, [query, search]);
 
   const profiles = results.filter((e) => e.kind === kinds.Metadata);
diff --git a/src/views/search/index.tsx b/src/views/search/index.tsx
index ea093041e..14bd7fc98 100644
--- a/src/views/search/index.tsx
+++ b/src/views/search/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect } from "react";
 import { ButtonGroup, Flex, IconButton, Input, Select } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import { useNavigate, useSearchParams, Link as RouterLink } from "react-router-dom";
+import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
 
 import { safeDecode } from "../../helpers/nip19";
 import { getMatchHashtag } from "../../helpers/regexp";
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ import VerticalPageLayout from "../../components/vertical-page-layout";
 import PeopleListProvider from "../../providers/local/people-list-provider";
 import { useBreakpointValue } from "../../providers/global/breakpoint-provider";
 import QRCodeScannerButton from "../../components/qr-code/qr-code-scanner-button";
-import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
 import SearchResults from "./components/search-results";
 import useSearchRelays from "../../hooks/use-search-relays";
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c1438f1a5..7fe76c196 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7640,6 +7640,11 @@ tiny-invariant@^1.0.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-invariant/-/tiny-invariant-1.3.1.tgz#8560808c916ef02ecfd55e66090df23a4b7aa642"
   integrity sha512-AD5ih2NlSssTCwsMznbvwMZpJ1cbhkGd2uueNxzv2jDlEeZdU04JQfRnggJQ8DrcVBGjAsCKwFBbDlVNtEMlzw==
 
+tiny-lru@^11.2.11:
+  version "11.2.11"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-lru/-/tiny-lru-11.2.11.tgz#5089a6a4a157f5a97b82aa930b44d550ac5c4778"
+  integrity sha512-27BIW0dIWTYYoWNnqSmoNMKe5WIbkXsc0xaCQHd3/3xT2XMuMJrzHdrO9QBFR14emBz1Bu0dOAs2sCBBrvgPQA==
+
 tinycolor2@1, tinycolor2@^1.6.0:
   version "1.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinycolor2/-/tinycolor2-1.6.0.tgz#f98007460169b0263b97072c5ae92484ce02d09e"