diff --git a/cache/cache.go b/cache/cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4654cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package cache
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/patrickmn/go-cache"
+)
+
+var Cache = cache.New(5*time.Minute, 5*time.Minute)
+
+const (
+	GithubMessageCacheKey = "github_message"
+)
+
+func SetCache(key string, data interface{}) bool {
+	fmt.Println("SET CACHE! KEY: ", key, " DATA: ", data)
+	Cache.Set(key, data, 1*time.Minute)
+	return true
+}
+func GetCache(key string) (string, bool) {
+	var (
+		data  string
+		found bool
+	)
+	result, found := Cache.Get(key)
+	if found {
+		data = result.(string)
+		fmt.Println("CACHE FOUND! KEY", key, " DATA: ", data)
+	}
+	return data, found
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 328ebfe..dc99989 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,26 +2,37 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/cache-in-go/cache"
 )
 
 func github(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// get cache
+	cacheData, found := cache.GetCache(cache.GithubMessageCacheKey)
+	if found && cacheData != "" {
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(cacheData)
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Println("GET GITHUB STATUS")
 	resp, err := http.Get("https://api.github.com/status")
 	if err != nil {
 		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(err)
 	}
 	data, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	resp.Body.Close()
+	fmt.Println("DATA: ", string(data))
+	// set mapcache
+	cache.SetCache(cache.GithubMessageCacheKey, string(data))
 	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(string(data))
 }
-
 func handleRequests() {
 	http.HandleFunc("/github", github)
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":10000", nil))
 }
-
 func main() {
 	handleRequests()
 }