diff --git a/api/moderation.py b/api/moderation.py
index d3e8d99..c868af9 100644
--- a/api/moderation.py
+++ b/api/moderation.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 """This module contains functions for checking if a message violates the moderation policy."""
 
+import time
 import asyncio
-import functools
+import aiocache
 import profanity_check
 
 from typing import Union
 
+cache = aiocache.Cache(aiocache.SimpleMemoryCache)
+
 def input_to_text(inp: Union[str, list]) -> str:
     """Converts the input to a string."""
 
@@ -22,11 +25,18 @@ def input_to_text(inp: Union[str, list]) -> str:
 
     return text
 
-@functools.lru_cache()
 async def is_policy_violated(inp: Union[str, list]) -> bool:
     """Checks if the input violates the moderation policy.
     """
-    return await is_policy_violated__own_model(inp)
+    # use aio cache to cache the result
+    inp = input_to_text(inp)
+
+    # utilize the cache
+    if await cache.exists(inp):
+        return await cache.get(inp)
+    else:
+        await cache.set(inp, await is_policy_violated__own_model(inp))
+        return await cache.get(inp)
 
 async def is_policy_violated__own_model(inp: Union[str, list]) -> bool:
     """Checks if the input violates the moderation policy using our own model."""
@@ -39,4 +49,7 @@ async def is_policy_violated__own_model(inp: Union[str, list]) -> bool:
     return False
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print(asyncio.run(is_policy_violated('kill ms')))
+    for i in range(10):
+        start = time.perf_counter()
+        print(asyncio.run(is_policy_violated('kill ms')))
+        print((time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000)