diff --git a/src/MGRAST/lib/WebPage/Home.pm b/src/MGRAST/lib/WebPage/Home.pm
index c6610911..bfc3182b 100644
--- a/src/MGRAST/lib/WebPage/Home.pm
+++ b/src/MGRAST/lib/WebPage/Home.pm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use Conf;
+use Cache::Memcached;
 use Number::Format;
 
 1;
@@ -123,8 +124,26 @@ function forward_to_search (e) {
   $content .= "<div class='clear'></div>";
 
   my $formater = new Number::Format(-thousands_sep   => ',');
-  my $bpcount  = $formater->format_number(($self->app->data_handle('MGRAST')->Job->count_total_bp() / 1000000000000), 2);
-  my $seqcount = $formater->format_number(($self->app->data_handle('MGRAST')->Job->count_total_sequences() / 1000000000), 2);
+  my $memd = new Cache::Memcached {'servers' => $Conf::web_memcache, 'debug' => 0, 'compress_threshold' => 10_000, };
+  my $cache_key = "bpcount";
+  my $cdata = $memd->get("bpcount");
+  my $bpcount  = 0;
+  if($cdata) {
+    $bpcount = $cdata;
+  } else {
+    $bpcount = $formater->format_number(($self->app->data_handle('MGRAST')->Job->count_total_bp() / 1000000000000), 2);
+    $memd->set("bpcount", $bpcount, 7200);
+  }
+  my $seqcount = 0;
+  $cdata = $memd->get("seqcount");
+  if($cdata) {
+    $seqcount = $cdata;
+  } else {
+    $seqcount = $formater->format_number(($self->app->data_handle('MGRAST')->Job->count_total_sequences() / 1000000000), 2);
+    $memd->set("seqcount", $seqcount, 7200);
+  }
+  $memd->disconnect_all;
+
   my $jobcount =  $formater->format_number($self->app->data_handle('MGRAST')->Job->count_all());
   my $publiccount = $formater->format_number($self->app->data_handle('MGRAST')->Job->count_public());