diff --git a/common/context_processors.py b/common/context_processors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22b6b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/context_processors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+
+def cache_settings(request):
+    return {
+        'CACHE_TIMEOUT': settings.CACHE_TIMEOUT,
+    }
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diff --git a/django_project/settings.py b/django_project/settings.py
index 8b46e19..dade4b0 100644
--- a/django_project/settings.py
+++ b/django_project/settings.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
                 "django.template.context_processors.request",
                 "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
                 "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
+                "common.context_processors.cache_settings",
             ],
         },
     },
@@ -294,6 +295,8 @@ SOCIALACCOUNT_EMAIL_AUTHENTICATION = False
 SOCIALACCOUNT_EMAIL_AUTHENTICATION_AUTO_CONNECT = False
 SOCIALACCOUNT_ONLY = False
 
+CACHE_TIMEOUT = 604800 # 1 week
+
 if DEBUG:
     CACHES = {
         "default": {
@@ -305,5 +308,6 @@ else:
         "default": {
             "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.db.DatabaseCache",
             "LOCATION": "django_cache",
+            "TIMEOUT": 604800, # 1 week
         }
     }
diff --git a/home/views.py b/home/views.py
index f931397..28dd8a9 100644
--- a/home/views.py
+++ b/home/views.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 import logging
 from django.views import View
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+import contextlib
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -31,46 +32,54 @@ class HomePageView(TemplateView):
             
             # Recent Offers
             try:
-                recent_offers_qs = base_offer_qs.order_by("-created_at")
-                context["recent_offers"] = recent_offers_qs[:6]
+                recent_offers_qs = base_offer_qs.order_by("-created_at")[:6]
+                context["recent_offers"] = recent_offers_qs
+                context["cache_key_recent_offers"] = f"recent_offers_{recent_offers_qs.values_list('pk', 'updated_at')}"
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Error fetching recent offers: {str(e)}")
                 context["recent_offers"] = []
+                context["cache_key_recent_offers"] = "recent_offers_error"
             
             # Most Offered Cards
             try:
-                context["most_offered_cards"] = (
+                most_offered_cards_qs = (
                     Card.objects.filter(tradeofferhavecard__isnull=False).filter(rarity_level__lte=5)
                     .annotate(offer_count=Sum("tradeofferhavecard__quantity"))
                     .order_by("-offer_count")[:6]
                 )
+                context["most_offered_cards"] = most_offered_cards_qs
+                context["cache_key_most_offered_cards"] = f"most_offered_cards_{most_offered_cards_qs.values_list('pk', 'updated_at')}"
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Error fetching most offered cards: {str(e)}")
                 context["most_offered_cards"] = []
-            
+                context["cache_key_most_offered_cards"] = "most_offered_cards_error"
             # Most Wanted Cards
             try:
-                context["most_wanted_cards"] = (
+                most_wanted_cards_qs = (
                     Card.objects.filter(tradeofferwantcard__isnull=False).filter(rarity_level__lte=5)
                     .annotate(offer_count=Sum("tradeofferwantcard__quantity"))
                     .order_by("-offer_count")[:6]
                 )
+                context["most_wanted_cards"] = most_wanted_cards_qs
+                context["cache_key_most_wanted_cards"] = f"most_wanted_cards_{most_wanted_cards_qs.values_list('pk', 'updated_at')}"
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Error fetching most wanted cards: {str(e)}")
                 context["most_wanted_cards"] = []
             
             # Least Offered Cards
             try:
-                context["least_offered_cards"] = (
+                least_offered_cards_qs = (
                     Card.objects.filter(rarity_level__lte=5).annotate(
                         offer_count=Coalesce(Sum("tradeofferhavecard__quantity"), 0)
                     )
                     .order_by("offer_count")[:6]
                 )
+                context["least_offered_cards"] = least_offered_cards_qs
+                context["cache_key_least_offered_cards"] = f"least_offered_cards_{least_offered_cards_qs.values_list('pk', 'updated_at')}"
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Error fetching least offered cards: {str(e)}")
                 context["least_offered_cards"] = []
-            
+                context["cache_key_least_offered_cards"] = "least_offered_cards_error"
             # Build featured offers with custom ordering
             featured = OrderedDict()
             # Featured "All" offers remains fixed at the top
@@ -100,10 +109,22 @@ class HomePageView(TemplateView):
                 logger.error(f"Error processing rarity-based featured offers: {str(e)}")
 
             context["featured_offers"] = featured
+            # Generate a cache key based on the pks and updated_at timestamps of all featured offers
+            all_offer_identifiers = []
+            for section_name,section_offers in featured.items():
+                # featured_section is a QuerySet. Fetch (pk, updated_at) tuples.
+                identifiers = section_offers.values_list('pk', 'updated_at')
+                # Format each tuple as "pk_timestamp" and add to the list
+                section_strings = [f"{section_name}_{pk}_{ts.timestamp()}" for pk, ts in identifiers]
+                all_offer_identifiers.extend(section_strings)
+            
+            # Join all identifiers into a single string, sorted for consistency regardless of order
+            combined_identifiers = "|".join(sorted(all_offer_identifiers))
+            context["cache_key_featured_offers"] = f"featured_offers_{combined_identifiers}"
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Unhandled error in HomePageView.get_context_data: {str(e)}")
             # Provide fallback empty data
-            context["cards"] = []
+            context["cards"] = None
             context["recent_offers"] = []
             context["most_offered_cards"] = []
             context["most_wanted_cards"] = []
@@ -118,4 +139,27 @@ class HomePageView(TemplateView):
 
 class HealthCheckView(View):
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+
+        try:
+            from django.db import connection
+            connection.cursor().execute("SELECT 1")
+        except Exception as e:
+            return HttpResponse("Database connection failed", status=500)
+
+        try:
+            from trades.models import TradeOffer
+            with contextlib.redirect_stdout(None):
+                print(TradeOffer.objects.count())
+        except Exception as e:
+            return HttpResponse("DB models not reachable, but db is reachable", status=500)
+        
+        try:
+            from django.core.cache import cache
+            cache.set("test", "test")
+            with contextlib.redirect_stdout(None):
+                print(cache.get("test"))
+        except Exception as e:
+            return HttpResponse("Cache not reachable", status=500)
+        
+        logger.info("OK/HEALTHY")
         return HttpResponse("OK/HEALTHY")
diff --git a/theme/templates/home/home.html b/theme/templates/home/home.html
index 025c681..f2eca0b 100644
--- a/theme/templates/home/home.html
+++ b/theme/templates/home/home.html
@@ -41,44 +41,44 @@
       <h2 id="stats-heading" class="text-2xl font-semibold mb-4">Card Stats</h2>
       <div class="grid grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-3 gap-4">
         <!-- Most Offered Cards -->
+        {% cache CACHE_TIMEOUT most_offered_cards cache_key_most_offered_cards %}
         <div>
           <div class="card card-border bg-base-100 shadow-lg">
             <div class="card-header text-base-content p-4">
               <h5 class="text-xl text-center font-semibold whitespace-nowrap truncate mb-0">Most Offered</h5>
             </div>
             <div class="card-body my-4 p-0">
-              {% cache 300 most_offered_cards %}
-                {% include "home/_card_list.html" with cards=most_offered_cards %}
-              {% endcache %}
+              {% include "home/_card_list.html" with cards=most_offered_cards %}
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
+        {% endcache %}
         <!-- Most Wanted Cards -->
+        {% cache CACHE_TIMEOUT most_wanted_cards cache_key_most_wanted_cards %}
         <div>
           <div class="card card-border bg-base-100 shadow-lg">
             <div class="card-header text-base-content p-4">
               <h5 class="text-xl text-center font-semibold whitespace-nowrap truncate mb-0">Most Wanted</h5>
             </div>
             <div class="card-body my-4 p-0">
-              {% cache 300 most_wanted_cards %}
-                {% include "home/_card_list.html" with cards=most_wanted_cards %}
-              {% endcache %}
+              {% include "home/_card_list.html" with cards=most_wanted_cards %}
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
+        {% endcache %}
         <!-- Least Offered Cards (Last Group) -->
+        {% cache CACHE_TIMEOUT least_offered_cards cache_key_least_offered_cards %}
         <div class="col-span-2 md:col-span-1">
           <div class="card card-border bg-base-100 shadow-lg">
             <div class="card-header text-base-content p-4">
               <h5 class="text-xl text-center font-semibold whitespace-nowrap truncate mb-0">Least Offered</h5>
             </div>
             <div class="card-body my-4 p-0">
-              {% cache 300 least_offered_cards %}
-                {% include "home/_card_list.html" with cards=least_offered_cards %}
-              {% endcache %}
+              {% include "home/_card_list.html" with cards=least_offered_cards %}
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
+        {% endcache %}
       </div>
     </section>
   
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
   <section class="mb-8">
     <div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4">
       <!-- Featured Offers -->
+      {% cache CACHE_TIMEOUT featured_offers cache_key_featured_offers %}
         <div>
             <div class="p-4 text-center ">
               <h5 class="text-xl font-semibold whitespace-nowrap truncate mb-0">Featured Offers</h5>
@@ -102,8 +103,9 @@
               {% endif %}
             </div>
         </div>
-      
+      {% endcache %}
       <!-- Recent Offers -->
+      {% cache CACHE_TIMEOUT recent_offers cache_key_recent_offers %}
       <div>
           <div class="text-center p-4">
             <h5 class="text-xl font-semibold whitespace-nowrap truncate mb-0">Recent Offers</h5>
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@
             </div>
           </div>
       </div>
+      {% endcache %}
     </div>
   </section>
 {% endblock content %}
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