diff --git a/backend/src/api/controllers/configuration.ts b/backend/src/api/controllers/configuration.ts
index 9a1dbd528017..e833bb879e36 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/controllers/configuration.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/controllers/configuration.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { MonkeyRequest } from "../types";
 export async function getConfiguration(
   _req: MonkeyRequest,
 ): Promise<GetConfigurationResponse> {
-  const currentConfiguration = await Configuration.getLiveConfiguration();
+  const currentConfiguration = await Configuration.getCachedConfiguration(true);
   return new MonkeyResponse("Configuration retrieved", currentConfiguration);
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/api/controllers/psa.ts b/backend/src/api/controllers/psa.ts
index c5f561807ff7..eabbae7c385b 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/controllers/psa.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/controllers/psa.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@ import * as PsaDAL from "../../dal/psa";
 import { MonkeyResponse } from "../../utils/monkey-response";
 import { replaceObjectIds } from "../../utils/misc";
 import { MonkeyRequest } from "../types";
+import { PSA } from "@monkeytype/schemas/psas";
+import { cacheWithTTL } from "../../utils/ttl-cache";
+
+//cache for one minute
+const cache = cacheWithTTL<PSA[]>(1 * 60 * 1000, async () => {
+  return replaceObjectIds(await PsaDAL.get());
+});
 
 export async function getPsas(_req: MonkeyRequest): Promise<GetPsaResponse> {
-  const data = await PsaDAL.get();
-  return new MonkeyResponse("PSAs retrieved", replaceObjectIds(data));
+  return new MonkeyResponse("PSAs retrieved", (await cache()) ?? []);
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/ttl-cache.ts b/backend/src/utils/ttl-cache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7538be577b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/utils/ttl-cache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * Creates a caching function that loads data with a specified TTL (Time-to-Live).
+ * If the cache has expired (based on TTL), it will re-fetch the data by calling the provided function.
+ * Otherwise, it returns the cached value.
+ *
+ * @template T - The type of the value being cached.
+ *
+ * @param {number} ttlMs - The Time-to-Live (TTL) in milliseconds. The cache will refetch on call  after this duration.
+ * @param {() => Promise<T>} fn - A function that returns a promise resolving to the data to cache.
+ *
+ * @returns {() => Promise<T | undefined>}
+ */
+export function cacheWithTTL<T>(
+  ttlMs: number,
+  fn: () => Promise<T>,
+): () => Promise<T | undefined> {
+  let lastFetchTime = 0;
+  let cache: T | undefined;
+
+  return async () => {
+    if (lastFetchTime < Date.now() - ttlMs) {
+      lastFetchTime = Date.now();
+      cache = await fn();
+    }
+    return cache;
+  };
+}