diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 328ebfe..c56007d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,17 +2,62 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gomodule/redigo/redis"
+	"github.com/pmylund/go-cache"
+)
+
+var (
+	c = cache.New(5*time.Second, 10*time.Second)
+)
+
+var (
+	rds   redis.Conn
+	err   error
+	reply interface{}
 )
 
+func init() {
+	rds, err = redis.Dial("tcp", ":6379")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 func github(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
+	// get from memcache
+	memcacheData, found := c.Get("github-status")
+	if found {
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(fmt.Sprintf("%v", memcacheData))
+		return
+	}
+
+	// get from redis
+	if redisData, err := redis.String(rds.Do("GET", "github-status")); err == nil {
+		c.Set("github-status", redisData, cache.DefaultExpiration)
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(redisData)
+		return
+	}
+
 	resp, err := http.Get("https://api.github.com/status")
 	if err != nil {
 		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(err)
 	}
 	data, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	// set cache
+	c.Set("github-status", string(data), cache.DefaultExpiration)
+	_, err = rds.Do("SETEX", "github-status", 60, string(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+
 	resp.Body.Close()
 	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(string(data))
 }