diff --git a/api/Cargo.lock b/api/Cargo.lock
index 146e482..eca2534 100644
--- a/api/Cargo.lock
+++ b/api/Cargo.lock
@@ -1270,6 +1270,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "reqwest 0.9.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rocket-cache-response 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket_contrib 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.88 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.88 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1547,6 +1548,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "yansi 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rocket-cache-response"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "rocket 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rocket_codegen"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -2529,6 +2538,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum reqwest 0.9.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0e60f169af3915c294818d55dde549f00d2966cef36d6c5e7255d75df3f2b16f"
 "checksum ring 0.13.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2c4db68a2e35f3497146b7e4563df7d4773a2433230c5e4b448328e31740458a"
 "checksum rocket 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "242154377a85c2a9e036fc31ffc8c200b9e1f22a196e47baa3b57716606ca89d"
+"checksum rocket-cache-response 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "cabadf592a04d3d49cf1ebf02e4b755d4b57254dafdcbf10fcde2ee0a7ade36b"
 "checksum rocket_codegen 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7d907d6d458c859651c1cf4c8fa99b77685082bde0561db6a4600b365058f710"
 "checksum rocket_contrib 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f73e161dad5730435f51c815a5c6831d2e57b6b4299b1bf609d31b09aa9a2fa7"
 "checksum rocket_http 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ba9d4f2ce5bba6e1b6d3100493bbad63879e99bbf6b4365d61e6f781daab324d"
diff --git a/api/Cargo.toml b/api/Cargo.toml
index 5304b68..dabb179 100644
--- a/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ toml = "0.4"
 regex = "1.0"
 rocket = "0.4"
 rocket_contrib = "0.4"
+rocket-cache-response = "0.5"
 url = "1.7"
 
 [dependencies.shiplift]
diff --git a/api/src/main.rs b/api/src/main.rs
index e4d1047..707a9cc 100644
--- a/api/src/main.rs
+++ b/api/src/main.rs
@@ -38,13 +38,11 @@ extern crate serde_derive;
 use crate::models::request_info::RequestInfo;
 use crate::services::config_service::Config;
 use rocket::response::NamedFile;
+use rocket_cache_response::CacheResponse;
 use serde_yaml::{from_reader, to_string, Value};
-use shiplift::{ContainerListOptions, Docker};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process;
-use tokio::prelude::Future;
-use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 
 mod apps;
 mod commands;
@@ -52,42 +50,22 @@ mod models;
 mod services;
 mod webhooks;
 
-#[derive(Serialize)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-struct AppsStatus {
-    root_url: String,
-    swagger_ui_available: bool,
-    portainer_available: bool,
-}
-
-fn is_container_available(container_image_pattern: &'static str) -> bool {
-    let future = Docker::new()
-        .containers()
-        .list(&ContainerListOptions::builder().build())
-        .map(move |containers| {
-            containers
-                .iter()
-                .any(|c| c.image.starts_with(container_image_pattern))
-        });
-
-    let mut runtime = Runtime::new().unwrap();
-    match runtime.block_on(future) {
-        Err(e) => {
-            error!("Cannot list running containers: {}", e);
-            false
-        }
-        Ok(available) => available,
-    }
-}
-
 #[get("/")]
-fn index() -> Option<NamedFile> {
-    NamedFile::open(Path::new("frontend/index.html")).ok()
+fn index() -> CacheResponse<Option<NamedFile>> {
+    CacheResponse::Public {
+        responder: NamedFile::open(Path::new("frontend/index.html")).ok(),
+        max_age: 60 * 60, // cached for seconds
+        must_revalidate: false,
+    }
 }
 
 #[get("/<path..>")]
-fn files(path: PathBuf) -> Option<NamedFile> {
-    NamedFile::open(Path::new("frontend/").join(path)).ok()
+fn files(path: PathBuf) -> CacheResponse<Option<NamedFile>> {
+    CacheResponse::Public {
+        responder: NamedFile::open(Path::new("frontend/").join(path)).ok(),
+        max_age: 60 * 60, // cached for seconds
+        must_revalidate: false,
+    }
 }
 
 #[get("/")]