diff --git a/config.example.py b/config.example.py
index 4ca314f..8107de2 100644
--- a/config.example.py
+++ b/config.example.py
@@ -188,3 +188,20 @@ TRUSTED_MIN_UPLOADS = 10
 TRUSTED_MIN_DOWNLOADS = 10000
 # Number of days an applicant needs to wait before re-applying
 TRUSTED_REAPPLY_COOLDOWN = 90
+
+###########
+## Cache ##
+###########
+
+# Interesting types include "simple", "redis" and "uwsgi"
+# See https://pythonhosted.org/Flask-Caching/#configuring-flask-caching
+CACHE_TYPE = "simple"
+
+# Maximum number of items the cache will store
+# Only applies to "simple" and "filesystem" cache types
+CACHE_THRESHOLD = 8192
+
+# If you want to use redis, try this
+# CACHE_TYPE = "redis"
+# CACHE_REDIS_HOST = "127.0.0.1"
+# CACHE_KEY_PREFIX = "catcache_"
diff --git a/nyaa/__init__.py b/nyaa/__init__.py
index 92aca21..f8830d1 100644
--- a/nyaa/__init__.py
+++ b/nyaa/__init__.py
@@ -126,6 +126,6 @@ def create_app(config):
             app.config['DEFAULT_GRAVATAR_URL'] = url
 
     # Cache
-    cache.init_app(app)
+    cache.init_app(app, config=app.config)
 
     return app
diff --git a/nyaa/extensions.py b/nyaa/extensions.py
index 384a2ea..6281007 100644
--- a/nyaa/extensions.py
+++ b/nyaa/extensions.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from flask_sqlalchemy import BaseQuery, Pagination, SQLAlchemy
 assets = Environment()
 db = SQLAlchemy()
 toolbar = DebugToolbarExtension()
-cache = Cache(config={'CACHE_TYPE': 'simple'})
+cache = Cache()
 
 
 class LimitedPagination(Pagination):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d8a7420..214354c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ SQLAlchemy-Utils==0.34.1
 statsd==3.3.0
 urllib3==1.25.3
 uWSGI==2.0.18
+redis==3.2.1
 webassets==0.12.1
 Werkzeug==0.15.5
 WTForms==2.2.1